Alfred Hitchcock Presents
Season 2
39 episodes
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S02E01 Wet Saturday
A man goes to great lengths to protect his family's reputation, after his daughter murders her headmaster with a croquet mallet.
- S02E02
Fog Closing In
Mary Summers does not want to stay home alone when her husband Arthur goes away on business. She asks that her family be allowed to stay with her. Arthur refuses. While he is away, an escaped mental patient breaks into the house. Surprisingly, the patient gets along with Mary. She is not afraid of him. She tells him about a dream she has had where someone follows her up the stairs. When the police arrive, the mental patient escapes. After the the police leave, Mary hears someone coming up the stairs just like in her dream. She find's Arthur's pistol as the door opens. At the door is Arthur. He came home early when he heard about the escape at the asylum. Though she knows it is her husband, Mary shoots him. She then calls her family and tells them she is coming home.
- S02E03
De Mortuis
Clarence Rankin's promiscuous wife Irene cheats on him constantly. Sadly, he knows nothing about it. One day, two of Clarence's friends stop by his house. They see him filling a large hole in his basement with cement. Since they don't see Irene, they believe that Clarence has found out about her cheating and killed her. Instead of going to the police, they talk to Clarence. They tell him that, given her cheating, his actions were probably justified. Clarence denies everything and says that his wife is on a trip. His friends leave after saying they will keep quiet. Later, Irene returns. Now knowing the truth, Clarence asks her to come down to the basement.
- S02E04
Kill with Kindness
Hoping to pull off an insurance scam, Fritz Oldman and his sister Katherine decide to torch his house and fake Fritz's death. In order to pull off the scam, they need a body. They find a prospective corpse in a bum named Jorgy. Their plan is to knock him out and and place Fritz's ring around his finger. They will then set fire to the house. All goes according to plan until they need the ring. Unfortunately Fritz cannot get it off his finger. Since they already set the fire, they decide to wake up Jorgy and escort him out of the blazing house. People who witness the "rescue" praise Fritz for saving the old man from the fire.
- S02E05
None Are So Blind
An antiques dealer feels he should be enjoying the finer things in life, but his Aunt Muriel is the one with all the money. Finding another man's wallet gives him an evil idea.
- S02E06
Toby
New York, 1910. Bookkeeper Al Birch expects the arrival of his sweetheart Edwina from 20 years ago. When she arrives, she is still every bit the lady. But she doesn't come alone.
- S02E07
Alibi Me
Georgie Minnelli kills his old childhood enemy Lucky Moore for interfering in his pinball machine racket. Now Georgie desperately needs an alibi.
- S02E08
Conversation Over a Corpse
Cissie Enright is not exactly thrilled with the idea of poisoning the real estate man. But her sister, Joanna, insists that it's the only way.
- S02E09
Crack of Doom
Mason Bridges plays poker with one of his company's wealthy clients. He gambles everything he has and everything his company owns on one single game. This game permanently cures mason of his gambling habit for good.
- S02E10
Jonathan
A college boy with an unnaturally close relationship to his father suspects his stepmother of foul play.
- S02E11
The Better Bargain
A middle-aged mobster suspects his young wife is cheating on him. He gets in touch with Harry Silver, the best hitman in the business.
- S02E12
The Rose Garden
A book publisher visits two elderly sisters at their Louisiana mansion. One of them has written a murder mystery. And he learns that it may contain more fact than fiction.
- S02E13
Mr. Blanchard's Secret
Babs Fenton has a hyperactive imagination. She believes her new neighbor Charles Blanchard has killed his wife. That theory is quickly put to rest, however, as Mrs. Blanchard shows up at Fenton's door and introduces herself. That night, Fenton sees Mr. Blanchard carrying something from the house, and is again convinced that he has murdered his wife. Fenton is proven wrong again when Mrs. Blanchard shows up at her door. Mrs. Blanchard says her husband has taken a few belongings and left because of a fight. She then leaves. Babs then notices that a lighter is missing and comes up with a theory that Mrs. Blanchard is a kleptomaniac. Later, this theory proves wrong as well as Mrs. Blanchard announces a reconciliation with her husband. She also returns the lighter, saying her husband fixed it.
- S02E14
John Brown's Body
John Brown is committed to an institution by his wife Vera and his business partner Harold. Both believe that John's furniture designs are destroying his business. Their plot works, but after John is committed the business begins to lose money. The two decide to get John back. John, however, likes the institution he is staying in and manages to convince the doctors he is insane.
