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Alfred Hitchcock Presents Season 7 Episodes
Season 7 Episode Guide
39 Episodes 1961 - 1962
Hitchcock's classic series has him dryly introducing each twist-filled story.
Episode 1
The Hat Box
Tue, Oct 10, 1961 30 mins
Caught cheating on a test, college student Perry Hatch plunges into more trouble when he pays a surprise visit to his professor (Paul Ford). Perry: Billy Gray. Roman: Frank Maxwell. Denny: Jamie Brothers.
Episode 2
Bang! You're Dead
Tue, Oct 17, 1961 30 mins
Thinking his uncle's gun is a toy, young Jackie Chester (Billy Mumy) takes the loaded pistol---and goes out to play. Fred: Biff Elliott. Rick: Steve Dunne. Amy: Lucy Prentiss. Gary: Dean Moray. Cleo: Juanita Moore.
Episode 3
Maria
Tue, Oct 24, 1961 30 mins
A carnival man discovers that the monkey he bought is really a female midget in disguise. Leo: Norman Lloyd. Carole: Nita Talbot. El Magnifico: Edmund Hashim.
Episode 4
Cop for a Day
Tue, Oct 31, 1961 30 mins
Two robbers fear their most recent job will be their last: they killed a messenger and left a witness. Phil: Walter Matthau. Davey: Glenn Cannon. Messenger: Tom Begley. Policemen: Robert Reiner, George Kane.
Episode 5
Keep Me Company
Tue, Nov 7, 1961 30 mins
A housewife's fake story of a prowler nets her the company of a very real---and very handsome---detective. Julia: Anne Francis. Parks: Jack Ging. Marco: Edmund Hashim. Kenny: Billy Wells. Sam: Anthony Hall.
Episode 6
Beta Delta Gamma
Tue, Nov 14, 1961 30 mins
A student becomes the victim of a deadly prank: his frat brothers convince him he committed a murder. Alan: Burt Brinckerhoff. Mark: Duke Howard. Franklin: Severn Darden. Robert: Joel Carruthers. Phyllis: Barbara Steele. Beth: Barbara Harris.
Episode 7
You Can't Be a Little Girl All Your Life
Tue, Nov 21, 1961 30 mins
Mystery and psychology blend in this drama about an assault on a young housewife. Tom: Dick York. Julie: Caroline Kearney. Lieutenant: Ted de Corsia. Dahl: Howard Caine.
Episode 8
The Old Pro
Tue, Nov 28, 1961 30 mins
A retired hit man may have to return to work: a blackmailer is threatening to expose his past. Frank: Richard Conte. Loretta: Sara Shane. Cullen: Stacy Harris.
Episode 9
I Spy
Tue, Dec 5, 1961 30 mins
Captain Morgan's search for his missing wife is interrupted by his lawyer, who advises him to wait. Morgan: William Kendall. Lawyer: Cecil Parker.
Episode 10
Services Rendered
Tue, Dec 12, 1961 30 mins
An amnesia victim's clues to his identity are a $1000 bill and the address of a Dr. Mannix. Young Man: Steve Dunne. Mannix: Hugh Marlowe. Rutherford: Percy Helton. Jimmy: Bert Remsen. Ben: Karl Tucas.
Episode 11
The Right Kind of Medicine
Tue, Dec 19, 1961 30 mins
Robert Redford stars as a burglar who escapes from the police with the loot in his hand---and a rapidly worsening wound. Fletcher: Russell Collins. Vogel: Gage Clarke. Witness: Bernard Kates. Police Lieutenant: King Calder.
Episode 12
A Jury of Her Peers
Tue, Dec 26, 1961 30 mins
Something's wrong: while Mrs. Wright knits, Mr. Wright lies dead in another part of the house. Mrs. Wright: June Walker. Sarah: Ann Harding. Mrs. Peters: Frances Reid. Peters: Robert Bray. Jim: Ray Teal. George: Philip Bourneuf.
Episode 13
The Silk Petticoat
Tue, Jan 2, 1962 30 mins
Elicia Minden (Antoinette Bower) begins to regret marrying for money when her husband's past slowly comes to light. Oxford: Michael Rennie. Minden: Jack Livesey. Mrs. Boyd: Doris Lloyd. Haven: David Frankham. Maid: Molly Glessing.
