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The Alfred Hitchcock Hour Season 1 Episodes
Season 1 Episode Guide
32 Episodes 1962 - 1963
Episode 1
A Piece of the Action
Thu, Sep 20, 1962 60 mins
Professional gambler Duke Marsden (Gig Young) finds his life at stake when he wins $30,000 from a vicious ex-hood. Chuck: Robert Redford. Alice: Martha Hyer. Krutcher: Gene Evans. Nate: Roger de Koven. Smiley: Greg Martin. Allie: Raymond Bailey.
Episode 2
Don't Look Behind You
Thu, Sep 27, 1962 60 mins
Several women have been victims of ritualistic murders, and a medical student (Vera Miles) thinks she's next. Harold: Jeffrey Hunter. Dave: Dick Sargent.
Episode 3
Night of the Owl
Thu, Oct 4, 1962 60 mins
A man blackmails a couple by threatening to tell their adopted daughter the truth about her biological parents. Jim Mallory: Brian Keith. Linda Mallory: Patricia Breslin. Anne Mallory: Claudia Cravey. Kaylor: Norman Leavitt. Lieutenant Ames: Robert Bray.
Episode 4
I Saw the Whole Thing
Thu, Oct 11, 1962 60 mins
A famed mystery writer (John Forsythe) is accused of running a stop sign before hitting a young motorcyclist. O'Hara: Kent Smith. Penny: Evans Evans. Hoey: Philip Ober. Stuart: John Fiedler. Sam: William Newell. Directed by Alfred Hitchcock.
Episode 5
Captive Audience
Thu, Oct 18, 1962 60 mins
The tape-recorded material for a famed mystery writer's next novel sounds all too real to his publisher. Barrow: James Mason. Keller: Ed Nelson.
Episode 6
Final Vow
Thu, Oct 25, 1962 60 mins
Blaming herself for the theft of a valuable statue, a novice nun (Carol Lynley) leaves her convent to track down the thief. Jimmy: Clu Gulager. Downey: R.G. Armstrong. Reverend Mother: Isobel Elsom. Sister Lydia: Sara Taft. Bess: Carmen Phillips.
Episode 7
Annabel
Thu, Nov 1, 1962 60 mins
A chemist (Dean Stockwell) refuses to accept his ex-girlfriend's marriage to another man. Annabel: Susan Oliver. Wes: Gary Cockrell. Delaney: Henry Brandy. Script by Robert Bloch ("Psycho").
Episode 8
House Guest
Thu, Nov 8, 1962 60 mins
John Mitchell (Macdonald Carey) gets more than he bargained for when he offers a young man a new start in life. Roscoe: Robert Sterling. Sally: Peggy McCay. Tony: Billy Mumy. Sherston: Karl Swenson. Eve: Adele Mara. Faulkner: Robert Armstrong.
Episode 9
The Black Curtain
Thu, Nov 15, 1962 60 mins
Richard Basehart stars as a former amnesiac who learns he is an accused murderer wanted by the police---and by a hired killer. Bernie: James Farentino. Ruth: Lola Albright. Carlin: Lee Philips. Cabdriver: Harold J. Stone.
Episode 10
Day of Reckoning
Thu, Nov 22, 1962 60 mins
A mild-mannered man (Barry Sullivan) has an unusual problem: he can't convince anyone that he killed his unfaithful wife. Wilcox: Louis Hayward. Jordan: Claude Akins. Caroline: Katherine Bard. Harold: Hugh Marlowe. Felicity: Dee Hartford.
Episode 11
Ride the Nightmare
Thu, Nov 29, 1962 60 mins
An old friend plunges Chris Martin (Hugh O'Brian) into a nightmare replete with blackmail, kidnapping and murder. Helen: Gena Rowlands. Fred: Jay Lanin. Adam: John Anderson. Steve: Richard Shannon.
Episode 12
Hangover
Thu, Dec 6, 1962 60 mins
A man (Tony Randall) wakes up with a hangover, a blonde in his room and his wife missing. Marian: Jayne Mansfield. Sondra: Dody Heath. Hunter: Robert P. Lieb. Blake: Myron Healey. Driscoll: Tyler McVey. Cushman: James Maloney. Cliff: Chris Roman.
Episode 13
Bonfire
Thu, Dec 13, 1962 60 mins
Evangelist Robert Evans (Peter Falk) will do anything---including murder---to acquire a woman's mansion for a gospel temple. Laura: Dina Merrill. Man: Craig Curtis.
Episode 14
The Tender Poisoner
Thu, Dec 20, 1962 60 mins
Two corporation executives fling themselves into a battle of wits and deception as they vie for a beautiful woman. Harding: Howard Duff. Bartel: Dan Dailey. Beatrice: Jan Sterling. John: Philip Reed.
Episode 15
The 31st of February
Fri, Jan 4, 1963 60 mins
The death of Andrew Anderson's wife sets off bizarre events designed to drive the widower insane. Anderson: David Wayne. Lessing: Bob Crane. Cresse: William Conrad. Molly: Elizabeth Allen. Vincent: Staats Cotsworth. Riverton: King Calder. Granville: William Sargent.
Episode 16
What Really Happened?
Fri, Jan 11, 1963 60 mins
When a distraught housekeeper murders her employer, the dead man's wife is charged with the crime. Addie: Ruth Roman. Eve: Anne Francis. Mrs. Raydon: Gladys Cooper. Raydon: Gene Lyons.
