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- DirectorBernard GirardStarsAlfred HitchcockRichard KileyRichard LongRacketeer Harney gives Derry a contract to hit Breech, whose wife Connie is a paraplegic. Derry meets Connie, helping her to play a bar jukebox. Sympathizing with Connie, Derry decides, for a price, to fake Breech's death by buying a mortuary corpse and staging an automobile smash-up. Derry expects Breech and Connie to abscond to Mexico City.
- DirectorAlf KjellinStarsAlfred HitchcockRobert RedfordZohra LampertA very sweet French maid runs away with, and marries a professional burglar with hopes of making him honest. However, the burglar's "fence" (Karl) has his own hopes in mind.
- 1962–19651hTV-PG8.3 (559)TV EpisodeDirectorHerschel DaughertyStarsAlfred HitchcockGary MerrillPhyllis ThaxterA sheriff investigates the disappearance of the wife of a man who has been acting suspiciously.
- DirectorJoseph PevneyStarsAlfred HitchcockRichard BasehartRussell CollinsMiles Crawford, a former movie star, is now a successful attorney. When his young son Tod is charged with first-degree murder, he hires the best criminal lawyer, but then convinces Tod that he should represent him at trial. His closing argument is an impassioned performance, bringing applause from spectators. Then the judge calls the attorneys into his chambers. The prosecutor has discovered some startling new evidence that may affect the case.
- DirectorAlf KjellinStarsAlfred HitchcockMichael ParksRuth McDevittA college aide borrows a dead female body from the lab and plants it in his roommate's dorm to try and scare him sober, but the joke becomes disastrous.
- DirectorBernard GirardStarsAlfred HitchcockJames GregoryChris RobinsonThree ex-cons plan to heist a fortune in jewels, but inadvertently steal a container of radioactive cobalt.
- DirectorRobert StevensStarsAlfred HitchcockRobert CulpStubby KayeThe husband of a successful actress, thought for years to be dead, suddenly returns and demands he once again become a part of her life, now that she's a success. Things get complicated when she accidentally kills him after he attacks her.
- 1962–196548mTV-PG7.9 (448)TV EpisodeDirectorAlf KjellinStarsAlfred HitchcockBob NewhartJane WithersGerald Swinney is a henpecked husband suffering under the constant verbal abuse of his overbearing wife. Gerald devises a plan to rid himself of her and begin his life over again, but the results have unexpected consequences.
- DirectorAlf KjellinStarsAlfred HitchcockFelicia FarrBruce DernMarcia Fowler is sunbathing in her backyard when she spots a new neighbor, Roy Bullock, eyeing her. Frightened, she calls the police, who take her to the Bullock house and warn Roy not to be a peeping Tom. Marcia also asks her husband Jack to admonish Roy, but Jack finds Roy to be friendly. Roy befriends 12-year-old Stevey Fowler. Marcia begins getting obscene telephone calls, and blames them on Roy. When Jack and Stevey take a flight to San Francisco, Roy visits Marcia to leave a gift for Stevey, and to chide Marcia for her infidelity. Panicked, she overreacts, and soon regrets her rashness.
- DirectorNorman LloydStarsAlfred HitchcockPat ButtramCollin Wilcox PaxtonCharlie Hill is mesmerized by a strange jar at a carnival sideshow. He buys it from the owner, but his wife Thedy Sue is frightened and wants it thrown out. The townspeople come from miles to see it and Charlie becomes a local celebrity.
- DirectorJoseph PevneyStarsAlfred HitchcockAnne BaxterGeorge SegalA successful Hollywood actor convinces his lover to kill her abusive husband, then makes a phone call.
- 1962–196551mTV-PG8.2 (560)TV EpisodeDirectorHerschel DaughertyStarsAlfred HitchcockRay MillandClaire GriswoldA patient at a mental hospital kills the head doctor and takes over, replacing the staff with fellow patients. Things get complicated when the niece of the real doctor makes an unexpected visit.
- DirectorRobert StevensStarsAlfred HitchcockLeslie NielsenPeggy McCayAfter a little boy vanishes in a magic shop, he comes back later with supernatural powers and evil intentions.