Episode 14
Bad Actor
Tue, Jan 9, 1962 30 mins
The casting session of a new play becomes the scene of a real-life drama when an actor exchanges his prop weapon for the real thing. Conway: Robert Duvall. Lane: Charles Robinson. Marjorie: Carole Eastman. Bolling: David Lewis. Gunderson: William Schallert.
Episode 15
The Door Without a Key
Tue, Jan 16, 1962 30 mins
A poignant story of an elderly amnesiac's friendship with a small boy. Amnesiac: Claude Rains. Shaw: John Larch. Mickey: Billy Mumy. Lieutenant: Robert Carson. Maggie: Connie Gilchrist.
Episode 16
The Case of M.J.H.
Tue, Jan 23, 1962 30 mins
Con artist Jimmy French (Robert Loggia) woos shy Maude Sheridan to get records from the files of her psychiatrist boss. Maude: Barbara Baxley. Cooper: Ted Newton. Harrison: Richard Gaines.
Episode 17
The Faith of Aaron Menefee
Tue, Jan 30, 1962 30 mins
Mechanic Aaron Menefee's ulcers vanish after he's treated by a faith healer. Menefee: Andrew Prine. Jones: Sidney Blackmer. Emily: Maggie Pierce.
Episode 18
The Woman Who Wanted to Live
Tue, Feb 6, 1962 30 mins
Escaped convict Ray Bardon (Charles Bronson) forces a pretty motorcyclist (Lola Albright) to help him flee. Rock: Craig Curtis. Fat Boy: Ben Bryant. Cuke: Robert Rudelson. Attendant: Ray Montgomery.
Episode 19
Strange Miracle
Tue, Feb 13, 1962 30 mins
Strange things happen to a salesman (David Opatoshu) disabled in a train wreck. Lolla: Miriam Colon. Priest: Eduardo Ciannelli. Maria: Adeline Pedroza. Vargas: Frank de Kova.
Episode 20
The Test
Tue, Feb 20, 1962 30 mins
Attorney Vernon Wedge (Brian Keith) agrees to defend a young man charged with murdering a rival gang member. Bleeker: Eduardo Ciannelli. Benjy: Rod Lauren. Dr. Hagerty: William Bramley.
Episode 21
Burglar Proof
Tue, Feb 27, 1962 30 mins
Advertising man Harrison Fell (Robert Webber) uses a safecracker in a scheme to sell his client's "burglar-proof" safe. Morrisey: Paul Hartman. Bliss: Whit Bissell. Stark: Philip Ober. Dorothy: Josie Lloyd. Secretary: Dorothy Whitney.
Episode 22
The Big Score
Tue, Mar 6, 1962 30 mins
A baby sitter opens a Pandora's box when she lets her friends rob the house where she's working. Gino: Rafael Campos. Dora: Evans Evans. Mike: Tom Gilleran. Arne: Nick Sills. Fellows: Philip Reed.
Episode 23
Profit-Sharing Plan
Tue, Mar 13, 1962 30 mins
On the eve of his retirement, Miles Cheever (Henry Jones) is unable to contain his disappointment when his years of service are rewarded with a flimsy gift. Mrs. Cheever: Ruth Storey. Dougherty: Humphrey Davis.
Episode 24
Apex
Tue, Mar 20, 1962 30 mins
There aren't many people Clara can trust: her husband's unfaithful---and her best friend is the other woman. Clara: Vivienne Segal. Claude: Mark Miller. Margo: Patricia Breslin. Weeks: George Kane.
Episode 25
The Last Remains
Tue, Mar 27, 1962 30 mins
A nearly bankrupt mortician (John Fiedler) comes up with an obvious way to revive his dying business. Morgan: Walter Kinsella. Stanley: Len Weinrib. Foley: Ed Gardner. Librarian: Gail Bonney.
Episode 26
Ten O'Clock Tiger
Tue, Apr 3, 1962 30 mins
Fight manager Arthur Duffy (Robert Keith) tries to make a real killing at the racetrack. Boots: Frankie Darro. Fresno: Karl Lucas. Attendant: Syl Lamont. Policeman: Andy Romano. Handler: Charles E. Perry.
