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Alfred Hitchcock Presents Season 7 Episodes
Season 7 Episode Guide
39 Episodes 1961 - 1962
Episode 1
The Hatbox
Tue, Oct 10, 196130 mins
Professor Jarvis is, as one student describes him, the most henpecked man in the world. When he catches Perry Hatch cheating on an exam, he informs him that he will not be reported to the university but rather to his father who, Prof. Jarivs hopes, will mete out appropriate punishment. Hatch is none too pleased and when he hears that Jarvis's wife has been gone for several weeks, starts to wonder if Jarvis may have gotten rid of her. He and a friend spy on him and find him throwing away some of his wife's belongings. They take their case to the police who decide to question him.
Episode 2
Bang! You're Dead
Tue, Oct 17, 196130 mins
Rick Sheffield visits his brother and sister-in-law after a lengthy absence living in Africa. His nephew Jackie unpacks his suitcase and finds a revolver. Jackie and his friends are always playing with their toy guns and Jackie goes around town, pointing the gun and pulling the trigger, oblivious to the fact that there is a live round in the chamber. When his parents and uncle realize he has the gun, they set off on a frantic search but not before he fires at someone.
Episode 3
Maria
Tue, Oct 24, 196130 mins
While drunk, Leo Thorby buys what he thinks is a chimp. His wife Carol is outraged when she finds out he spent $500 and wants him to get his money back. Both of them are shocked to find out that the chimp is actually a woman, Maria, in a monkey suit, and Leo thinks he has found the perfect circus act. Maria can sketch but only draws what she sees, and when Leo sees a sketch of his wife kissing the lion tamer, he immediately jumps to conclusions. Little does he realize it's all part of Maria's plan to get rid of Carol. When he then gets rid of Maria, she plots her own revenge.
Episode 4
Cop for a Day
Tue, Oct 31, 196130 mins
Davey and Phil successfully rob a bank messenger of $18,000 but now have one major complication. Davey is a bit of a hot-head and in the course of the robbery he shoots the messenger and there is now an eye witness who can identify him. When it's subsequently reported that he's died, Phil devises a plan that will solve their problem. Unfortunately, Davey again acts without thinking with dire results.
Episode 5
Keep Me Company
Tue, Nov 7, 196130 mins
Julia Reddy is a newlywed who spends most of her evenings at home alone, watching TV and playing solitaire. Her husband Marco is out working almost every evening with his two brothers. He's apologetic but he and his brothers are setting up a new wholesale business and they have to put in the hours. Alone one evening, she's afraid someone may be out on her fire escape and phones the police who check the situation and assure everything is okay. She rather liked having someone to chat to so she phones the police again asking that a more senior officer be sent to deal with her complaint. Detective Parks spends some time with her, but things take a dramatic twist when her husband returns home.
Episode 6
Beta Delta Gamma
Tue, Nov 14, 196130 mins
At a frat party, Alan accepts a challenge and drinks a whole pitcher of beer. He passes out and his friends give him a scare by setting a mock death scene. They put a poker in his hand and one of the party goers is made up as a corpse. Thinking he has actually killed someone, Alan decides to do something about it.
Episode 7
You Can't Be a Little Girl All Your Life
Tue, Nov 21, 196130 mins
Julie Barton is attacked in her bedroom by a stranger and can't provide much information to the police and the district attorney. She remembers biting into a leather glove when he put his hand over her mouth, but little else. Traumatized by the incident and under pressure from the police, she identifies a vagrant as the perpetrator but she is clearly unsure. Only when she makes a startling discovery is the identity of her attacker revealed.
Episode 8
The Old Pro
Tue, Nov 28, 196130 mins
All Frank Burns wanted, was to retire peacefully, with his wife, to their cabin, and fish. It's not turning out this way. Frank finds out their's certain choices, and certain careers which are not easy to walk away from. His former job? A contract killer.
Episode 9
I Spy
Tue, Dec 5, 196130 mins
Mrs Morgan has left her husband and has taken a position as a waitress at an English seaside hotel. Captain Morgan's lawyer has hired a private detective to go and determine exactly what she is up to and see whether there are grounds for divorce. Mr. Frute, the detective, has taken a job at the same hotel and becomes quite friendly with Mrs. Morgan who tells him that she left her husband because of his extreme jealousy and not for another man. They become quite friendly, with not unexpected results.
Episode 10
Services Rendered
Tue, Dec 12, 196130 mins
A young man has a minor accident walking down the street and a street person cons him into buying them a drink. It's only when they introduce themselves that the young man realizes he has no idea who he is and has suffered a complete loss of memory. In his pocket he finds a $1000 bill and the name and address for a Dr. Ralph Mannick. Mannick has no idea who he is, but while at his office, the young man recalls who he is and why he had the doctor's name and the $1000 bill.
