
Alfred Hitchcock Presents
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Ask anyone what they like most about the work of Alfred Hitchcock and chances are they'll reply: "Those neat twist endings of his." And yet of the 53 theatrical motion pictures Hitchcock directed over his long career, only a handful concluded in such a manner. "Those neat twist endings of his" are not representative of Hitchcock's film career at all. They are, however, the very signature of his extensive and very visible career in another medium: television.
Prior to his debut as the delightfully macabre host of the Alfred Hitchcock Presents TV series on CBS in 1955, Hitchcock was a well-known director whose name frequently appeared above the titles of his films and occasionally even served as a box-office draw. At the height of the series, however, his name had become a household word and his portly figure was recognizable to everyone. He was the most famous film director in the world, and it was TV, not the movies, that brought him his greatest fame.
While most other directors of his stature wouldn't have been caught dead doing TV, Alfred Hitchcock decided to embrace the then-infant medium on the advice of Lew Wasserman, president of MCA, the entertainment conglomerate under whose guidance the series was born. Wasserman viewed the show and Hitchcock's hosting of it as a natural extension of the very successful Alfred Hitchcock Mystery Magazine, which had just then been launched and continues to be published to this day. Many of the series' episodes, in fact, were adapted from stories that first appeared in the magazine.
Alfred Hitchcock Presents premiered on CBS in October 1955, switched to NBC for the '60/'61 season, returned to CBS in an hour-long format from 1962 to 1963, then went back to NBC to complete its final season, earning a variety of Emmy, Look magazine, Golden Globe, and Television Champion awards for best anthology and/or mystery program during its decade-long run. Episodes each week consisted of tales of mystery and suspense, horror and the supernatural, the ironic and outright fantastic, and even the socially relevant. Alfred Hitchcock Presents, which grew into The Alfred Hitchcock Hour, ranks among the top fifty longest-running series in TV history.
The show served as a training ground for many of today's and yesterday's most well-known acting talents, including Charles Bronson, Walter Matthau, Burt Reynolds, Robert Redford, Steve McQueen, Robert Duvall, Katharine Ross, Joanne Woodward, Gena Rowlands... the list is endless. Fledgling filmmakers who cut their directorial teeth on the show include such luminaries as Robert Altman, William Friedkin, Sydney Pollack, Arthur Hiller, Stuart Rosenberg, and Lewis Teague. Of the more than 300 shows, Hitchcock directed only twenty, many of which remain among the best-remembered of the series.
And, lest we forget, here's a checklist of the writers whose stories contributed so much to the series' consistent high quality, substance, and more than occasional bite: Frederic Brown, Ray Bradbury, Roald Dahl, Garson Kanin, John Cheever, Henry Slesar, Ellery Queen, Robert Bloch, H. G. Wells, Evan Hunter, Richard Levinson, and William Link.
...and then!
... in 1985 the great director
John Houston introduced a new series of Alfred
Hitchcock Presents episodes with...
"Between the years of 1955 and 1965, the great motion picture director Alfred Hitchcock, presented more than three hundred and fifty television dramas to the American public. What follows are entirely new, contemporized renderings, of stories selected from that body of work. We are proud to again bring you... Alfred Hitchcock Presents."
The acknowledged master of murder, mystery, and mayhem, was about to get a new turn in his career, hosting a variation on an old theme, five years after he died and twenty years after the series left the air! These episodes were not colorizations of the original black and white shows, but entirely new episodes, some remakes of the originals, some entirely new stories. The introductions by Hitchcock were, of course, colorizations. The series appeared on NBC during the 1985 season (26 episodes) and was then picked up by the USA network for the 1986 season (13 episodes), the 1987 season (21 episodes), and the 1988 season (20 episodes). In all, 80 shows were produced in this reprise series.
So... here's the total of Alfred Hitchcock TV shows: Alfred Hitchcock Presents (half hour) - 266; The Alfred Hitchcock Hour (one hour) - 93; Suspicion (one hour) - 10; Ford Startime (one hour) - 1; and Alfred Hitchcock Presents in Color - 80. The grand total is 450! We have most of these shows and we will have them all! Stay tuned! If you need a particular episode or have a question about one, email us. Be sure to check out our complete episode directory and inventory here on Hitch2001 by clicking here: http://www.AlfredsPlace.com/ahtvepisodes.htm.
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Director Hitchcock's Twenty
Of the 450 shows, Alfred Hitchcock personally directed only 20 of them - 17 half hour shows and 3 one hour presentations. We have put three of them together as a package at a great price! See how many you remember and see if you can come up with the endings! They are...
1
Revenge
Alfred Hitchcock Presents, 10/2/55, half
hour:
Ralph
Meeker, Vera Miles.
Salesman Carl Spann (Meeker),
consistently pictured as a cynical, worried and loving husband, returns to his
home in a remote California trailer
park. Carl finds the house in
disarray, and his loving wife, Elsa (Miles),
roughed up. Elsa explains that an unfamiliar stranger attacked her.
Despite the fact that
his wife had suffered a
nervous breakdown not long ago, Carl believes her, and the two leave together to
find the intruder, not wanting to wait for the police to handle things
"their way." Driving down the road, Elsa coincidentally catches
a glimpse of her accused attacker, dressed in a gray suit. Accepting her
identification, Carl stops the car, orders his wife to remain in the front seat,
and exits quietly. Putting a coin in the parking meter as a good
law-abiding citizen, Carl unhurriedly follows the stranger intro the hotel, up
to his room, and without saying a word... murders the man in cold blood.
When Carl returns to the car, and begins their trek back home... just who
does she see on the street? (Revenge was the
first ever Alfred Hitchcock Presents episode)!
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2
Breakdown
Alfred Hitchcock Presents, 11/13/55, half
hour:
Mr. Callew (Joseph Cotten),
bachelor by
trade,
callous and successful businessman by profession, has lived his life
believing that only the weak show emotion or sympathy. Without showing
respect to anyone who possesses the quality of standing in his way, Mr. Callew
becomes a well-disliked man about town. At least until he wrecks his car
while on a routine business trip, having hit a piece of road equipment.
Thought to be dead, Mr. Callew's body is transported directly to the
morgue. In reality, he is only paralyzed, but the coroner himself believes
that Mr. Callew is dead, and begins preparing the tools of his trade.
Unable to speak or move in any way to let anyone know that he is alive, Mr.
Callew's one and only hope may be to... Can he save himself -- if so, what
does the trick?
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3
The Case Of Mr. Pelham
Alfred Hitchcock
Presents, 12/4/55, half hour: Mr. Albert Pelham (Tom
Ewell) is the owner of his own investment company and a luxurious apartment,
and with no close personal ties.