- DirectorWilliam WitneyStarsAlfred HitchcockStephen McNallyRobert KeithA convict at a state prison work camp plans a clever escape with the help of the aging, alcoholic fellow prisoner who's in charge of making coffins and burying the camp's deceased.
- DirectorJohn BrahmStarsAlfred HitchcockJohn CassavetesGena RowlandsA struggling actor auditioning in London learns that his actress-girlfriend who dumped him is married to the play's backer, a rich diamond merchant. They soon rekindle their romance and plan to get her out of her marriage.
- DirectorLeo PennStarsAlfred HitchcockBarry NelsonPatricia BreslinJames Parkerson is a professor and dean of psychology. He places a classified ad in the newspaper offering to help husbands and wives who want to be relieved of their spouses, ostensibly to conduct research. The editor calls him into the newspaper office for a meeting with a police detective, who suspects him of offering murder for hire. The ad is discontinued, but he receives 20 responses. The first responder is Bingham, a real hit man, who wants all of Parkerson's referrals. The second responder is Robert Johnson, with whom Doris Parkerson is having an adulterous affair. Bingham plans to kill Mrs. Parkerson, but Johnson gets in the way.
- 1962–19651hTV-PG7.6 (708)TV EpisodeDirectorBernard GirardStarsAlfred HitchcockGig YoungMartha HyerDuke Marsden is a compulsive gambler and is about to lose his wife because of it. She gives him an ultimatum to either give up poker or else she's gone. He agrees, but there's one last thing he has to do first.
- 1962–19651hTV-PG7.0 (680)TV EpisodeDirectorJohn BrahmStarsAlfred HitchcockJeffrey HunterVera MilesSome unknown person is brutally attacking women in a small college town and a host of weird staff members are suspects.
- DirectorAlan Crosland Jr.StarsAlfred HitchcockBrian KeithPatricia BreslinA blackmailer threatens to reveal some horrific information to an adopted teen girl about her real parents, unless her adoptive father pays him off.
- 1962–19651hTV-PG7.5 (655)TV EpisodeDirectorAlfred HitchcockStarsAlfred HitchcockJohn ForsytheKent SmithThere are five witnesses for a hit-and-run accident at an intersection who all say the car did not stop at the stop sign, but are they all wrong?
- DirectorAlf KjellinStarsAlfred HitchcockJames MasonAngie DickinsonA mystery novelist sends a series of weird audiotapes to his publisher. On the first tape, the author boasts that the publisher won't be able to discern if the story he narrates is the history of an imminent murder - or a mere fantasy. The author tells of his brief marriage ending when his wife was killed after he lost control of their car. They were kissing, making up after an argument over his wife's staying out all night with a rich old man, the same evening the author was briefly with the man's alluring, young wife Janet. Janet made a pass at the author, who immediately cut the evening short. The author says he fell into a severe depression, declined a needed brain operation, moved from France to San Francisco where he changed his name, then became a mystery writer. The tapes relate how the author eventually ran into Janet , and though she's still married, dived into an affair. When she and the author begin to plan her husband's murder, the publisher calls in another of his mystery novelists to determine: are these tapes just an unorthodox pitch of a new novel - or the bizarre confession of a deranged killer?
- DirectorNorman LloydStarsAlfred HitchcockCarol LynleyClu GulagerOn her way back to the nunnery, a beautiful novice loses a priceless 15th-century Donatello statuette donated to the convent by an aging criminal seeking redemption for his illegal endeavors. To track it down, the guilt-ridden young woman leaves the order and dives naively into the sleazy world of the criminal who stole the icon from her at a train station on her return trip.
- DirectorPaul HenreidStarsAlfred HitchcockDean StockwellSusan OliverA disturbed man's other identity snares others in a perilous web. David is a successful, quiet young scientist - but on weekends he has an impeccable country cottage where as the confident William, he fantasizes as if actually entertaining ex-girlfriend Annabel, now happily married nearby. When his co-workers, one of whom has a crush on David, follow him up the coast, David's dream world by the sea for Annabel, morphs into a nightmare for all.
- DirectorAlan Crosland Jr.StarsAlfred HitchcockMacdonald CareyRobert SterlingA young boy named Tony Mitchell is saved from drowning by an unwelcome guest.