Episode 11
The Right Kind of Medicine
Tue, Dec 19, 196130 mins
Charlie Marx shoots a police officer while fleeing from a robbery and is himself shot in the ankle. There is a witness to the shooting and police will spare no effort to track down a cop killer. Marx gets medical attention from a doctor and fills a prescription at his local drugstore for painkillers but not without harassing the the harried druggist. It turns out that Marx should have let the pharmacist take his time.
Episode 12
A Jury of Her Peers
Tue, Dec 26, 196130 mins
Jim Hale stops in to see the Wrights and ask if they would like to share a party line telephone. He finds that Millie Wright is acting strangely and her husband strangled in their bed. Millie claims she found her husband like that when she came in from feeding the chickens but the local district attorney is convinced she killed her husband. Sarah Hale is quite sympathetic and feels sorry for Millie who lived a hard, lonely life with a less than ideal husband and takes steps to do something about it.
Episode 13
The Silk Petticoat
Tue, Jan 2, 196230 mins
In the early 19th century, Sir Humphrey J. Orford informs his fiancée, Elisa Minden, that twenty years previously he was married but that his wife died at the age of 19. Orford is something of a scholar and while visiting his study, Elisa finds a lady's silk petticoat that is obviously under repair and a gruesome painting. She is immediately frightened and wonders if she has discovered a hidden side to Orford's personality. As she explores her new home and learns more about her husband-to-be, she discovers that his first wife was unfaithful and that Orford had arranged for her lover to be hanged. On their wedding day, she makes an incredible discovery.
Episode 14
Bad Actor
Tue, Jan 9, 196230 mins
Bart Collins is a frustrated actor who hasn't had success in landing roles lately. He's in line for a part in a play but Bart parties hard and finds he's in competition with another actor. Ia rage, strangles the actor.
Episode 15
The Door Without a Key
Tue, Jan 16, 196230 mins
A man walks into a police station with no memory of who he is. He is soon followed by young Mickey Hollins, who was inadvertently left behind by his father at a gas station. Through talking to the boy and the police officer, the man gradually remembers bits and pieces of memory, until he finally remembers who he is and why he's in his current predicament. Similarly, the boy also reveals the truth about himself.
Episode 16
The Case of M.J.H.
Tue, Jan 23, 196230 mins
Jimmy French is ayoung man who fairness to meet a faith healer. After he thinks he's cured, the healer realises he's the perfect patsy, and hired him as chauffer. Soon the money's rolling in, and Jimmy's smitten with the healers daughter. But the healers against it...until he can prove himself. One day that chance comes.
Episode 17
The Faith of Aaron Menefee
Tue, Jan 30, 196230 mins
Garage mechanic Aaron Menafee suffers from an ulcer but is apparently cured by a faith healer, the Rev. Otis "Healer" Jones. Jones asks Aaron if he would be his chauffeur and out of gratitude, he accepts even though he has to return half his salary as a faith offering. Problems arise for Aaron when he becomes attracted to Rev. Jones' daughter Emily, who is constantly teasing and flirting with him. When they decide to get married, Jones does not approve and the young couple decide to stay true to one another. When Aaron returns to his hometown, he's confronted by a wounded gangster and arranges for the Rev. Jones to heal him.
Episode 18
The Woman Who Wanted to Live
Tue, Feb 6, 196230 mins
Ray Bardon is a convict who robs a gas station and kills the attendant. He then carjacks a driver, named Lisa. He has every intention of killing her but she convinces him that if he lets her live, she'll drive him anywhere he wants to go. She makes no attempt to escape, but unfortunately, he hijacked the wrong driver.
Episode 19
Strange Miracle
Tue, Feb 13, 196230 mins
Pedro Sequiras loses the use of his legs in an accident - his condition is considered to be permanent. Over time, his wife Lolla becomes dissatisfied with their situation. It turns out Pedro isn't crippled and is only pretending to be so he can collect the insurance. Lolla's worried they'll be found out, but Pedro had a plan: go to a local shrine and ask for a miracle.
Episode 20
The Test
Tue, Feb 20, 196230 mins
A hot-shot lawyer agrees to defend 17-year-old who's accused of murder, but who swears he's innocent. Even though he's not truly believed, the lawyer decides to defend him. At trial, a chemical test can determine if blood was ever present on the knife, but the DA objects to it.