He isn't sure at first, but he suspects that his life is being imitated (or
taken over) by an imposter, who looks and talks exactly like him. Although
Pelham isn't able to prove it, nor has he actually seen this imposter, Pelham
dismisses the theory of an evil twin, rather suspecting that more than a purely
human agency is at work. The double is showing up at his job, parties, his
bank, and other places representing himself as Albert Pelham, financial
wizard. Reaching the point that his double seems to be taking control,
Pelham tries several countermeasures hoping to expose the fraud, all
of which fail. At last, the real Pelham and his double have a final
confrontation in his apartment... and figure out the only solution to the
identity crisis... But which one is the real Mr. Pelham?
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4
Back For Christmas
Alfred Hitchcock Presents, 3/4/56, half hour: Herbert Carpenter (John Williams)
and his nagging wife Hermione (Isobel
Elsom) are getting ready to leave for work
in California. But Hermione doesn't want to stay in California,
she'd rather be home for Christmas. Herbert, whose hobby is his "devil's
garden" in the basement, plans to stay in California a little longer than his
wife thinks. Just before they leave, Herbert kills the shrew of a wife and
buries her body in the basement. Covering the hole he dug so no one could
suspect, Herbert leaves for sunny California. In California, Herbert tells
the hotel staff that his wife and he separated. Spending warm afternoons
in his suite in Beverly Hills, Herbert composes a letter with his wife's
signature, telling all his friends back home in England that the Carpenters will
be staying longer than they planned. Just when all seems fair and well, an
envelope arrives addressed to his wife, a construction bill for excavating the
cellar floor, as part of the construction of a wine cellar. Completion
should be done before Christmas, as a surprise for her husband!
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5
Wet Saturday
Alfred Hitchcock Presents, 9/30/56, half hour: Princey's, Cedric Hardwicke, jealous
daughter has just killed the schoolmaster with a croquet mallet after he
told her of his plans to marry another woman. As the body lies in the barn, Princey searches for a way to protect the family name and prevent his daughter
from being charged. Enter Captain Smollet, John Williams, who was intending to
marry the very same woman the schoolmaster just became engaged to. Princey
realizes that Smollet would be a perfect fall guy, forces him to go
along with a scheme that makes it appear he killed the schoolmaster or he will
shoot him dead on the spot. The Captain chooses to go along with the wild scheme
(some choice) and leaves feeling somewhat confident he has made the best of a
bad bargain... but has he?
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6
Mr. Blanchard's Secret
Alfred Hitchcock Presents, 12/23/56, half hour: Mrs. Fenton (Mary
Scott),
a mystery novelist with an overactive imagination suspects her
neighbor, Mr. Blanchard (Dayton Lummis), of murdering his wife (Meg
Mundy). Her husband, Robert Horton thinks she's nuts.
To substantiate her theory, Mrs. Fenton breaks into Mr. Blanchard's home in
hopes of finding some incriminating evidence, but discovers nothing. For
that reason, she is even more shocked when the missing Mrs. Blanchard shows up
at her apartment to introduce herself. Mr. Blanchard soon arrives and
escorts his wife back home with him. Sometime after, Mrs. Fenton
sees Mr.
Blanchard hauling away a heavy bag and phones the police, again believing Mr.
Blanchard has finally been killed, but once again the woman shows up at her
door, alive and well. Suddenly her dysfunctional silver lighter disappears
and Mrs. Fenton puts together a new story about Mr. Blanchard being a
kleptomaniac. The police phone Mrs. Fenton to say they have recently found
a dead body but when she leaves to identify the corpse, who do you think she
meets in the doorway! Mr. Hitchcock parodies his own Rear Window
in Mr. Blanchard's Secret.
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7
One More Mile To Go
Alfred Hitchcock Presents, 4/7/57, half hour. In a heated moment of emotion,
Sam Jacoby (David Wayne)
kills his hen-pecking wife with the fireplace poker. Deciding he has to
get rid of her body, he drags the body of his dead wife into the trunk of his
sedan and heads for a nearby lake. Before Sam can arrive at his
destination, a motorcycle officer (Steve Brodie) pulls him over to tell
him that he has a taillight out. The cop suggests that he visit a nearby
gas station to have it fixed. The attendant finds out the bulb is okay and
that there must be some defective wires in the trunk. Sam explains he
can't fix it because he doesn't have a trunk key, but suddenly the light comes
back on and the cop lets him go. On his way toward the lake again, the
same cop pulls Sam over for a
second time, because he forgot his change at the gas station. Again, the
light goes out for a second time. As a favor to Sam, the cop orders him to
follow him to police headquarters, about half a mile up the road, where a
trained mechanic can open his trunk and fix it...
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9
The Perfect Crime
Alfred Hitchcock Presents, 10/20/57, half hour. Charles Courtney (Vincent
Price)
is
one of the most gifted criminologists in the world. The press goes so
far as to call him the "world's greatest detective." He cannot
conceive of ever making an error, his reputation is all too important.
But, he is stunned when in a visit to his home a defense attorney (James
Gregory) presents irrefutable evidence that Courtney made one of the worst
errors of his life. Courtney is responsible for the conviction and
execution of a perfectly innocent man, because the accused took the blame for
his lover. Now, Courtney must do everything in his power to make sure this
information is not shared with the public - and even if it means strangling the
attorney and dumping his body in a pottery kiln. This, according to
Courtney's theory, is having committed the perfect crime and can fill up the
vacant spot in his collection of memorabilia from his successful cases.
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9
Lamb To The Slaughter
Alfred Hitchcock Presents, 4/13/58, half hour. Barbara Bel Geddes has
been a devoted wife and impeccable housekeeper for many years. when her
police chief husband, Allan Lane, comes home one evening to announce that
he has fallen in love with another woman and wants a divorce. Mary is quite
naturally peeved. So much so that she strikes him over the head with a frozen
leg of lamb and kills him. She calls in the police and alibis herself with the
story that
she'd been out to the store when the murder took place. The
lieutenant, Harold J. Stone, is further frustrated when he can find no
trace of the murder weapon. Where is it? What happened to it?
This
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10
Dip In The Pool
Alfred Hitchcock Presents, 6/1/58, half hour. Bill, Keenan Wynn, and his
wife, Louise
Platt,
are taking a transatlantic cruise. He discovers that
there is a betting pool on board. The game involves buying chances on how far
the ship will travel in a twenty-four-hour period. There's a lot of money to be
won and Bill, being a gambler, decides to go for broke. Unexpectedly, the
ship
slows down to avoid a storm; the captain had made his estimation before learning
of the storm. Armed with this
information, Bill bets $1,000. Later, however, the
storm has passed and the ship is going full speed again. He must slow the ship
down. He concocts a bizarre plan to jump overboard so that the ship will have to
stop to rescue him. He needs a reliable witness to scream when he jumps.
