Season 5 poster

Season 5

(1959)

Cast

Alfred Hitchcock as Self - Host
Alfred Hitchcock

as Self - Host

Episodes

Arthur poster

Arthur 6.5

September 27, 1959

When his former fiancee turns up missing, chicken farmer Arthur obligingly lets the police search his ranch, despite th…

The Crystal Trench poster

The Crystal Trench 7.0

October 4, 1959

Dangerous secrets are revealed when a devoted widow travels to the glacier in Switzerland where her husband's body has …

Appointment at Eleven poster

Appointment at Eleven 7.0

October 11, 1959

A 17-year-old causes havoc at a bar and alarms everyone around him when he talks hysterically about how he'll be "born …

Coyote Moon poster

Coyote Moon 0.0

October 18, 1959

John Piltkin picks up three hitchhikers who rob him. After he spots them in a diner, he exacts his revenge. He steals a…

No Pain poster

No Pain 4.0

October 25, 1959

Nothing is as it seems when a polio victim in an iron lung suspects his wife of becoming attracted to a new neighbor an…

Anniversary Gift poster

Anniversary Gift 7.0

November 1, 1959

Sick of his wife's menagerie of strange and high-maintenance animals, a frazzled husband decides to get her the perfect…

Dry Run poster

Dry Run 7.0

November 8, 1959

An aspiring hitman takes on a risky assignment to kill a rival gangster but then finds himself easily conned by his tar…

The Blessington Method poster

The Blessington Method 7.0

November 15, 1959

Troubled by the responsibility of his aging mother in law, a man takes advantage of a society that specializes in "taki…

Dead Weight poster

Dead Weight 7.0

November 22, 1959

Lovers' Lane becomes a dark and deadly destination when an ad executive and his former girlfriend are attacked by a you…

Special Delivery poster

Special Delivery 7.0

November 29, 1959

After his neighbor warns him about suspicious disappearances around them, a man wonders if the vanishings have anything…

Road Hog poster

Road Hog 7.0

December 6, 1959

When a traffic delay prevents a dying boy from reaching the hospital in time, his bereaved father and brothers swear re…

Specialty of the House poster

Specialty of the House 7.0

December 13, 1959

A successful businessman finally gets his greatest wish to see inside the kitchen of his favorite dining club, but has …

An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge poster

An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge 7.0

December 20, 1959

Moments before he's set to swing from the end of a Union rope, a Southern supporter reflects on the sabotage attempt th…

Graduating Class poster

Graduating Class 7.0

December 27, 1959

A teacher's interest in the one student who seems to care about her lessons turns tragic when she and a kindly neighbor…

Man from the South poster

Man from the South 8.3

January 3, 1960

A down-on-his-luck gambler bets his hand (literally) for a convertible, but the game is stopped by a person with an eve…

The Ikon of Elijah poster

The Ikon of Elijah 0.0

January 10, 1960

An antiques dealer takes refuge in a tucked away monastery with the goal of seizing a priceless manuscript, but his gre…

The Cure poster

The Cure 7.0

January 24, 1960

Some important things get lost in translation when a South American oil explorer agrees to have his loyal native assist…

Backward, Turn Backward poster

Backward, Turn Backward 7.0

January 31, 1960

A middle aged plumber is suspected of bludgeoning to death the father of his 19-year-old love interest, but the Sheriff…

Not the Running Type poster

Not the Running Type 7.0

February 7, 1960

After twelve years in prison for stealing $200,000 from his investment firm employers, Milton Potter calmly returns all…

The Day of the Bullet poster

The Day of the Bullet 7.0

February 14, 1960

When Clete Vine, a successful businessman, reads about a gangster's violent death, he recalls how he and a childhood fr…

Hitch Hike poster

Hitch Hike 7.0

February 21, 1960

A righteous and hypocritical civic leader on a road trip accepts mechanical help from a young man who then asks for a l…

Across the Threshold poster

Across the Threshold 7.0

February 28, 1960

When his over-bearing mother mentions missing her dead husband, a selfish bachelor is happy to arrange the reunion and …

Craig's Will poster

Craig's Will 7.0

March 6, 1960

It's one lucky dog who is named the beneficiary of his deceased master's estate, but he then becomes the target of murd…

Madame Mystery poster

Madame Mystery 7.0

March 27, 1960

A ruthlessly ambitious Hollywood publicist capitalizes on the drowning death of an actress, but his hopes for success s…

The Little Man Who Was There poster

The Little Man Who Was There 7.0

April 3, 1960

The patrons in a copper town saloon initially scoff at the mysterious, small man who barges in, but soon find themselve…

Mother, May I Go out to Swim? poster

Mother, May I Go out to Swim? 7.0

April 10, 1960

What begins as a mother-son vacation soon becomes a trip to agony when he falls in love with a girl who is determined t…

The Cuckoo Clock poster

The Cuckoo Clock 7.0

April 17, 1960

A sensible widow beginning her stay in a remote summer cottage refuses to be alarmed by news of an escaped mental patie…

Forty Detectives Later poster

Forty Detectives Later 7.0

April 24, 1960

The forty-first private eye hired by a man to find his wife's killer follows the clues to a suspect, and then realizes …

The Hero poster

The Hero 7.0

May 1, 1960

A wealthy entrepreneur is sure that the man he meets on a cruise ship is the same person he robbed and left for dead ma…

Insomnia poster

Insomnia 7.0

May 8, 1960

Lack of sleep is ruining a widower's life, but the real nightmare begins when he finally meets his brother-in-law, a me…

I Can Take Care of Myself poster

I Can Take Care of Myself 7.0

May 15, 1960

A beautiful Greenwich Village nightclub singer unwittingly risks her life - and that of her pianist - when she makes th…

One Grave Too Many poster

One Grave Too Many 7.0

May 22, 1960

Chronic unemployment makes a poor husband desperate enough to steal from a man he believes is dead, but he soon regrets…

Party Line poster

Party Line 6.5

May 29, 1960

A busybody fears for her life when she learns that the man who blames her for his wife's death has escaped from prison …

Cell 227 poster

Cell 227 7.0

June 5, 1960

A falsely convicted prisoner is determined to make his walk to the gas chamber on of dignity, but his plan suddenly cha…

The Schartz-Metterklume Method poster

The Schartz-Metterklume Method 7.0

June 12, 1960

An unconventional governess disrupts a conservative household with her radical ideas about interior design, wines, art …

Letter of Credit poster

Letter of Credit 7.0

June 19, 1960

When he goes to a bank to transfer money, a man writing a book on the subject of unsolved crimes has no idea that he wi…

Escape to Sonoita poster

Escape to Sonoita 0.0

June 26, 1960

A pair of truck drivers stranded in the Arizona desert find themselves at the mercy of two kidnappers who are heading t…

Hooked poster

Hooked 7.0

September 25, 1960

Believing that financial reasons prevent him from leaving his wife, an unhappily married man and the woman he really lo…