- DirectorSydney PollackStarsAlfred HitchcockRichard BasehartLola AlbrightA mugging restores the memory of a man with amnesia.
- DirectorBernard GirardStarsAlfred HitchcockHugh O'BrianGena RowlandsA perfect couple's content suburban world is interrupted by a telephone threat ("I'm going to kill you") against the cocksure husband. His past misdeeds unravel his new life, terrifying his unknowing wife.
- DirectorBernard GirardStarsAlfred HitchcockTony RandallJayne MansfieldRemembering nothing of what happened the day before, a talented, alcoholic ad man painfully reconstructs the events of what proves to have been a very bad day indeed.
- DirectorJoseph PevneyStarsAlfred HitchcockPeter FalkDina MerrillA lonely young woman moves into her newly deceased aunt's home in a small town. A way-too-helpful, next-door neighbor becomes her guardian angel, yet with his own agenda in mind. He's a lay preacher, who's determined not to go back to being a coal miner.
- DirectorLeonard J. HornStarsAlfred HitchcockDan DaileyHoward DuffAn executive plans to end an associate's love affair and save the man's career and marriage.
- 1962–196549mTV-PG7.5 (445)TV EpisodeDirectorAlf KjellinStarsAlfred HitchcockDavid WayneWilliam ConradAn inquest rules a wife's death as accidental, but when the widower returns to work, it seems someone is tricking him, including a letter accusing him of murder and one of his wife's letters appearing, revealing she had a lover. Increasingly the widower's own mind tricks him, rejecting logical explanations, instead angrily confronting his co-workers.
- DirectorJack SmightStarsAlfred HitchcockAnne FrancisRuth RomanA woman stands trial for her wealthy husband's murder. Her vengeful mother-in-law is convinced that she did it, but a family servant knows the key to what really happened.
- 1962–196549mTV-PG7.6 (482)TV EpisodeDirectorCharles F. HaasStarsAlfred HitchcockInger StevensDan O'HerlihyA beautiful young newlywed is wary of her much-older husband's business trip leaving her alone in their beach house. A group of beach boys and a neighboring screenwriter provide her some company, unwanted by the husband. When an Hispanic man knocks on her door at night asking for help, she turns him away, leading to tragic consequences.
- DirectorDavid Lowell RichStarsAlfred HitchcockBradford DillmanDiana HylandAt first, a childless young couple are thrilled to relocate for the husband's new executive job, and especially happy with their new home. Is the next-door neighbor boy's cruelty to them just a youngster rebelling against his blue-collar, strict father? The husband's empathy for the boy drives a dangerous wedge into their marriage.
- 1962–19651hTV-PG6.5 (393)TV EpisodeDirectorJames SheldonStarsAlfred HitchcockPeter GravesAlbert SalmiRelatives of a murdered newlywed decide to bring the killer to justice themselves.
- DirectorJack SmightStarsAlfred HitchcockNancy KellyGena RowlandsA mother of three notices that her baby son fascinates the lady renting a room in her home.
- DirectorRobert DouglasStarsAlfred HitchcockMichael RenniePhyllis ThaxterA paralyzed woman is terrified her husband will learn she is recovering.
- DirectorBernard GirardStarsAlfred HitchcockHenry SilvaLinda ChristianMousy bank teller Oscar Blenny, a guest at a desert casino, is enamored of Eva, a seductive casino hostess who's having affairs with two male co-workers. With the sinister Bill, she's conniving to rip off the casino. When her superior discovers she's two-timing him, their confrontation turns violent and she kills him. Realizing that Oscar is just outside the room, she screams so schlemiel Oscar can corroborate her damsel-in-distress excuse of self-defense. The casino owner limits the publicity damage by firing Eva and exiling Bill, who drops Eva cold, to Mexico. The now unemployed Eva cadges a ride to L.A. with Oscar and soon they are wed. When Oscar is nominated for a promotion, slovenly alcoholic Eva is a big liability, especially when Bill resurfaces in L.A. Does Eva kill Bill, will Bill reveal all about Eva, or will Oscar decline the award?