He
finds one... or does he?
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11
Poison
Alfred Hitchcock Presents, 10/5/58, half hour. Alcoholic plantation owner
Harry, James Donald,
wakes up to find that a deadly snake has crawled into bed with him
and is now asleep under the covers on his chest. Terrified, he calls out to his
partner Wendell Corey for help. At first, Corey thinks Harry is suffering
from the d.t.'s and refuses to believe him, but gradually he comes around. With
the help of a neighboring doctor, Arnold Moss, Corey attempts to
anesthetize the snake by slipping a rubber tube under the sheet and pouring
chloroform through it. But when he and the doctor draw back the sheet, there is
no snake. Furious, the doctor leaves, and Corey, mocking Harry with his
laughter collapses onto the bed. Was there a snake? If so, where did it go?
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12
Banquo's
Chair
Alfred Hitchcock Presents, 5/3/59, half hour. When wealthy Miss Ferguson
is brutally
murdered, suspicion falls on her nephew,
played by Kenneth Haigh.
But
as he has a seemingly airtight alibi, the crime goes unsolved. Enter retired
Scotland Yard inspector John Williams, who determines to pin the blame on
Haigh at an elaborate dinner party given in the dead woman's home. Williams
invites Haigh and a number of other people, including an actress, Hilda Plowright,
whom he has asked to play the ghost of the departed Miss Ferguson. The hoax goes
off as planned... or does it?
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13
Arthur
Alfred Hitchcock Presents, 9/27/59, half hour. A wealthy New Zealand
chicken farmer named Arthur (Laurence Harvey) confesses he's a
murderer... of chicken, that is. When his fiancée Helen
(Hazel Court) leaves him for
another man, he accepts her decision
by conveniently enjoying the life of being a bachelor. A year passes and
Helen pays him a return visit, asking for forgiveness. It seems her love
interest didn't work out, and Helen wants to rekindle an old flame, against
Arthur's wish to remain single. Accustomed to strangling chickens for a
living, Arthur angrily applies the same method to Helen, then hides her
body. The police suspect him of murder, but can do nothing for lack of
evidence. After Arthur returns from a three-day trip, he finds the police
thoroughly going through his house and farm, hoping to find the corpse, but
again to no avail. Arthur bears the police no ill will for what they have
done, and even offers them some chickens as a showing of good faith. They
are happy with the deal, as the birds are nice and plump - no doubt due to their
new feed, the makeup of which is known only to Arthur!
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14
The Crystal Trench
Alfred Hitchcock Presents, 10/4/59, half hour. Switzerland: September
1907.
Stella Ballister (Patricia Owens) receives the horrifying
news that her husband met with an untimely demise while mountain climbing. Newly married,
Stella asks for the retrieval of her husband's body - but the task proves
impossible when the corpse accidentally falls into a deep crevasse, where no
human eyes or hands can reach him. Mark Cavendish (James Donald),
having feelings for Stella, stays by her side, a close friend and nothing more,
throughout London and Switzerland. Forty years later (in 1947), still
trying to get over the news of the accident, Stella learns that the glacier has
moved. Hiring a crew to help prospect her husband out of the ice, they
find the body preserved and untouched. Stella views the body of her
husband one last time, and discovers a horrifying secret... Romantic obsession a la
Vertigo is at the heart of this haunting
Hitchcock story.
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15
Mrs. Bixby And The
Colonel's Coat
Alfred Hitchcock Presents, 9/27/60, half hour. Mrs.
Bixby, Audrey
Meadows, has been carrying on an 8-year romance with a wealthy man known as
the Colonel, Stephen Chase. He decides to end their affair and presents
her with an expensive mink coat as a parting gift. Realizing that she can't
bring the coat home without her husband, Les Tremayne, wondering where
she got it, she decides to pawn it, but instructs the pawnbroker not to describe
the merchandise on the pawn ticket. Later, she tells her husband that she found
the pawn ticket and asks him to turn it in for her to see what the merchandise
might be. She drops by his office the next day expecting to be given the mink
coat, but her husband hands her a cheap mink neckpiece instead. She
discovers
what he did with the mink coat, is stunned, but is unable to protest!
This
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16
The Horseplayer
Alfred Hitchcock Presents, 3/14/61, half
hour. Father Amion (Claude Rains) is the
pastor of a poor church that is desperately in need of a $1,500 roof repair job.
When the church receives two sizable contributions from a man named
Sheridan (Ed
Gardner), the priest makes it a point to meet him. Sheridan is a horseplayer
who has been praying for winners and getting good results. Rains points out that
prayer shouldn't be used for
profit, but Sheridan keeps on praying -- and
winning. Sheridan gives the priest a hot tip about a horse and Rains decides to
give him $500 of the church's savings to place a bet on the horse to win. But
before the race is run, Rains has a crisis of conscience and prays for the horse
to lose. Sheridan shows up broke because he bet all of his money on the losing
horse to win. What about the
$500 the priest gave Sheridan?
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17
Bang! You're Dead
Alfred Hitchcock Presents, 10/17/61, half hour. Five-year-old Jackie
Chester
(Billy Mumy)
has a problem: the other kinds in the neighborhood won't play with him because
he doesn't have a gun like their own. The solution presents itself in the
form of Uncle Rick (Steve Dunne), a
world-wide traveler who always brings great gifts home to the family. Not
waiting patiently for his gift, Jackie routes through his uncle's suitcase to
find a great gun - in fact, the gun is real! Jackie goes outside without
anyone realizing he has a weapon, and walks around the neighborhood, taking play
shots with the gun, and pulling off the trigger several times while aiming at
innocent people. As he continues to put more and more bullets in the gun,
the risk gets greater. Returning home, Jackie aims the gun at the maid who
won't play with him, and just as Rick - who, along with Jackie's parents, has
been frantically searching for the boy - arrives, the gun goes off...
"Bang! You're Dead" was one of the few shows in which Alfred Hitchcock was dead serious in his introduction. "On rare occasions we have stories on this program which do not lend themselves to levity. This show is a case in point. We only hope that this play has dramatized for parents the importance of keeping firearms and ammunition out of reach of children. Accidents of this type occur far too frequently nowadays and the tragic fact is that with proper precaution they could be avoided." This episode personally directed by Alfred Hitchcock cannot be purchased here at AlfredsPlace as it is available to be purchased as a part of a set available from Universal Studios at your favorite movie store.
There you have them... the 17 half-hour television productions personally directed by the great Alfred Hitchcock and originally appearing on Alfred Hitchcock Presents.
These 17 episodes cannot be purchased at AlfredsPlace as they are available from Universal Studios as parts of Alfred Hitchcock sets and may be purchased at your favorite movie store.