Episode 17
Forecast: Low Clouds and Coastal Fog
Fri, Jan 18, 1963 60 mins
A woman (Inger Stevens) is plunged into a nightmare after she refuses to aid a man and his badly beaten girlfriend. Carter: Dan O'Herlihy. Manuel: Christopher Dark. Tom: Richard Jaeckel. Ed: Peter Brown.
Episode 18
A Tangled Web
Fri, Jan 25, 1963 60 mins
Murder, magic and mayhem dominate this story of a tangled romantic triangle. David: Robert Redford. Karl: Barry Morse. Marie: Zohra Lampert. Ethel: Gertrude Flynn. Student: Ronnie Rondell.
Episode 19
To Catch a Butterfly
Fri, Feb 1, 1963 60 mins
Bill and Janet Nelson are tormented by the realization that a disturbed neighborhood boy is planning to kill them. Bill: Bradford Dillman. Janet: Diana Hyland. Eddie: Mickey Sholdar. Stander: Edward Asner. Barbara: June Dayton.
Episode 20
The Paragon
Fri, Feb 8, 1963 60 mins
John Pemberton (Gary Merrill) comes up with a permanent solution for dealing with his vicious, meddlesome wife. Alice: Joan Fontaine. Madge: Virginia Vincent. Evie: Linda Leighton. Fletcher: William Sargent.
Episode 21
I'll Be the Judge, I'll Be the Jury
Fri, Feb 15, 1963 60 mins
A policeman uses his wife as a decoy to trap a killer. Needham: Peter Graves. Bond: Albert Salmi. Alec: Ed Nelson. Louise: Sarah Marshall. Laura: Eileen O'Neill. Perez: Eric Tovar. Ortiz: Rodolfo Hoyos.
Episode 22
Diagnosis: Danger
Fri, Mar 1, 1963 60 mins
Health-department officials attempt to prevent an anthrax epidemic. Oliver: Charles McGraw. Dana: Michael Parks. Judd: Berkeley Harris. Alf: Marc Cavell. Boyle: Stefan Gierasch. Gordie: Gus Trikonis.
Episode 23
The Lonely Hours
Fri, Mar 8, 1963 60 mins
A boarder (Nancy Kelly) shows an unusual interest in her landlord's child. Louise: Gena Rowlands. Grace: Joyce Van Patten. Marjorie: Sally Smith. Mrs. McFarland: Juanita Moore.
Episode 24
The Star Juror
Fri, Mar 15, 1963 60 mins
Murderer George Davies (Dean Jagger) faces an ironic problem: he's a member of the jury that is trying another man for the crime. J.J.: Will Hutchins. Jenny: Betty Field. Lola: Cathie Merchant. Sheriff: Crahan Denton. Mrs. Fenton: Katherine Squire. Pauline: Josie Lloyd. Alice: Jennifer West.
Episode 25
The Long Silence
Fri, Mar 22, 1963 60 mins
Phyllis Thaxter plays Cory Manson, paralyzed, mute and fearful that her husband (Michael Rennie) is planning her murder. Emma: Connie Gilchrist. Babcock: Vaughn Taylor.
Episode 26
An Out for Oscar
Fri, Apr 5, 1963 60 mins
Burdened by an unfaithful wife and her money-mad lover, a timid bank teller (Larry Storch) schemes to free himself via the "perfect crime." Eve: Linda Christian. Rogan: Myron Healey. Grant: Henry Silva. Ronald: Rayford Barnes. Mike: John Marley.
Episode 27
Death and the Joyful Woman
Fri, Apr 12, 1963 60 mins
During a drinking bout with his disinherited son, a man (Gilbert Roland) wins a bet but loses his life. Les: Don Galloway. Ruth: Laraine Day. Kitty: Laura Devon. Jean: Maggie Pierce. Felse: Frank Overton.
Episode 28
Last Seen Wearing Blue Jeans
Fri, Apr 19, 1963 60 mins
After witnessing a murder, a young girl becomes the target of the killers. Saunders: Michael Wilding. Lauren: Katherine Crawford. Roberta: Anna Lee. Pete: Randy Boone. Cates: James Anderson. Gato: Jose de Vega. Grosse: Jesse Jacobs.
Episode 29
The Dark Pool
Fri, May 3, 1963 60 mins
A woman's nightmares begin the day her child drowns---and a stranger tries to blackmail her. Dianne: Lois Nettleton. Consuela: Madlyn Rhue. Victor: Anthony George. Mrs. Gibbs: Doris Lloyd.
Episode 30
Dear Uncle George
Fri, May 10, 1963 60 mins
An advice columnist (Gene Barry) has a problem of his own: his wife is unfaithful. Simon Aldrich: John Larkin. Wolfson: Lou Jacobi. Louise: Patricia Donahue. Esterow: Dabney Coleman.
Episode 31
Run for Doom
Fri, May 17, 1963 60 mins
John Gavin is cast as a doctor who plans to marry a beautiful singer, despite warnings that her three ex-husbands all experienced violent deaths. Niki: Diana Dors. Floyd: Scott Brady. Horace: Carl Benton Reid.
Episode 32
Death of a Cop
Fri, May 24, 1963 60 mins
A detective (Victor Jory) concocts a grim plan to avenge the murder of his son, a rookie cop. Phil: Peter Brown. Eva: Jean Willes. Lane: Lawrence Tierney. Trenker: Paul Hartman. Mills: Paul Genge. Boxer: Richard Jaeckel.