- DirectorJack SmightStarsAlfred HitchcockLois NettletonAnthony GeorgeAfter an adopted son drowns, a strange woman arrives claiming to be the boy's birth mother and proceeds to blackmail the adoptive mother.
- DirectorBernard GirardStarsAlfred HitchcockJohn GavinDiana DorsA young doctor continues to date a beautiful showgirl in spite of warnings that her three previous marriages ended badly for her past husbands.
- DirectorHarvey HartStarsAlfred HitchcockDick YorkJacqueline ScottA small town is rocked by a series of murders which begins with the killing of a local farmer's son.
- 1962–19651hTV-PG6.7 (406)TV EpisodeDirectorRobert DouglasStarsAlfred HitchcockRobert LoggiaPilar SeuratA woman becomes the target of her murderous spouse after she finds a button from one of his victims.
- DirectorJoseph M. NewmanStarsAlfred HitchcockJoan HackettKevin McCarthyAn attorney helps a client threatened by an unstable woman who blames her for a broken wedding engagement.
- 1962–196548mTV-PG7.9 (462)TV EpisodeDirectorRobert DouglasStarsAlfred HitchcockGloria SwansonJames MacArthurDave Snowden elopes with wealthy Bonnie Daniels, and Mr. Spencer sees them break into the abandoned old estate where Bonnie lived until age six. Mr. Spencer informs Bonnie's mother, Mrs. Daniels, who finds Snowden struggling to open a mysterious locked door on the upper floor. Mrs. Daniels annuls the marriage, because Bonnie's true age is only 17, not 19, as Dave was told. Three weeks later, when Bonnie reaches majority, she rejoins Dave, and they consummate nuptials, but Mrs. Daniels will not release Bonnie's trust fund until she is 25.
- DirectorDavid Lowell RichStarsAlfred HitchcockDarren McGavinPat CrowleyA notorious but ethical auto thief and his gang steal a Rolls-Royce, unaware that the trunk contains the body of a woman who was murdered by her husband.
- 1962–196548mTV-PG7.2 (365)TV EpisodeDirectorJoseph M. NewmanStarsAlfred HitchcockRoddy McDowallRuth McDevittGerald Musgrove shoots and kills a night watchman while stealing $100,000 from a bank. On the street nearby, while eluding police, he meets elderly Emmy Rice, and befriends her. Since he is on parole, he must launder the loot, so he stows it in some of Emmy's old magazines. Gerald then prods impoverished Emmy into writing a will, awarding all money found in her apartment to himself. He tries to murder Emmy three times, but she survives, and arranges for the arrest of Milly Musgrove for attempting to gas her to death. Gerald is apprehended too, when he realizes that Emmy gave all her magazines to a junk collector, and blurts admissions of guilt. Emmy, however, kept one magazine in cold storage, containing all of the purloined bills.
- 1962–196548mTV-PG6.7 (343)TV EpisodeDirectorAlf KjellinStarsAlfred HitchcockDonnelly RhodesLou JacobiThe Commissioner of Recreation & Parks receives three life-threatening letters in one week, complaining about the method by which art is selected for museum display. When James Bellington enters City Hall with a breadbox-sized package and runs from a lobby policeman, he is apprehended, but the parcel only contains an alarm clock. Bellington is sent to Dr. Glover, a psychiatrist, who labels him a paranoid with homicidal or suicidal tendencies. Bellington delivers two shoeboxes to the art museum, but shows the bomb squad that they only contain art supplies. In a bistro, he tells an undercover policewoman that he plans to bring a dangerous device to the museum. When he arrives with his finger on a button atop a box possibly filled with explosive, police clear the museum. Then Bellington rendezvous with his confederates, art thieves, who have already replaced five paintings with his forgeries.
- DirectorRobert DouglasStarsAlfred HitchcockChristopher LeeGia ScalaStudio executives want Karl Jorla for their next horror film, but he reveals his "audition film" was actually surveillance footage of an actual black mass with devil worshipers.