The following three hour-long episodes round out Director Hitchcock's Twenty and are available here at AlfredsPlace, individually or as a three-episode set. The quality is excellent! Individually DVD or VHS are $14.99 each, or $35 for the set of three on one DVD disc or one VHS tape.
18
Four O'clock
Suspicion, 9/30/57, one hour.
E. G. Marshall,
a watch repairman,
suspects his wife of
cheating on him while he tends to the store every
afternoon. Consumed with jealousy, he devises a time bomb, set to go off at four
o'clock ~ the time her "lover" pays his daily visit. One day, when his
wife is at the market, he sneaks into the house to plant the device. There, he
is surprised by two burglars who tie him up and gag him - leaving him at the
mercy of his own device, ticking away. With an hour to go, his wife comes home
and Marshall overhears the two talking. Her "lover" is none other than
her brother, who was recently released from prison. Deciding to reveal her
secret to Marshall, the two leave for the clockmaker's store, leaving him alone
with the clock, ticking away. In terror, he watches the last seconds before four
o'clock tick away, and then the striker strikes, right on time at four o'clock ~
and then... $14.99.
19
I
Saw
The Whole Thing
The Alfred Hitchcock Hour, 10/11/62, one hour. Mystery writer Michael
Barnes (John Forsythe)
is facing criminal action when his car accidentally
hit a motorcycle driver, who failed to heed a stop sign. The police
gather witnesses who claim they saw the whole thing, and Barnes is forced to
show up in court. In order to disprove the five unreliable witnesses,
Michael, having been around enough courtrooms to know how it works, proposes he
defend himself, even though he is advised that "A man who keeps his own council
has a fool for a lawyer." During the trial, of which Michael is accused of
involuntary manslaughter, the mystery writer cross-examines the witnesses,
breaking down their testimonies one-by-one, proving to the jury that none of
them really saw the whole thing. Finally, George Peabody is called in as a
witness. He was the only one who really saw the whole thing. Which
is lucky for Michael's wife and new baby, who might have had to go through the
whole ordeal, if Michael never decided to take matters into his own hands...
Why? What was the real story? $14.99.

20 Incident At A Corner Ford Startime, 4/5/60, one hour. COLOR. Vera Miles. In this only color teleplay by Alfred Hitchcock, he tells a powerful story of the devastating effects of gossip in a small town. Through his most elaborate and ambitious telefilm, Hitchcock sensitively shows the cancerous effects, the pain and tension arising from false accusation. Remarkably, this film remained unseen for nearly four decades since its original broadcast. Remastered from a 35mm interpositive, the Museum of Television and Radio made this gem available. The quality is outstanding - hard to believe it was filmed more than 40 years ago! $14.99.
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Alfred Hitchcock Presents Sets
COLOR and BLACK&WHITE
Now in DVD & Video!
In 1985, twenty years after Alfred Hitchcock Presents left the air and ten years after the death of Alfred Hitchcock, the NBC network commissioned Universal Studios to take the scripts of the original Alfred Hitchcock Presents and film entirely new shows of the most popular episodes... and in COLOR! They colorized the original Alfred Hitchcock introductions, however, of course.
Further, In the years 1979 through 1988, in the United Kingdom, "Tales Of The Unexpected" (TU), hosted by Hitchcock favorite writer Roald Dahl, produced 14 of the stories by Dahl in color which had previously appeared on Alfred Hitchcock television. Further again, from 1985 through 1992, "The Ray Bradbury Theatre" (RB) produced in color 5 stories written and hosted by another Hitchcock favorite, Ray Bradbury, which had previously been produced on Alfred Hitchcock television.
We have created sets of your favorite shows, presenting both the Black & White version and the Color version on the same DVD or video! These sets have been produced in the SP quality mode and come in a Collector's plastic case. Only $19.99 DVD or Video the set of two, or $24.99 where there is available a set of three. Media shipping in the US for either is $2.23. Priority mail is $4.80. For multiples in the same shipment, add $1.00 each for media or add $2.00 each for priority. Airmail to other countries is $3.00 for the DVD.
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And So Died Riabouchinska
NEW
Black
&
White version
(AHP):
After a stranger named Ockham tries unsuccessfully to get in to see Fabian (Claude
Rains), the half-baked ventriloquist, Ockham's murdered body is later found
by the police. Detective Krovitch
(Charles
Bronson) arrives to talk to Fabian and his wife (Claire Carleton),
hoping to learn something about the dead man's motives. During the
questioning, Krovitch senses that the strange Fabian appears more devoted to a
female marionette, Riabouchinska, than to his wife. The detective also
notices that Fabian is strangely attracted to the dummy, so he returns to the
police department and begins going through the missing persons files. It
turns out that the marionette closely resembles a missing girl in his files.
When Krovitch presents this information to Fabian, the ventriloquist confesses
that he did indeed murder Ockham, as the man was going to expose Fabian's
strange romantic involvement with the dummy, which Fabian fashioned after a
young girl he was involved with. But the ventriloquist's confession does
not come from his own mouth, but rather from
that of his dummy!
Virginia Gregg as the voice of Riabouchinska. Based on a story by
Ray Bradbury. Directed by
Robert Stevenson. First aired
half hour 9/27/1959.
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COLOR version (Ray Bradbury Theatre): An outspoken marionette provides clues to a murder when a detective (Jean-Pierre Kalfon) interrogates a ventriloquist (Alan Bates). Also features Patti Layne, Annabelle Mouloudji, Hilary Staunton, Jacques Berrocal. Written by Ray Bradbury. Directed by Denys Granier-Deferre. First aired 5/28/1988. This color remake of "And So Died Riabouchinska" may be purchased here at AlfredsPlace for $14.99, DVD or Video.
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Anniversary Gift
NEW
Black
&
White version
(AHP):
In a comedy of
errors, Hermie Jensen (Harry Morgan) has been a slave
to his
animal-loving woman day in and day out. Fifteen years of marriage to Myra
(Barbara Baxley) and all he gets is a weekly ten-dollar allowance.
Hermie would rather fish and drink beer all day like his next-door neighbor, but
instead, he had to run errands for pet supplies. Since Hermie can't trade
in her livestock or train Myra to drink beer, he decides to put the bit on her.
Buying a poisonous coral snake, one that instead looks like a harmless king
snake, Hermie comes home one day to give his wife an anniversary present.
Returning home a few hours later, Hermie is surprised to find Myra alive and
well, complaining that the snake is unfriendly. She hands him the reptile,
and snake immediately bites him, whereupon Hermie falls over dead. But
when the doctor shows up later... Also featuring Jackie Coogan, Michael
J. Pollard, James Field, Maurice Manson, Steven McAdam. Directed by
Norman Lloyd. First aired
as a half hour presentation 11/1/1959.
