Alfred Hitchcock Presents
The Little Man Who Was There
TV Flash files “The Little Man Who Was There” as hour 178 of 268 in the TV Flash guide — Alfred Hitchcock Presents (1955–1962) on CBS/NBC, season 5, episode 25, aired 1960-04-03, 30 min.
From the desk
How this hour is filed
This leaf is S05E25: listed hour 178 of 268 in the Alfred Hitchcock Presents guide, hour 25 of 38 in season 5. It aired 1960-04-03 (30 min). The listed hour before it is “Madame Mystery” (S05E24). Next is “Mother, May I Go Out to Swim?” (S05E26).
Catalog log
Broadcast listing — not a TV Flash recap.
A group of miners at a bar are shocked when a little man arrives and challenges two large men named Ben and Jamie to a test of strength. They laugh at him, but when the test happens the two men are paralyzed by the little man's "magical power". The little man then robs the astonished and fearful group of miners. Later Ben and Jamie show up at the little man's cabin. They thank each other and begin to plan for their next big scam.
Viewer FAQ
Where does The Little Man Who Was There sit in the Alfred Hitchcock Presents guide?
S05E25 is listed hour 178 of 268 — hour 25 of 38 in season 5, season 5 episode 25.
When did Alfred Hitchcock Presents S05E25 air?
The Little Man Who Was There aired 1960-04-03 and is listed at 30 minutes.
Where should I start?
Start with Hitch's hosted half-hours rather than assuming he directed the lot. Sample the dry intros and the snap endings; the silhouette is the franchise.
In the series
Why this series still plays
Alfred Hitchcock Presents made the director himself the franchise: silhouette, dry intro, murder with a wink, and closings that sometimes 'corrected' crime to soothe censors. Watch it in 2026 as branded anthology swagger — Joan Harrison's engine, Hitch's persona, and twist endings as moral architecture you can still hum.
Calendar first: CBS, October 2, 1955. Then a later NBC window. Original half-hour run through 1962 — **268 episodes, seven seasons** — before the expansion as *The Alfred Hitchcock Hour* (1962–1965). That is not nostalgia cosplay. That is a branded anthology with a host who was the franchise, a silhouette you could hum, and a weekly drop of murder with a wink. Rex can keep the three-network hymn. This was already a logo, a window, and a closing card that sometimes reversed the crime to soothe Standards & Practices.
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- Alfred Hitchcock as Host
Alfred Hitchcock made himself the franchise on Alfred Hitchcock Presents — silhouette, dry intro, murder with a wink, closings that sometimes “corrected” crime to soothe censors. Branded anthology swagger, Joan Harrison’s engine, twist…