Alfred Hitchcock Presents - Season 3
1 - The Glass Eye
Air Date: October 6, 1957
Captivated by his physical beauty, an aging spinster develops an obsession for a ventriloquist, travelling all over the country to watch his act with his child-sized dummy.
2 - Mail Order Prophet
Air Date: October 13, 1957
When an ordinary clerk starts receiving letters which accurately predict the outcome of future events, he takes a dangerous gamble with his life.
3 - The Perfect Crime
Air Date: October 20, 1957
A lawyer, with blackmail in mind, meets with a famous detective who prides himself on never having committed a single mistake in his long and distinguished career, to prove that he convicted an innocent man.
4 - Heart of Gold
Air Date: October 27, 1957
A convicted robber is released to the family of one of his cell mates, against the better judgment of his parole officer.
5 - Silent Witness
Air Date: November 3, 1957
Intending to break up with an infatuated student, professor Donald Mason tracks her down at a babysitting job, where the conversation ends in murder.
6 - Reward to Finder
Air Date: November 10, 1957
After finding a cash-laden wallet John Gaminski promises his wife that he'll return it. But when he reneges, she demands that he share the money.
7 - Enough Rope for Two
Air Date: November 17, 1957
An ex-con heads to a mine to retrieve a cache of stolen loot. When his two former partners show up, three's a crowd with $100,000 at stake.
8 - Last Request
Air Date: November 24, 1957
A death-row inmate awaiting the electric chair uses his final hours to prove his innocence in a killing.
9 - The Young One
Air Date: December 1, 1957
A pretty underage girl, bored with adolescence and eager to experience all that adulthood allows, acts out in ways that could ultimately prove deadly.
10 - The Diplomatic Corpse
Air Date: December 8, 1957
Touring Mexico, Janet's rich aunt dies, and the car holding her corpse is stolen. Without a body, Janet can't claim the inheritance.
11 - The Deadly
Air Date: December 15, 1957
A conniving handyman tries to blackmail an innocent housewife for a fabricated dalliance.
12 - Miss Paisley's Cat
Air Date: December 22, 1957
An elderly woman is terrified that her disagreeable male neighbor will kill her beloved—but habitually roving—tabby cat.
13 - Night of the Execution
Air Date: December 29, 1957
Warren, a prosecuting attorney with a long history of acquittals, must deliver a guilty verdict in a murder case to ensure his political future.
14 - The Percentage
Air Date: January 5, 1958
A successful businessman who once acted cowardly in the war—but got undeserved credit for heroism—attempts to buy off an old Army buddy who knows the truth.
15 - Together
Air Date: January 12, 1958
When a businessman's mistress threatens to expose their secret relationship to his wife, he realizes he must do anything to stop her.
16 - Sylvia
Air Date: January 19, 1958
Her elderly father becomes alarmed when a jilted woman purchases a handgun.
17 - The Motive
Air Date: January 26, 1958
Two crime-obsessed buddies plot the perfect murder—one with absolutely no motive.
18 - Miss Bracegirdle Does Her Duty
Air Date: February 2, 1958
Traveling in Paris, an Englishwoman finds herself accidentally locked in a hotel room with a corpse.
19 - The Equalizer
Air Date: February 9, 1958
Filled with jealous rage, a man plots revenge on a coworker he is convinced has had an affair with his wife.
20 - On the Nose
Air Date: February 16, 1958
A gambling-addicted housewife owes money to a bookie, and resorts to desperate measures in order to raise the money.
21 - Guest for Breakfast
Air Date: February 23, 1958
In this violent home-invasion tale, a gun-wielding convict terrorizes a married couple whose relationship is already on the ropes.
22 - The Return of the Hero
Air Date: March 2, 1958
Things are not what they seem when two soldiers discharged from the Algerian war spend some time together in Marseilles.
23 - The Right Kind of House
Air Date: March 9, 1958
After the death of her troubled son, a mother decides to sell her house, but a potential buyer discovers she may be hiding something.
24 - The Foghorn
Air Date: March 16, 1958
A woman alone in a quiet house finds herself haunted by the noise of a foghorn. As the story progresses, she tries to recall how the sound became so horrifying to her, but the answer may be deeper than she thinks.
25 - Flight to the East
Air Date: March 23, 1958
The plight of an American war correspondent suddenly becomes front-page news when a former British Army nurse recalls a strange incident from the past.
26 - Bull in a China Shop
Air Date: March 30, 1958
A handsome homicide detective is befriended by four old ladies who invite him for tea and proceed to play out a variation of Arsenic and Old Lace for his benefit.
27 - Disappearing Trick
Air Date: April 6, 1958
A debonair tennis player looks into his attractive partner's past and her presumed dead husband.
28 - Lamb to the Slaughter
Air Date: April 13, 1958
Domestic bliss comes to a rapid halt when a housewife discovers that her police chief husband has been having an affair while she's been pregnant.
29 - Fatal Figures
Air Date: April 20, 1958
It's all in the numbers when a bookkeeper becomes obsessed with his mundane life and crime statistics.
30 - Death Sentence
Air Date: April 27, 1958
Love is in the eye of the beholder when a happily married woman sees a bomb attached to the family car as a sign of her husband's affection.
31 - The Festive Season
Air Date: May 4, 1958
'Tis the season to resurrect old family grudges when a brother accuses his sister of murdering his wife on a less than jolly Christmas Eve.
32 - Listen, Listen. . . !
Air Date: May 11, 1958
When three beautiful blonde women are strangled with a silk stocking, Mr. Morgan becomes convinced he knows how it happened, even though no one will hear him out.
33 - Post Mortem
Air Date: May 18, 1958
When a newly married couple realizes that a lottery ticket is in her recently deceased ex-husband's burial suit, they put their love on the line to exhume the winnings.
34 - The Crocodile Case
Air Date: May 25, 1958
A man learns never to separate a woman from her accessories when his "perfect" murder plot is spoiled by a missing piece of luggage.
35 - Dip in the Pool
Air Date: June 1, 1958
A desperate man takes the ultimate plunge when he gambles a fortune without his wife's knowledge.
36 - The Safe Place
Air Date: June 8, 1958
A senior bank teller is tempted by the prospect of sudden wealth when a known gangster makes a large withdrawal from his account.
37 - The Canary Sedan
Air Date: June 15, 1958
A little knowledge can be a dangerous thing when a woman discovers she has extraordinary powers to see the past of objects.
38 - The Impromptu Murder
Air Date: June 22, 1958
Still waters run deep when a lawyer with mayoral ambitions murders a woman who claimed he tried to embezzle money from her in the past.
39 - Little White Frock
Air Date: June 29, 1958
An elderly actor invites a playwright and his wife to dinner to tell a touching story of a long-lost love.