COLOR
version
(AHPC):
Melinda's husband Mark (Peter
Dvorsky), a stockbroker, spends more time with
his pets than he does with
his wife. Forced to feed the snake, owl, tarantula, crocodile, fish, and
other pets day after day, Melinda (Pamela Sue Martin) orders him to get
rid of the animals or she'll leave. But Mark insists on keeping his pets,
so Melinda gives up and turns to her friend Allen for support, whom she's been
having an affair with for the past year. As it turns out, Melinda only
married Mark for his money, hoping to one day collect a million-dollar life
insurance policy. Her boyfriend, Allen (Paul Hubbard), suggests she
buy a deadly snake as an anniversary gift, from a friend of his who owns a pet
store. Melinda does so, and later that evening, hands her husband his
gift-wrapped box, excusing herself for a moment while she gets the anniversary
cake. But when Melinda returns home, Mark is alive and well, and tells her
that the snake escaped, slithering somewhere around the house. As Melinda
goes into the bathroom to take a shower, the snake curls itself around her
ankles. Mark hears his wife scream and when the police arrive on the
scene, the coroner explains that she had a heart attack. It seems she
didn't know... Also features Sunny Besen-Thrasher, Robin White. Directed
by Richard Bugajski.
First aired 2/28/1987. $19.99
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Arthur / Gigolo
Black
&
White version
(AHP):
Arthur A wealthy New Zealand chicken farmer named Arthur
(Laurence
Harvey) confesses he's a murderer... of chickens, that is. When
his fiancée Helen (Hazel Court) leaves him
for another man,
Arthur accepts her decision by
conveniently enjoying the life of a single bachelor. A year passes and
Helen pays him a return visit, asking for forgiveness. It seems her love
interest didn't work, and Helen wants to rekindle an old flame, against Arthur's
wish to remain a bachelor. Accustomed to strangling chickens for a living,
Arthur angrily applies the same method to Helen and then hides her body.
The police suspect him of murder, but can do nothing for lack of evidence.
Where is the body? Directed by Alfred
Hitchcock. First aired 9/27/1959.
This
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COLOR
version
(AHPC): In
this color remake the title was changed to
Gigolo.
Gold digger Arthur
Kreshner
(Brad Davis) is
heavily in debt, and has twenty-four hours to pay - or else. His solution
comes in the form of a wealthy woman, Sylvia Locke (Sandy
Dennis), a pet lover who sings a mantra and grinds seafood in the
kitchen every morning for her cats. Arthur woos the woman, and Sylvia
marries him, against the warning of her maid. Arthur even tells Sylvia
that he has promised a donation to the Society for Protection of Cats, which
tricks Sylvia into revealing a secret door where she hides her loot.
Smothering her with a pillow, he grinds her body in the grinder and feeds the
meat to her pets. But wait til you see what happens next! Directed
by Thomas Carter. First aired 12/15/1985. This
color remake of "Arthur", re-made as "Gigolo",
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Back For Christmas
NEW
Black
&
White version
(AHP):
Herbert Carpenter (John Williams) and his
nagging wife Hermione (Isobel
Elson) are
getting ready to leave for work in California. But Hermione doesn't want
to stay in California, she'd rather be home for Christmas. Herbert, whose
hobby is his "devil's garden" in the basement, plans to stay in California a
little longer than his wife thinks. Just before they leave, Herbert kills
the shrew of a wife and buries her body in the basement. Covering the hole
he dug so no one could suspect, Herbert leaves for sunny California. In
California, Herbert tells the hotel staff that his wife and he separated.
Spending warm afternoons in his suite in Beverly Hills, Herbert composes a
letter with his wife's signature, telling all his friends back home that the
carpenters will be staying longer than they planned. Just when all seems
fair and well, an envelope arrives addressed to his wife, a letter which
contains a "Christmas Surprise" for her husband... Teleplay was by
Francis Cockrell based on a
short story by John Collier. Directed by
Alfred Hitchcock. First aired
3/4/1956. This black and white
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COLOR version (Tales Of The Unexpected): James Carpenter (Richard Johnson) is a successful doctor at the peak of his career and is also an orchid fanatic, much more devoted to his flowers than he is to his elegant wife, Hermione (Sian Phillips). And Carpenter is also in love with a younger woman, Samantha (Lynne Ross). Then a research posting to the U.S. give the doctor the idea for the perfect murder... Alas for Carpenter and his mistress, the victim has a trick up her sleeve, even from the grave... Also featuring Laurence Payne, Arturo Morris, Avril Elgar, Cyril Luckham, Andrew Lebas. Written: John Collier, Denis Cannan. Directed: Giles Foster. First aired 5/31/1980. This color remake which appeared on "Tales Of The Unexpected" can be purchased here at AlfredsPlace for $14.99, DVD or Video.
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Bad Actor / Method Actor
Black
&
White version
(AHP):
Bad Actor
Bart Conway, Robert
Duvall is a struggling actor
with a
hot temper and a drinking problem. When he finds himself competing with
fellow actor Jerry Lane (Charles
Robinson) for the part of a strangler
in an upcoming mystery, he invites Jerry over to his apartment to do a little
rehearsing together. Bart gets a bit too into character, however, and
chokes Jerry to death. To cover up his crime, he chops up the body and
disposes of most of it with acid. The police drop by to question him about
Jerry's disappearance, but finding nothing amiss, decide to leave -- until one
of them looks in Bart's ice bucket... Teleplay was by
Robert Bloch. Directed by
John Newland. First aired
1/9/62.
COLOR
version
(AHPC): In
this color remake the title was changed to
Method
Actor. Paul Dano
(Martin
Sheen), a successful but alcoholic actor, wants to take
one last chance at screen
immortality. His agent hears about a new script that would be perfect for
Paul, and arranges a meeting with the producers. Confident that he'll land
the role, Paul get jealous when he hears
that a newcomer, Lane Richards (Parker
Stevenson), is getting the part. Richards
pays Paul a visit later that evening, asking him for professional advice.
Paul, in a fit of anger, breaks Lane's neck and decides to rid himself of the
body. Using sulfuric acid and a chain saw, he disposes of the
corpse. As he sets out to clean up his mess in the bathroom, his
girlfriend and agent pay a surprise visit, forcing the actor to play the role of
innocence. But it seems they have some good new for Paul - the producer
has changed his mind and he's getting the
part after all! While waiting for Paul to get ready to leave,
they... Also features Marilu Henner
and Robby Benson! Directed by Burt
Reynolds. First aired 11/10/1985. $19.99
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Bang! You're Dead
Black
&
White version
(AHP):
Spurned by the other kids in the neighborhood because he doesn't own a
cap
pistol, six-year-old Jackie Chester, Billy
Mumy is delighted when his glamorous Uncle Rick (Steve
Dunne)
arrives from Africa with a surprise
gift. Unable to wait until Rick unpacks, Jackie goes through his uncle's
baggage looking for the gift and finds a
gun. It is real and it is loaded. But Jackie thinks it is a toy, the
gift his uncle told him about, and goes out on the street to play with it.