Episode 21
Burglar Proof
Tue, Feb 27, 196230 mins
A paroled safe cracker is hired by a safe company to try to break open one of their new "burglar-proof" safes in public and retrieve the $50,000 reward inside.
Episode 22
The Big Score
Tue, Mar 6, 196230 mins
Whilst Dora's babysitting, her boyfriend and rob the house but are caught in the act when the owner returns, but they steal a large sum of money but one of the young hoods, They stab the homeowner, and Dora offers to call the police. Turns out the homeowner had a reason for having a large sum of money.
Episode 23
Profit-Sharing Plan
Tue, Mar 13, 196230 mins
It's Miles Cheever's last day at work as he is retiring after 20 years of service. His boss and colleagues throw a little farewell party for him at the office and give him his going away present, a plain pen and pencil set. At home with his wife, they review his plans to empty the vault at work, which he manages to do without difficulty. It seems Cheever is leading a double life however and plans on running off with his girlfriend. When their airplane is delayed because of a bomb threat, they face the risk of being discovered.
Episode 24
Apex
Tue, Mar 20, 196230 mins
Claude is a successful business executive whose wife, Clara, owns the company he heads. He is also having a affair with his attractive neighbour, Margo. Claude's wife suspects her husband of having an affair and has made it quite clear that he would get nothing in a divorce settlement. Claude had every intention of killing his wife but when it comes time, he simply can't do it and suggests they hire a hit man to do the deed. Margo decides to take charge of the situation, however. Unfortunately, they find themselves working at cross purposes with unexpected results.
Episode 25
The Last Remains
Tue, Mar 27, 196230 mins
Amos Duff is a mortician whose business is failing. The bills are piling up and Amos laments the fact that he has never sold his top-of-the-line 'class A' funeral. He does finally get a client when Marvin Foley makes arrangements for his business partner's funeral. Supposedly, the partner was killed in a car accident but Amos discovers a bullet wound. Foley agrees to buy the 'class A' funeral provided Amos cremates the body but after several months has yet to settle his final account for the funeral. With the body cremated Foley refuses to pay but Amos reports the case to the police with a convincing piece of evidence.
Episode 26
Ten O'Clock Tiger
Tue, Apr 3, 196230 mins
Boots Murphy tries to convince his friend Arthur Duffy to bet on a particular horse. Turns out Boots has developed a secret formula that will turn any nag into a stallion. Arthur is a boxing manager and knows nothing about horses but he convinces Boots to inject a has-been fighter, Soldier Fresno. The drug apparently works wonders and Soldier wins a big fight so his manager sets him up for fight after fight. When Soldier finally gets a shot at the title, Arthur decides to up the dosage with unexpected results.
Episode 27
Act of Faith
Tue, Apr 10, 196230 mins
Ralston Temple is a successful novelist who receives a letter from struggling writer Alan Chatterton asking him for comments on the first three chapters of his book. Temple invites him to his apartment and Chatterton asks him for a loan of $40 per week for six months to allow him to finish his novel. Over time, the loans grow larger and Temple has yet to see anything of the novel. At a restaurant one evening, Temple sees Chatterton entertaining a group of friends and learns that he is a regular patron. Thinking he has been swindled, Temple throws him out. Only later does he realize that he may have been hasty.
Episode 28
The Kerry Blue
Tue, Apr 17, 196230 mins
Ned Mallie loves his 13-year-old dog Annie, a Kerry Blue. So much so that his wife Thelma accuses him of caring more for the dog than her. When Ned returns from a business trip, Thelma has bad news: Annie died a few days after he left and she buried her in the woods. Because Thelma did not call a vet, Ned is convinced that she buried Annie alive and slowly plots his revenge.
Episode 29
The Matched Pearl
Tue, Apr 24, 196230 mins
Laurent Dubois is a jeweler who manages to sell a magnificent black pearl for $4000. Turns out the buyer's wife doesn't know what to do with only one pearl and insists that they find another. Dubois returns to the pearl's original owner, Captain McCabe, to see if he can find another. McCabe feels that he was cheated on the first deal and he refuses Dubois' offer to double the original price if he can find a second pearl. Dubois eventually gets the pearl and a bit of a surprise as well.
Episode 30
What Frightened You, Fred?
Tue, May 1, 196230 mins
Fred Riordan is an ex-con who is re-arrested less than 48 hours after his release on parole. He served four years for robbery and on his release, seems like a mild-mannered man who is intent on making a go of it. He recounts to the warden and prison psychiatrist the events during his two days of freedom as they try to determine what may have caused him to get drunk and break up a bar in his old neighborhood. The psychiatrist is convinced that something in the outside world frightened him and probes to determine exactly what that was. Little do they know that there is something altogether different taking place.