- DirectorHarry MorganStarsAlfred HitchcockSteven HillJoanna MooreEddie Turtin discovers that his friend and business partner, Charlie Osgood, has fraudulently defalcated at least $60,000 from their company, and warns him that if he does not repay the money promptly, criminal charges will be pressed that should result in a 35-year prison sentence. Charlie concocts a plan with his girlfriend Danielle to fake his death, placing a dummy in public view on a pier. The dummy appears to jump suicidally, then a violent explosion destroys the body. Charlie and Danielle plan to abscond with $89,000 stowed in a company filing cabinet. But the best laid plans often don't go as planned.
- DirectorPhilip LeacockStarsAlfred HitchcockPatrick O'NealKathie BrowneA married man finds his beautiful mistress murdered and flees without reporting it, only to become the victim of blackmail.
- DirectorLewis TeagueStarsAlfred HitchcockMartin LandauFrank GorshinAn ethical lawyer becomes very disturbed about what to do when the client he just got acquitted of murder brags that he committed the crime.
- DirectorAlf KjellinStarsAlfred HitchcockBradford DillmanBarbara BarrieAfter serving a prison sentence, a man romances the woman whose false testimony got him convicted.
- 1962–196548mTV-PG8.2 (483)TV EpisodeDirectorArnold LavenStarsAlfred HitchcockPeter FondaRobert EmhardtAfter his father is murdered by a politician who gets away with it, a young man becomes determined to get revenge.
- DirectorDavid FriedkinStarsAlfred HitchcockArthur KennedyPhyllis ThaxterAn older husband becomes very disenchanted with his wife at their new beach house, and has a devious plan for her.
- DirectorBernard GirardStarsAlfred HitchcockAnn SothernJohn CassavetesRusty Connors is a prison cellmate with Mike Krause, who tells Rusty all about his girlfriend Helen. Mike becomes ill with pneumonia, and reveals to Rusty on his deathbed that a stash of $56,000 is with his dead accomplice, Pete Taylor. When he is released, Rusty goes to Hanesville and courts Helen, while attempting with her help to find the loot. They finally go to a boat house on a lake, populated by rats. Rusty finds Pete's skeleton, and the money, in a crawl space above the ceiling. Rusty tries to grab a rock to do Helen in, but Helen beats him to the punch, knocking him out with a prying iron and tying him up. Before Helen leaves, Rusty manages to kick her, and she falls, impaled fatally on a pole. Rusty futilely tries to untie his restraints as the rats pile on his body.
- 1962–196548mTV-PG7.3 (386)TV EpisodeDirectorJoseph M. NewmanStarsAlfred HitchcockEfrem Zimbalist Jr.Roddy McDowallDuring a brief train stop, George takes the opportunity to telephone another man's wife and arrange a two-day rendezvous. When he returns to his compartment, there's now a stranger there who provokes him into conversation. George reveals the location of his caravan in the country, but the stranger claims to reside at the same location. After George arrives, the stranger shows up and begins to dig a grave.
- DirectorHarvey HartStarsAlfred HitchcockTeresa WrightPat ButtramA poor, loving, farmer's wife discovers just how evil a hired drifter is, and how much of a coward her husband is too.
- DirectorDavid FriedkinStarsAlfred HitchcockAndrew DugganElsa LanchesterIn Georgian Scotland, a simple and unhappily-married man (Andrew Duggan) is employed to deliver "supplies" to anatomy professor Dr. Robert Knox of the Edinburgh Medical College, but, is unaware of the true contents of the boxes furnished by his associates, Messrs. Burke and Hare.
- DirectorJoseph M. NewmanStarsAlfred HitchcockBarry NelsonLola AlbrightA wife awaiting the arrival of her lover is visited by a bizarre meter reader who jams on the gas in her basement and then cons her into letting him shower by faking a malaria attack. What's behind his strange behavior: blackmail, insanity, lust or something else?
- DirectorJoseph PevneyStarsAlfred HitchcockJames CaanLynn LoringWannabee writer Jay Shaw arrives in NYC. He decides if he's going to write fiction about juvenile delinquent gangs, he'd best learn what they're really like. Using the alias Phil Beldone, he moves into a flat in a rough section of Brooklyn and seeks to join the Barons, a violent gang led by Tiger. During his gang initiation, he gains Tiger's trust and respect and begins a relationship with one of the gang's "debs". He also makes an enemy of the gang's second-in-command and risks exposure of his true identity.
