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Alfred Hitchcock Presents: Season 2

Alfred Hitchcock Presents

Alfred Hitchcock Presents: Season 2

Universal Studios (Sep 30, 1956)
DVD
NR (Not Rated)
025192872921
TV Series | Drama | Mystery | Television | Thriller
USA | English | Black & White | 16:52

Alfred Hitchcock Presents (1955-1962) was a mystery and suspense anthology hosted by the master of suspense Alfred Hitchcock.


Each 30 minute episode included opening and closing vignettes featuring Hitchcock who would often explain some aspect of the day's show and would often offer subtle (or not so subtle) jabs at the shows sponsors.


Episodes View details

1 Wet Saturday 26 min | Sep 30, 1956

Mr. Princey's daughter has just murdered the schoolmaster. A murderess in the family? That won't do. It's up to Mr. Princey to frame someone else for her crime.

2 Fog Closing In 26 min | Oct 07, 1956

When her husband goes away on a business trip, Mary Summers is all alone in her house--and gripped with a nameless fear. Then an escaped mental patient breaks in.

3 De Mortuis 25 min | Oct 14, 1956

Professor Rankin's buddies Wally and Bud stop by to take him fishing. They find him in his cellar, filling in a hole with cement. They suspect he may have also filled it with his wife.

4 Kill with Kindness 26 min | Oct 21, 1956

Katherine Oldham feeds stew to a homeless man as she struggles to keep the mind of her brother, Fitzhugh--a butterfly hunter and birdwatcher--on the task of murder.

5 None Are So Blind 26 min | Oct 28, 1956

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.

6 Toby 25 min | Nov 04, 1956

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.

7 Alibi Me 30 min | Nov 11, 1956

Georgie Minnelli kills his old childhood enemy Lucky Moore for interfering in his pinball machine racket. Now Georgie desperately needs an alibi.

8 Conversation Over a Corpse 30 min | Nov 18, 1956

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.

9 Crack of Doom 30 min | Nov 25, 1956

A no-limit game of poker brings a real estate man to the brink of ruin.

10 Jonathan 30 min | Dec 02, 1956

A college boy with an unnaturally close relationship to his father suspects his stepmother of foul play.

11 The Better Bargain 30 min | Dec 09, 1956

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.

12 The Rose Garden 30 min | Dec 16, 1956

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.

13 Mr. Blanchard's Secret 26 min | Dec 23, 1956

A mystery writer's imagination gets her in trouble when she turns her overstimulated mind to her new next-door neighbors -- and wonders why she has never seen the wife.

14 John Brown's Body 30 min | Dec 30, 1956

An upstart furniture designer colludes with his boss's wife to drive her husband mad.

15 Crackpot 30 min | Jan 06, 1957

A Good Samaritan helps a newlywed couple with a flat tire. But when the groom accidentally dirties the man's suit, the stranger reveals himself to be a dangerous crackpot.

16 Nightmare in 4-D 30 min | Jan 13, 1957

A man who reads too much pulp fiction finds himself playing Sir Galahad to the blonde in the apartment downstairs. It seems she's burdened with a corpse.

17 My Brother, Richard 30 min | Jan 20, 1957

District attorney Martin Ross, who's running for governor, learns that his brother, Richard, has killed the other candidate, Burton Reeves.

18 The Manacled 30 min | Jan 27, 1957

Shackled prisoner Stephen Fontaine tries to negotiate an escape from Sergeant Rockwell while en route to San Quentin.

19 A Bottle of Wine 30 min | Feb 03, 1957

Judge Connors shares amontillado and civilized conversation with the young architect about to steal his wife. But the quality of his mercy is strained.

20 Malice Domestic 30 min | Feb 10, 1957

Marital discord between writer Carl Borden and his wife Annette intensifies when poison is found in his food.

21 Number Twenty-Two 30 min | Feb 17, 1957

Young robber Steve Morgan is in jail for his first offense and too cocky for his own good.