- S02E15
Crackpot
When their car breaks down, honeymooning couple Ray and Meg Loomis accept the courtesy of a brash middle-aged man named Mr. Moon. Unfortunately, while trying to fix the car, Mr. Moon ruins his new suit -- whereupon he goes berserk, threatening dire consequences to both Ray and Meg. Before long, it is obvious that the Loomises are unable to escape the wrathful Mr. Moon -- but as things turn out, this temperamental gentleman is not the villain of the piece.
- S02E16
Nightmare in 4-D
Harry Parker and his wife Norma live in apartment 4-D. Their downstairs neighbor is an actress named Lainie. One day, she knocks on the Parker's door and asks for help. Lainie needs someone to get rid of the body of Bill Nelson. He was shot through a window in her apartment and now lays there dead. Lainie wants Harry to move the body downstairs to the basement. She fears bad publicity. When Harry wakes up the next day, the thinks it was all a bad dream. When he goes to the basement he finds the police. Later, Harry's wife admits to having an affair with Bill. When the police learn of this, Harry becomes the chief suspect in Bill's murder.
- S02E17
My Brother, Richard
District attorney Martin Ross, who's running for governor, learns that his brother, Richard, has killed the other candidate, Burton Reeves.
- S02E18
The Manacled
Shackled prisoner Stephen Fontaine tries to negotiate an escape from Sergeant Rockwell while en route to San Quentin.
- S02E19
A Bottle of Wine
Judge Connors shares amontillado and civilized conversation with the young architect about to steal his wife. But the quality of his mercy is strained.
- S02E20
Malice Domestic
Marital discord between writer Carl Borden and his wife Annette intensifies when poison is found in his food.
- S02E21
Number Twenty-Two
Young robber Steve Morgan is in jail for his first offense and too cocky for his own good.
- S02E22
The End of Indian Summer
An insurance investigator and his wife look into the case of Mrs. Gillespie, who has been widowed twice -- and has twice enjoyed windfalls from her husbands' life insurance.
- S02E23
One for the Road
A former nurse learns that when her husband is away on business trips, he's seeing another woman.
- S02E24
The Cream of the Jest
Broken-down actor Charles Gresham, who has a weakness for booze, demands that playwright Wayne Campbell give him a part. When Campbell refuses, Gresham resorts to blackmail.
- S02E25
I Killed the Count (1)
A maid discovers the body of Count Victor Mattoni. It's up to Inspector Davidson from Scotland Yard to find the murderer.
- S02E26
I Killed the Count (2)
Inspector Davidson continues to investigate the murder of Count Mattoni.
- S02E27
I Killed the Count (3)
Inspector Davidson continues to investigate the murder of Count Mattoni -- and receives yet another confession.
- S02E28
One More Mile to Go
Sam Jacoby has his wife's corpse in the trunk of his car, and is menaced by a motorcycle cop, who nags him about a taillight.
- S02E29
Vicious Circle
A hired killer reluctantly sets out to kill his own girlfriend as ordered by his crime boss, a man who won't tolerate failure.
- S02E30
The Three Dreams of Mr. Findlater
Ernest Findlater is constantly nagged at by his wife so he fantasizes about Lalage, an exotic lover from the South Seas.
- S02E31
The Night the World Ended
A newsman plays a joke on a homeless man by showing him a fake article that says the world is going to end that night, but the prank has deadly results.
- S02E32
The Hands of Mr. Ottermole
A murderer has been strangling people in the London fog. A reporter manages to continually make it to the crime scene before the police.
- S02E33
A Man Greatly Beloved
In a small Massachusetts town, precocious young Hildegarde Fell learns a secret about crusty old John Anderson, who has just moved there.
- S02E34
Martha Mason, Movie Star
A vain, querulous woman can't get a divorce from her husband. Luckily, he loves to garden. And he's just dug a nice big hole in the backyard.
- S02E35
The West Warlock Time Capsule
Taxidermist George Tiffany has domestic trouble when his wife's visiting brother Waldren overstays his welcome.
- S02E36
Father and Son
London, 1912. Shop owner Joe Saunders refuses to lend money to his son Sam, who is anxious to win over a cheap showgirl.
- S02E37
The Indestructible Mr. Weems
A lodge is selling cemetery plots, but nobody will buy one until the first person is buried there. The brothers turn to Mr. Weems.
- S02E38
A Little Sleep
A bored rich girl goes up to her cabin in the mountains. Before the night is over, she'll wish desperately she had just gone home.
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S02E39 The Dangerous People
Two men waiting for a train learn that an inmate has escaped from a local asylum, and each suspects the other of being the dangerous criminal.
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