Episode 31
Most Likely to Succeed
Tue, May 8, 196230 mins
Dave Sumner drops in on his old college friend Stanley Towers, whom he hasn't seen for 20 years. Dave has fallen on hard times and actually never amounted to much, even though he was president of his class and had been voted 'most likely to succeed'. Towers on the other hand made his first million by age 32 and is very well off. As a favor, Towers offers Dave a job doing different tasks around the house, serving drinks at parties and so on. Mrs. Towers is also unhappy and confides in Dave that her husband is a workaholic and is involved in unethical deals like charging work on the house to the company and putting relatives on the payroll at inflated salaries. Towers eventually fires Dave in a jealous rage but it turns out Dave is not quite who he seems to be.
Episode 32
Victim Four
Tue, May 15, 196230 mins
Joe Drake has been having a rough time. After he and his wife Madeline suffered a serious fall, he shattered his leg and has since required several operations. He can't work and his wife, who escaped fall with only a concussion, is the only earner working as a waitress. When she is late coming home from work one evening, he becomes concerned, mostly because of a series of grisly murders and a killer the press have called The Butcher. He sets off looking for her with a one-time rival for Madeline's affection, Ralph Morrow. He is desperate to find her but eventually comes face to face with the killer, knife in hand.
Episode 33
The Opportunity
Tue, May 22, 196230 mins
Paul Devore is an unhappily married department store manager whose wealthy wife loathes him and refuses to divorce him, unwilling to give him half of her assets as community property. He blackmails a thirty-something shoplifter into coming to his house the following Sunday evening. Assuming he was going to force her to have sex, she is surprised to find the master bedroom ransacked and all of the valuables missing. She realizes Devore has staged a robbery and all he wants the shoplifter to do is tie him to the bed to make it look like a robbery. But what will Mrs. Devore say when she gets home and finds her husband in this state?
Episode 34
The Twelve Hour Caper
Tue, May 29, 196230 mins
Herbert Wiggam has been the assistant cashier at his securities trading firm for 11 years. He has always been a loyal employee but things may be changing. He's advised by his boss that he will not be getting the head cashier position as that will be going to another employee, who just happens to be his wife's favorite nephew. Wiggam goes ahead with an elaborate plan to steal $500,000 in bearer bonds that are scheduled for delivery late on a Friday afternoon. He's planned everything down to the minute - but has he forgotten one important factor?
Episode 35
The Children of Alda Nuova
Tue, Jun 5, 196230 mins
Frankie Fane is an American who has been in Rome for about six weeks and is starting to get bored. He hasn't picked up much of the language, and has visited most of the tourist sites in Rome itself. A fellow American suggests that he rent a car and visit some old ruins just a short drive from the city. When he gets there he finds the villagers unfriendly, and a large group of teenagers that constantly follow him around. He quickly realizes that he may be in trouble, but it may also be the case that he gets what he deserves.
Episode 36
First Class Honeymoon
Tue, Jun 12, 196230 mins
Edward Gibson is newly divorced and a very happy man. He's less happy when he learns that his ex-wife Gloria commissioned a portrait of herself for $2500. He refuses to pay and asks his friend Carl, who's now seeing his ex-wife, to buy the painting. Carl has something else in mind: he offers to marry Gloria, for a price.
Episode 37
The Big Kick
Tue, Jun 19, 196230 mins
Ken is a square university professor who likes hanging around with a group of beatniks. At a party he meets Judy who is down and out and can't buy food, let alone pay the rent. Urged on by her boyfriend Mitch, Judy agrees to go out on a date with Ken in the hopes of getting some money out of him.
Episode 38
Where Beauty Lies
Tue, Jun 26, 196230 mins
Caroline Hardy lives with her handsome brother Collin. She is in her thirties, unmarried and thinks of herself as ugly and unattractive. She thinks the world of her stage actor brother, for whom she keeps house. She sees them drifting apart however, particularly as Collin seems ever closer to his girlfriend, Joan. Caroline hatches a plot to ensure Collin will be dependent upon her and will shun all outside contact.
Episode 39
The Sorcerer's Apprentice
Tue, Jul 3, 196230 mins
When a magician named The Great Sadini emerges from his trailer one night, he notices a young man named Hugo lying unconscious on the carnival grounds and takes him to his trailer. The boy is a runaway from a "home" who proves to be simple-minded; his first impression upon waking is that Sadini and his wife are the devil and an angel respectively. Sadini's compassionate nature compels him to take the kid under his wing and teach him about magic. Conversely, the cold-hearted wife has something more sinister in mind and implores the impressionable young man to commit a murder.