Meanwhile, Jackie's parents (Biff
Elliott and Lucy
Prentiss) and Uncle Rick discover that Jackie is on the loose with a
loaded gun and set out frantically to find him. First aired 10/17/1961.
Directed by Alfred
Hitchcock. This black and white
episode personally directed by Alfred Hitchcock cannot be purchased here at AlfredsPlace
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COLOR
version
(AHPC):
Quite a switch here! Young Jackie Chester is now a girl, Amanda (Bianca
Rose)! Six-year-old Amanda
wants to play war games with her back yard friends, but the other children won't
let her join them gun
with some
real bullets. Exiting the house to join her friends, Amanda loads a single
bullet into the gun, and then begins wandering through town. When her
parents realize what has happened, they try to find her before she accidentally
kills someone, but the little girl still manages to take a few shots at people -
but failing to shoot a full cartridge. As the afternoon progresses, Amanda
keeps loading the gun till it's fully loaded. Finding the boys playing
another war game, Amanda is again told she can't join them, and she aims the
gun. Just as the trigger is pulled, Amanda's mother knocks the gun out of
her hand. The bullet just barely misses Billy's ear. Everyone
freezes in shock... The young actor who played Jackie in the black/white original
above, Bill Mumy, is now 30 years old
and has a special guest appearance role as a
super market clerk in this color remake! Directed by
Randa Haines.
First aired 5/15/1985. This color remake of "Bang!
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Beast In View
Black
&
White version
(AHH):
Paul Blackshear (Kevin
McCarthy), attorney-at-law, is hired
by Helen Clarvoe (Joan
Hackett) to prevent a
murder. It seems a woman named Dorothy (Kathleen
Nolan) is making
numerous
phone calls, threatening her life. A few years ago, Dorothy was set to
marry Helen's brother, but the wedding was called off when Helen brought to her
father's attention, the theft of a large sum from the family. Now that the
old man has passed on, it was Helen who inherited the family fortune, and Helen
considers Dorothy to be a violent individual. When Paul begins
investigating, he finds a dead photographer, who recently took publicity stills
of Dorothy. One afternoon, Helen phones Paul to break the bad news.
Dorothy has paid her a visit and is holding her captive inside her
apartment. With the police surrounding the building, Paul orders the mad
woman to surrender. Only, as it turns out, Helen's real adversary is far
more sinister than anyone realized! (Trivia:
Kevin McCarthy recalled "We filmed that production in just a few days but
Joan Hackett - she was a pain. She wouldn't let anyone watch her while she
performed. Kept part of the crew outside, because she wanted everyone to clear
out of the room when she was performing every scene. Stage hands, lights, anyone
who couldn't be necessary to filming. She wanted to be alone and to herself -
sincere. That drove everyone crazy)! This original black & white
version appeared as an hour-long production on The Alfred Hitchcock
Hour, first airing 3/20/1964.
COLOR
version
(AHPC):
Marion McGregor (Janet
Eilber) is an author of
psychiatry, who comes home
one evening to discover a life-threatening message on
her answering machine. She tells her new husband, Roger (Cliff
Potts), that the voice sounded like
her dead husband, whose body was never found - but he dismisses her
suspicions. After an autograph session some days later, Marion suspects
someone followed her home. When she hears a man's voice again, she gets
scared and runs down to the cellar to hide. Roger arrives home and from
upstairs, he can hear the two arguing. Roger enters the cellar, looking
for his wife, he finds Marion on the floor next to a rotting corpse - the body
of her first husband. When Marion opens her eyes, the same threatening
voice from the answering machine comes out of her mouth. Roger races up
the stairs as Marion hunts him with a shovel. Following her wounded
husband into the living room, Marion meets up with three policemen and the same
man that followed her to the house (Joseph Ruskin)!
Whoa!!! Directed by Michael Toshiyuki Uno. First aired
1/19/1986. $19.99 DVD
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Breakdown
Black
&
White version
(AHP):
Mr. Callew (Joseph Cotten), bachelor by
trade, callous and successful
businessman by profession, has lived his life believing that only the weak show
emotion or sympathy. Without
showing
respect to anyone who possesses the quality of standing in his way, Mr.
Callew becomes a well-disliked man about town. At least until he wrecks
his car while on a routine business trip, having hit a piece of road
equipment. Thought to be dead, Mr. Callew's body is transported directly
to the morgue. In reality, he is only paralyzed, but the coroner himself
believes that Mr. Callew is dead, and begins preparing the tools of his
trade. Unable to speak or move in any way to let anyone know that he is
alive, what can he do to save himself? Directed by Alfred
Hitchcock. First aired 11/13/1955.
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COLOR
version
(AHPC):
William Callahan (John Heard) heads a
multi-million dollar corporation and is a
ruthless man who has just signed a
very important drug contract. Flying out to Barrero, South America to meet
with his contact, Alejandro Ramos (Andy Garcia)
and Karl Schuler, A German-American owner of a plantation, which is in reality a
huge cocaine plant. Squaring the deal off, by setting up Ramos as the
fall-guy, Callahan drives off but gets into a car accident. With the car
pinned underneath a bulldozer, and everyone believing that he is dead, the road
workers leave. Unbeknownst to them, Callahan is still alive, but
paralyzed, unable to talk or move. Later that night he is taken to the
morgue, and Callahan realizes that he must somehow let it be known that he is
still alive before the coroner proceeds with the autopsy, but how is he to do
it? Directed by Richard Pearce. First aired
12/1/1985. Fabulous! This color remake
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The Canary Sedan
Black
&
White version
(AHP):
Mrs. Bowlby (Jessica
Tandy), a lonely woman with psychic
abilities,
arrives in Hong Kong where her husband is in town for business.
Wanting his wife to feel at home, he sends her to a local shop where she buys a
black sedan, and hires a chauffeur. She mentions to the dealer that
instead of a black car maybe she'd like it a little better if it were in a
lighter color, perhaps canary yellow, a statement that astonishes the man, who
explains that the sedan had been canary yellow before the new paint job.
In the back of the car Mrs. Bowlby hears the voice of a woman passionately
talking to her lover, Jacques, which apparently ended in tragedy. After
hearing about the love affair, she wishes her own marriage provided such
passion, but her very proper and businesslike husband will have none of
it. When she finally tracks down the resting place of the dead woman who
once owned the sedan, she is shocked at what she finds written on the
tombstone! Also starring Murray
Matheson. Directed by Robert
Stevens. Teleplay by Stirling
Silliphant from the short story by Ann
Bridge. First broadcast on
6/15/1958.
