Season 3

Alfred Hitchcock PresentsSeason 3

1957
39 Episodes

Episodes

The Glass Eye
S03E01
10.0

The Glass Eye

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.

06 Oct 195726m
Mail Order Prophet
S03E02
8.0

Mail Order Prophet

When an ordinary clerk starts receiving letters which accurately predict the outcome of future events, he takes a dangerous gamble with his life.

13 Oct 195726m
The Perfect Crime
S03E03

The Perfect Crime

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.

20 Oct 195725m
Heart of Gold
S03E04

Heart of Gold

A convicted robber is released to the family of one of his cell mates, against the better judgment of his parole officer.

27 Oct 195727m
Silent Witness
S03E05

Silent Witness

Intending to break up with an infatuated student, professor Donald Mason tracks her down at a babysitting job, where the conversation ends in murder.

03 Nov 195726m
Reward to Finder
S03E06

Reward to Finder

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.

10 Nov 195726m
Enough Rope for Two
S03E07

Enough Rope for Two

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.

17 Nov 195726m
Last Request
S03E08

Last Request

A death-row inmate awaiting the electric chair uses his final hours to prove his innocence in a killing.

24 Nov 195726m
The Young One
S03E09

The Young One

A pretty underage girl, bored with adolescence and eager to experience all that adulthood allows, acts out in ways that could ultimately prove deadly.

01 Dec 195727m
The Diplomatic Corpse
S03E10

The Diplomatic Corpse

Touring Mexico, Janet's rich aunt dies, and the car holding her corpse is stolen. Without a body, Janet can't claim the inheritance.

08 Dec 195727m
The Deadly
S03E11
7.0

The Deadly

A conniving handyman tries to blackmail an innocent housewife for a fabricated dalliance.

15 Dec 195726m
Miss Paisley's Cat
S03E12

Miss Paisley's Cat

An elderly woman is terrified that her disagreeable male neighbor will kill her beloved—but habitually roving—tabby cat.

22 Dec 195726m
Night of the Execution
S03E13

Night of the Execution

Warren, a prosecuting attorney with a long history of acquittals, must deliver a guilty verdict in a murder case to ensure his political future.

29 Dec 195726m
The Percentage
S03E14

The Percentage

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.

05 Jan 195826m
Together
S03E15

Together

When a businessman's mistress threatens to expose their secret relationship to his wife, he realizes he must do anything to stop her.

12 Jan 195826m
Sylvia
S03E16

Sylvia

Her elderly father becomes alarmed when a jilted woman purchases a handgun.

19 Jan 195826m
The Motive
S03E17

The Motive

Two crime-obsessed buddies plot the perfect murder—one with absolutely no motive.

26 Jan 195826m
Miss Bracegirdle Does Her Duty
S03E18

Miss Bracegirdle Does Her Duty

Traveling in Paris, an Englishwoman finds herself accidentally locked in a hotel room with a corpse.

02 Feb 195826m
The Equalizer
S03E19

The Equalizer

Filled with jealous rage, a man plots revenge on a coworker he is convinced has had an affair with his wife.

09 Feb 195827m
On the Nose
S03E20

On the Nose

A gambling-addicted housewife owes money to a bookie, and resorts to desperate measures in order to raise the money.

16 Feb 195827m
Guest for Breakfast
S03E21

Guest for Breakfast

In this violent home-invasion tale, a gun-wielding convict terrorizes a married couple whose relationship is already on the ropes.

23 Feb 195826m
The Return of the Hero
S03E22

The Return of the Hero

Things are not what they seem when two soldiers discharged from the Algerian war spend some time together in Marseilles.

02 Mar 195826m
The Right Kind of House
S03E23

The Right Kind of House

After the death of her troubled son, a mother decides to sell her house, but a potential buyer discovers she may be hiding something.

09 Mar 195827m
The Foghorn
S03E24

The Foghorn

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.

16 Mar 195826m
Flight to the East
S03E25

Flight to the East

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.

23 Mar 195825m
Bull in a China Shop
S03E26

Bull in a China Shop

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.

30 Mar 195827m
Disappearing Trick
S03E27

Disappearing Trick

A debonair tennis player looks into his attractive partner's past and her presumed dead husband.

06 Apr 195827m
Lamb to the Slaughter
S03E28
10.0

Lamb to the Slaughter

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.

13 Apr 195827m
Fatal Figures
S03E29

Fatal Figures

It's all in the numbers when a bookkeeper becomes obsessed with his mundane life and crime statistics.

20 Apr 195827m
Death Sentence
S03E30

Death Sentence

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.

27 Apr 195827m
The Festive Season
S03E31

The Festive Season

'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.

04 May 195827m
Listen, Listen. . . !
S03E32

Listen, Listen. . . !

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.

11 May 195827m
Post Mortem
S03E33

Post Mortem

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.

18 May 195827m
The Crocodile Case
S03E34

The Crocodile Case

A man learns never to separate a woman from her accessories when his "perfect" murder plot is spoiled by a missing piece of luggage.

25 May 195827m
Dip in the Pool
S03E35

Dip in the Pool

A desperate man takes the ultimate plunge when he gambles a fortune without his wife's knowledge.

01 Jun 195827m
The Safe Place
S03E36

The Safe Place

A senior bank teller is tempted by the prospect of sudden wealth when a known gangster makes a large withdrawal from his account.

08 Jun 195826m
The Canary Sedan
S03E37

The Canary Sedan

A little knowledge can be a dangerous thing when a woman discovers she has extraordinary powers to see the past of objects.

15 Jun 195827m
The Impromptu Murder
S03E38

The Impromptu Murder

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.

22 Jun 195826m
Little White Frock
S03E39
10.0

Little White Frock

An elderly actor invites a playwright and his wife to dinner to tell a touching story of a long-lost love.

29 Jun 195826m