- DirectorRobert StevensStarsAlfred HitchcockBarbara BarrieGladys CooperA woman awakens in a dystopian society formed after the extinction of all men where women are sorted at birth into one of four social castes - Workers, Mothers (incubators), Servitors and Doctors. She rebels against being just a mother.
- DirectorDavid FriedkinStarsAlfred HitchcockPeter LawfordMartha HyerWhen an embezzling engineer is demoted and his brother takes over his former position, he makes plans to kill him.
- 1962–196548mTV-PG6.4 (349)TV EpisodeDirectorLaslo BenedekStarsAlfred HitchcockAngie DickinsonSteven HillSuicidal Robert Manners is saved by a firefighting brigade when he jumps from a tall building. While recuperating, he is visited by Mr. J. Smith, who invites him to a recreational resort for those who wish to die, the Thanatos Palace Hotel. Borchter, the proprietor, tells Mr. Manners that he can stay for as long as it takes to become comfortably ready for death. He meets a beautiful guest, Ariane Shaw, who has resided at the hotel for six months, providing services for her room and board. Her service is the "romancing" of male guests in preparation for their death. With Manners, for the first time, she finds a reason to live, as does he.
- DirectorJohn BrahmStarsAlfred HitchcockAnne FrancisDonnelly RhodesA toy manufacturer's new assistant has an affair with the obnoxious, overbearing businessman's beautiful younger wife. After enduring a rather humiliating interview, the bright college grad, condescendingly nicknamed "Princeton", proves valuable to the manufacturer through his hard work. But the assistant is impatient for, among other things, advancement.
- DirectorHarvey HartStarsAlfred HitchcockVera MilesJohn CarradineAuto mechanic Leo Manfred fixes a limousine owned by Gavin Revere, a famed, retired and wheelchair-bound Hollywood director. Gavin's beautiful daughter Nicky catches Leo's eye, so he offers to drive her home where he meets Gavin. Gavin, distrusting, warns Leo to stay away from Nicky. Leo is persistent and eventually Nicky falls in love with him. But when Gavin learns about their marriage plans, he fears Leo only wants her for their money. To convince the director of his true intentions, Leo takes out a life insurance policy for fifty thousand dollars with the payoff going to Nicky. Gavin agrees, and the marriage plans continue. Shortly before the wedding, however, Leo makes the fatal mistake of insulting one of Gavin's movies entitled "Death Scene," and the old man changes his mind about the wedding. Not willing to give up Nicky over a quarrel, Leo wheels Gavin to an empty swimming pool to stage an "accidental" death, but his plan goes awry.
- 1962–19651hTV-PG7.0 (359)TV EpisodeDirectorAlex MarchStarsAlfred HitchcockJack CassidyHarry TownesTwo professional killers with the same employer find out that each has the other as his next target.
- 1962–196548mTV-PG5.8 (364)TV EpisodeDirectorDavid FriedkinStarsAlfred HitchcockRon RandellDavid CarradineA man is greatly concerned for his fiancée's safety after she has taken a walk alone in the London fog while an elusive strangler is on the loose, potentially putting her life at risk if she encounters the relentless killer who targets lone women on the street.
- 1962–19651hTV-PG7.4 (363)TV EpisodeDirectorHarry MorganStarsAlfred HitchcockHenry JonesLinda LawsonA philandering husband decides to improve his situation by having his overweight and frumpy wife killed. When he tells his girlfriend about the plan, she is outraged, and he desperately tries to stop the murder.
- 1962–19651hTV-PG5.9 (383)TV EpisodeDirectorRobert StevensStarsAlfred HitchcockLeif EricksonJane WyattA businessman desperate for a change in his fortunes tests the power of a gypsy woman's monkey-paw charm which is said to grant its holder three wishes. His son suffers the consequences.
- DirectorJoseph M. NewmanStarsAlfred HitchcockJune LockhartJohn AndersonA mail-order bride begins to believe her husband killed his first wife and wants to kill her as well.
- DirectorWilliam FriedkinStarsAlfred HitchcockJohn GavinRichard JaeckelA trigger-happy ex-cop gets a job as an unarmed deputy, but still has some very violent tendencies.