COLOR
version
(AHPC):
Anne Bowlby (Kathleen
Quinlan) has arrived in China during
the festival of Ta
Chiu, a celebration to appease spirits caught in limbo,
because living things refuse to let go of the past. She is picked up by
Denning (Michael Paul
Chan) in an old black car that she
thinks is amazing, commenting that it should have been yellow. Denning
thinks her remark is funny since the car was originally canary yellow. The
more time Anne spends in the car, the more she is pursued by the spirit of her
husband's mistress, Lin Chin (Adelle
Lutz). Entering a herbalist
store, Anne meets Lin Chin face-to-face. In the shop, Lin mixes a special
herbal tea and tells Anne that it will bring renewed passion into her
marriage. Going home, Anne has Paul (Peter
Haskell) drink the tea and after
enduring a tender moment, accuses his wife of going through his things.
Lin later reveals to Anne how she was poisoned by her brother seven years
earlier, which is why she has come to Anne for help, asking to be released from
her spiritual prison. Knowing she must get rid of the spirit of Lin Chin,
so her marriage can be saved, Anne learns that to release Lin's spirit, she must
burn Lin's bones, exhumed for the festival. Paul ends up buying the bones
and without his knowledge, Anne steals them. Returning Lin Chin, Anne
helps burn them and Lin's soul is finally set free. When Anne
returns to see her husband at the office she is very pleased with what she
finds! Directed by Joan
Twekesbury. First aired
3/1/1986. $19.99 DVD
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Completely Foolproof
NEW
Black
&
White version
(AHH): Joe Brisson (J. D. Cannon), a crooked real
estate developer known for
holding back information for a price, finds he has
little choice in the matter when his wife decides she wants a divorce. As
unscrupulous as she is, Lisa (Patricia Barry)
explains that she has plenty of documentation of everything he owns, and she
intends to claim a three-quarter share of his holdings during the settlement.
Learning who Lisa's boyfriend is, Joe talks to Bobby (Geoffrey
Horne), convincing him that money is sometimes better than the girl.
Bobby, you see, has a huge debt resting on his shoulders and Joe is willing to
overlook his past credentials, if Lisa is put out of the way. Bobby agrees
and together, the two men plan the details. During a trip to Europe, via
boat, Joe explains how he'll phone his wife at a specified time, whereas Bobby
will take advantage of the distraction and bump off Mrs. Brisson. The plan
goes off without a hitch and just as Joe hangs up the phone, a stranger enters
the room... Produced by Herbert Coleman. Directed by
Alf Kjellin. First aired
3/29/1965. 
COLOR version (Tales Of The Unexpected): The very rich Joe Brisson (Telly Savalas) is a self-made man with a number of enemies - including Lisa (Rita Gam), his elegant but dangerously dissatisfied wife... Also featuring Ramsay Williams, Belinda Mayne, Linda Liles, Douglas Lambert. Screenplay by Robert Arthur. Directed by John Jacobs. First aired 6/21/81. $19.99 DVD or Video the set.
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Conversation Over A Corpse
Black
&
White version
(AHP): When
aggressive real estate agent Mr. Brenner (Ray Collins)
talks Cissie
(Dorothy Stickney) and Johanna
(Carmen Matthews) into selling their family
home, the two offer him a cup of hot tea to celebrate. For years he has
been trying to obtain their property, which will be worth a fortune once he
gains possession. But during the conversation, the women change their
minds and only then does Mr. Brenner realize they poisoned his tea. Cissie
couldn't bear to murder a man, so she didn't really put a fatal dose in the
drink. Partially paralyzed as a result, Brenner watches as the women try
several unsuccessful ways to kill him. Alone for a moment, Brenner begs
Cissie to call the police. Johanna will kill him and blame the murder on
her, he explains. When Cissie confronts Johanna in the kitchen, she denies
it and heads to the living room to get rid of Mr. Brenner, once and for
all. Slowly managing to grab a gun, Brenner shoots Johanna dead. As
a consolation, Cissie offers him some whiskey (which contains poison) and he
drinks it down without suspicion. Cissie gleefully smiles since the house
will soon be hers, and the police will assume the two killed each other
off. Directed by Jules Bricken. First aired 11/18/1956.
COLOR
version
(AHPC):
When aggressive real estate agent Mr. Brenner (John
Vernon) talks Cissie (Barbara
Babcock) and Johanna (Kate
Reid) into selling their family home, the two offer him a cup of hot
tea to celebrate.
For years he has been trying to obtain their property,
which will be worth a fortune once he gains possession. But during the
conversation, the women change their minds and only then does Mr. Brenner
realize they poisoned his tea. Cissie couldn't bear to murder a man, so
she didn't really put a fatal dose in the drink. Partially paralyzed as a
result, Brenner watches as the women try
several unsuccessful ways to kill
him. Alone for a moment, Brenner begs Cissie to call the police. Johanna will kill him and blame the murder on her, he explains. When
Cissie confronts Johanna in the kitchen, she denies it and heads to the living
room to get rid of Mr. Brenner, once and for all. Slowly managing to grab
a gun, Brenner shoots Johanna dead. As a consolation, Cissie offers him
some whiskey (which contains poison) and he drinks it down without
suspicion. Cissie gleefully smiles since the house will soon be hers, and
the police will assume the two killed each other off. Sound
familiar? Original script was followed quite faithfully in this
color remake. Directed by Robert Iscove. First aired
1/31/1987. $19.99 DVD
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The Creeper
Black
&
White version
(AHP): The
newspapers in a small New York neighborhood have been reporting the
terrifying
news of a murderer on the loose. Known as "the Creeper," this
man has apparently been linked to at least three killings,
all attractive women over the age of eighteen. Such terrorizing has kept
the residents scared, and no one feels safe walking alone at night so long as
"the Creeper" is still roaming the streets. Ellen Grant (Constance
Ford) is no exception. She has
been demanding that her husband Steve (Steve
Brodie) put a new lock on the door, a
task that doesn't seem to be at the top of Steve's must-do list, but he does
arrange for a locksmith to come and check it out, while he goes off to
work. Ellen's paranoia keeps getting the better of her as she continues to
imagine that everyone she meets, and every shadowy figure she see, is the
Creeper. Finally the locksmith arrives at her home to install the new
lock, much to her relief. Relief that short-lived when her husband calls
her from work, to give her the latest police news bulletin. It seems the
Creeper has been getting into homes disguised as a..... Directed by Herschel
Daugherty. First aired 6/17/56. This
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COLOR
version
(AHPC):
Fashion Designer Jackie Foster (Karen
Allen) lives in a converted
apartment, and has to fly to Rome on business, leaving her keys with a friend,
Carol (Lori Butler).