Episode 27
Act of Faith
Tue, Apr 10, 1962 30 mins
A novelist invites trouble when he agrees to finance an aspiring author's first book. Temple: Dennis King. Chatterton: George Grizzard. Alice: Florence MacMichael. Luigi: Jeno Mate. Man: Alan Campbell.
Episode 28
The Kerry Blue
Tue, Apr 17, 1962 30 mins
Thelma Malley (Carmen Mathews) rebels at being left out in the cold while her husband pampers his pet dog. Ned: Gene Evans. Chaff: John Zaremba. Doctor: Robert Reiner. Detective: David Carlyle.
Episode 29
The Matched Pearl
Tue, Apr 24, 1962 30 mins
Greed gets the better of a jeweler when he sells a pearl for an astronomical sum. McCabe: John Ireland. Wilkins: Ernest Truex. Kirkwood: Emile Genest. Lolly: Sharon Farrell. Conroy: Michael King.
Episode 30
What Frightened You, Fred?
Tue, May 1, 1962 30 mins
A prison psychiatrist tries to find out why parolee Fred Riordan (R.G. Armstrong) apparently prefers to remain in jail. Bragan: Ed Asner. Cullen: Adam Williams.
Episode 31
Most Likely to Succeed
Tue, May 8, 1962 30 mins
Wounded pride and fate are the ingredients in this story of a failure, once voted most likely to succeed, and his prosperous former classmate. Dave: Howard Morris. Stanley: Jack Carter. Louise: Joanna Moore. Maid: Molly Glessing. Attorney: King Calder.
Episode 32
Victim Four
Tue, May 15, 1962 30 mins
Upset by the news that his broken leg will leave him with a limp, Joe Drake (Paul Comi) is further depressed by the arrival of his wife's former boyfriend. Madeline: Peggy Ann Garner. Ralph: John Lupton. Tittle: Bryan O'Byrne. Old Man: Harry Hines.
Episode 33
Golden Opportunity
Tue, May 22, 1962 30 mins
A store manager (Richard Long) threatens to expose a shoplifter unless she helps carry out a plot against his wife. Lois: Coleen Gray. Kate: Rebecca Sand. Mrs. Ranwiller: Olive Dunbar.
Episode 34
The Twelve Hour Caper
Tue, May 29, 1962 30 mins
Mild-mannered stock clerk Herbert Wiggam (Dick York) knows that he is the last person anyone would suspect of robbery. Miss Pomfritt: Sarah Marshall. Webster: Kreg Martin. Brand: Tom Bellin. Tupper: Wendell Holmes.
Episode 35
The Children of Alda Nuova
Tue, Jun 5, 1962 30 mins
A tour of Italy takes a strange twist for Frankie Fane (Jack Carson), who is spirited off to places tourists never see. Crowder: Christopher Dark. Siani: Stefan Schnabel. Paolo: Thano Rama. Old Woman: Lidia Vana.
Episode 36
First Class Honeymoon
Tue, Jun 12, 1962 30 mins
Burdened with alimony payments, Edward Gibson (Robert Webber) is receptive when a man offers to marry his ex-wife---for a price. Seabrook: Jeremy Slate. Munro: John Abbott. Marian: Elaine Martone.
Episode 37
The Big Kick
Tue, Jun 19, 1962 30 mins
Broke and hungry, Judy Baker (Anne Helm) and her beatnik boyfriend crash a party to sponge a free meal. Kenneth: Wayne Rogers. Mitch: Brian Hutton. Landlady: Frances Morris. Monk: Tom Bellin.
Episode 38
Where Beauty Lies
Tue, Jun 26, 1962 30 mins
Actor Collin Hardy (George Nader) will stop at nothing to prevent men from wooing his sister. Caroline: Cloris Leachman. Ross: Charles Carlson. Joan: Pamela Curran.
Episode 39
The Sorcerer's Apprentice
Wed, May 30, 1962 30 mins
Brandon de Wilde as a mentally disabled youth who becomes a magician's assistant. Sadini: David J. Stewart. Irene: Diana Dors.