22 The End of Indian Summer 30 min | Feb 24, 1957

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.

23 One for the Road 30 min | Mar 03, 1957

A former nurse learns that when her husband is away on business trips, he's seeing another woman.

24 The Cream of the Jest 30 min | Mar 10, 1957

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.

25 I Killed the Count: Part 1 30 min | Mar 17, 1957

A maid discovers the body of Count Victor Mattoni. It's up to Inspector Davidson from Scotland Yard to find the murderer.

26 I Killed the Count: Part 2 30 min | Mar 24, 1957

Inspector Davidson continues to investigate the murder of Count Mattoni.

27 I Killed the Count: Part 3 30 min | Mar 31, 1957

Inspector Davidson continues to investigate the murder of Count Mattoni -- and receives yet another confession.

28 One More Mile to Go 26 min | Apr 07, 1957

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.

29 Vicious Circle 30 min | Apr 14, 1957

A hired killer reluctantly sets out to kill his own girlfriend as ordered by his crime boss, a man who won't tolerate failure.

30 The Three Dreams of Mr. Findlater 30 min | Apr 21, 1957

Ernest Findlater is constantly nagged at by his wife so he fantasizes about Lalage, an exotic lover from the South Seas.

31 The Night the World Ended 30 min | Apr 28, 1957

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.

32 The Hands of Mr. Ottermole 30 min | May 05, 1957

A murderer has been strangling people in the London fog. A reporter manages to continually make it to the crime scene before the police.

33 A Man Greatly Beloved 30 min | May 12, 1957

In a small Massachusetts town, a precocious young girl learns a secret about the crusty old man who has just moved there.

34 Martha Mason, Movie Star 30 min | May 19, 1957

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.

35 The West Warlock Time Capsule 30 min | May 26, 1957

Taxidermist George Tiffany has domestic trouble when his wife's visiting brother Waldren overstays his welcome.

36 Father and Son 30 min | Jun 02, 1957

In 1912 London, shop owner Joe Saunders refuses to lend money to his son Sam who's desperate for cash to win over a cheap showgirl with whom he is smitten.

37 The Indestructible Mr. Weems 30 min | Jun 09, 1957

A lodge is selling cemetery plots, but nobody will buy one until the first person is buried there. The brothers turn to Mr. Weems.

38 A Little Sleep 30 min | Jun 16, 1957

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.

39 The Dangerous People 30 min | Jun 23, 1957

Two men wait at a train station. A wailing siren periodically reminds them that a maniac has escaped from the local mental hospital.

Cast View all

Alfred Hitchcock Self - Host
John Williams Inspector Davidson
Arthur Gould-Porter Clifton
Charles Davis Sam Saunders
Cedric Hardwicke John Anderson
Russell Collins John Brown
Paul Frees Swanson
Alan Napier Lord Sorrington
Henry Jones Wally Long
Anthony Dawson Count Victor Mattoni
Charles Cooper Bernard K. Froy
Melville Cooper Mullet
Robert Emhardt Moon
Robert Middleton Sam Klinker
George Pelling Mr. Schiller
Walter Kingsford Dr. Sam Helck
Mickey Kuhn Ellerbee
Jered Barclay Peters
Rusty Lane Police Detective
Robert Horton Wallace Donaldson
Rosemary Harris Louise Rogers
Ray Teal Sheriff Briggs
Hugh Marlowe Rev. Richard Fell
Phyllis Thaxter Mary Summers
Paul Picerni Assissi #19

Edition details

Edition Collector's Edition
Packaging Custom Case
Nr Discs 5
Screen Ratios Fullscreen (4:3)
Audio Tracks Dolby Digital Mono [English]
Subtitles English | English (Closed Captioned)
Distributor Universal Studios
Layers Single side, Dual layer
Edition Release Date Oct 17, 2006
Regions Region 1