She is very concerned with all the press
regarding
"The Creeper," a mass murderer of young women. The trip is
postponed and before she has a chance to leave, Jackie learns that Carol has
been murdered and the keys to the apartment are missing. A man that she
dated once, Rick (Timothy
Carhart), has been leaving weird
messages on her machine, and scared of both parties, phones the locksmith to
change the locks on her door. But the locksmith explains that he won't be
able to finish the work until the next day. Spending the evening alone,
worrying about whether the Creeper is outside or not, Jackie goes almost mad
with fright. Surviving into the morning, the locksmith arrives to service
her needs, and Rick phones to tell her the latest news. The Creeper is
posing as a... Directed by Christopher
Crowe. First aired
3/16/86. This
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Deathmate
NEW
Black
&
White version
(AHP): Ben
Conant (Lee Philips)
is a con artist sleeping with a married woman (Gia
Scala),
whose wealthy husband has turned into an alcoholic. Ben is startled one
day when he discovers a detective (Russell
Collins) following him.
Believing Lisa's husband Peter (Les
Tremayne) is to blame, he informs
her, and the two decide to kill the drunk. To make his death look natural,
Ben tries to bring on a second heart attack by starting a confrontation that
surprisingly leads to a fight. After knocking Peter out Ben drags his body
to the bathroom and puts him in a filled bathtub. making plans to tell the
police that he had a heart attack and drowned. The detective arrives and
doesn't fall for the story, as it was Lisa who actually hired him. It also
turns out that Lisa's husband never had a previous heart attack. With Lisa
now set to inherit her husband's fortune, it seems that she out-conned the con
man. Directed by Alan
Crosland, Jr. First broadcast
4/18/1961.
COLOR
version
(AHPC):
Carter Talbot (John
Colicos) is celebrating his 60th
birth and during his party begins to show off so others won't get the impression
that he's getting old. His beautiful (and younger) wife Lisa (Samantha
Eggar) flirts with her lover, Mark
Taylor (Wayne Best),
but even a drunk Carter suspects. Lisa wants Mark to run away with her but
he claims he cannot because of some financial trouble and needs $50,000.
Against Mark's wishes Lisa tells her husband about her love affair with Mark,
which results in Carter beating his wife. Only by divorce or death will
she inherit his fortune. Angry, Mark orders her to go and spend the
evening with friends, and establish an alibi. Racing over to Carter's,
Mark fights the gun out of the old man's hand and when Carter falls and hits his
head, Mark drags the unconscious body to the bathroom and drowns him in the
tub. Lisa arrives to find Mark in the act, informing him that she just
phoned the police. You see, Lisa has another lover, a friend named Brian,
who will vouch for her whereabouts, as they just arrived in tine to catch Mark
in the act of killing her husband. Only now does it dawn on Mark that he
has been set up. First aired 4/18/1987. Directed by Allan
King. $19.99 DVD
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Design For Loving
/ Marionettes, Inc.
NEW
Black
&
White version
(AHP):
Design For Loving Charles
Brailing (Norman Lloyd) has
concocted the
perfect way to leave his wife (Marian Seldes).
Returning home one night, Charles tells his friend and neighbor, Tom (Elliott
Reid), that he has built a robot that looks and acts just like him,
and secretly keeps it locked in his basement tool chest. His wife can't
tell the difference between the two, and anytime he wants to leave somewhere,
all he needs to do is let the robot out. As the final test, Charles plans
to run off to Rio for a considerable amount of time. Tom doesn't believe
this at first, until Charles gives him a sneak peak through the window of his
house. Sure enough, a duplicate of Charles is spending time with Lydia.
But when he sees the robot get overly friendly with his wife, Charles confronts
the mechanical man downstairs, who proceeds to put Charles in the toolbox -
permanently. Story and Teleplay by Roald Dahl. Directed by
Robert Stevens. First broadcast
11/9/1958.
COLOR
version
Marionettes, Inc.
(Ray Bradbury Theatre):
A computer salesman (James Coco), tired of
his suburban lifestyle and nagging wife, is offered the chance to gain his freedom without anyone
knowing, by being replaced by a life-sized replica of himself. Also
starring Leslie Nielsen, Jayne Eastwood, Kenneth Walsh,
Pixie Bigelow, Rex Hagon, Michael Fletcher, Laura Henry, Tom Christopher. First aired
5/21/1985. Story by
Ray Bradbury.
Directed by
Paul Lynch. $19.99
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Dip In The Pool
NEW
Black
&
White version
(AHP): On
board an Atlantic cruise ship, Will (Keenan Wynn)
and Ethel (Louise Platt) Botibol debate how
they won't have any money left when their vacation comes to an end. The
solution presents itself in
the form of Mr. and Mrs. Renshaw (Philip
Bourneuf and Fay Wray). Mr.
Renshaw explains a betting pool based on how far the ship travels in twenty-four
hours, and Botibol agrees to play the game. Since the bets are based on
the Captain's estimate of the distance they will cover, Botibol bases his wager
on his knowledge of an upcoming storm that will slow down the ship.
Unfortunately, he learns only the day after that they missed the storm and ship
is able to speed up. Because of all the money he has wagered, Botibol puts
together a plan to jump overboard with a witness that will cry loud enough, and
surely cause the ship to stop and pick him up. He finds a "can't miss"
witness (Doreen Lang) and initiates the
scheme by jumping overboard - but he didn't know that his witness was...
Teleplay by by Robert C. Dennis based on the
story by Roald Dahl. Directed by Alan
Crosland, Jr. First broadcast
6/1/1958.
This original
episode personally directed by Alfred Hitchcock cannot be purchased here at AlfredsPlace
as it is available to be purchased as a part of a set available from Universal
Studios at your favorite movie store.
COLOR version (Tales Of The Unexpected): William Botibol (Jack Weston), an American passenger on a British cruise ship, is anxious to win the rich sweepstake for predicting the distance the ship will travel in 24 hours - and William realizes that if the captain were to need to go back to pick up a man overboard, then his own ticket should win. So long as someone (Gladys Spencer) sees him go over the side, there can be no problem... hmmm... First aired 5/12/1979. Also features Bill Reimbold, Elaine Ives Cameron, Davyd Harries, Michael Troughton, Jana Shelden, Don Fellows, Paula Tilbrook. Teleplay by Ronald Harwood, Story by Roald Dahl. Screenplay: Ronald Harwood. Directed by Michael Tuchner. This color remake of "Dip In The Pool" which appeared on "Tales Of The Unexpected" can be purchased here at AlfredsPlace for $14.99, DVD or Video.
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Enough Rope For Two
Black & White version (AHP): Joe Kedzie (Steven Hill)