Alfred Hitchcock Presents (1955)

Name: Alfred Hitchcock Presents
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery
Rating: 8.5
Cast: Alfred Hitchcock

Crime · Drama · Mystery

A television anthology series hosted by Alfred Hitchcock featuring dramas, thrillers, and mysteries.

IMDb rating: 8.5 (20,864 votes)
Episode average: 7.1 -1.4 vs IMDb
Seasons: 7
Streaming (US): Amazon Prime Video · Peacock
Language: EN
Type: TV series

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Ratings refreshed Oct 3, 2026 · 7 seasons indexed

Cast

Alfred Hitchcock Self - Host

Seasons

Season 1 (1955)

7.02 avg 39 episodes 7.3 → 7.1 30 min avg

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Season 1 episodes - IMDb ratings
#	Title	Rating	Votes
1	Revenge	7.3	2,814
2	Premonition	7.4	2,062
3	Triggers in Leash	6.8	1,816
4	Don't Come Back Alive	7.2	1,728
5	Into Thin Air	6.8	1,722
6	Salvage	7.1	1,525
7	Breakdown	8.0	2,330
8	Our Cook's a Treasure	7.4	1,486
9	The Long Shot	7.7	1,451
10	The Case of Mr. Pelham	7.4	1,688
11	Guilty Witness	7.4	1,370
12	Santa Claus and the Tenth Avenue Kid	6.7	1,270
13	The Cheney Vase	7.0	1,561
14	A Bullet for Baldwin	7.0	1,262
15	The Big Switch	7.1	1,238
16	You Got to Have Luck	7.7	1,409
17	The Older Sister	6.5	1,190
18	Shopping for Death	6.3	1,212
19	The Derelicts	6.8	1,057
20	And So Died Riabouchinska	6.9	1,261
21	Safe Conduct	6.7	1,130
22	Place of Shadows	6.3	1,015
23	Back for Christmas	7.6	1,377
24	The Perfect Murder	7.2	1,053
25	There Was an Old Woman	7.1	1,083
26	Whodunit	7.0	991
27	Help Wanted	7.7	1,077
28	Portrait of Jocelyn	7.0	1,050
29	The Orderly World of Mr. Appleby	7.2	993
30	Never Again	7.2	1,029
31	The Gentleman from America	6.6	986
32	The Baby Sitter	6.7	956
33	The Belfry	6.4	988
34	The Hidden Thing	6.0	913
35	The Legacy	6.4	904
36	Mink	6.6	894
37	Decoy	6.8	848
38	The Creeper	7.8	1,165
39	Momentum	7.1	875

Season 2 (1956)

6.99 avg 39 episodes 6.3 → 7.4 29 min avg

Season 2 episodes - IMDb ratings
#	Title	Rating	Votes
1	Wet Saturday	6.3	1,113
2	Fog Closing In	6.5	885
3	De Mortuis	7.2	916
4	Kill with Kindness	6.4	838
5	None Are So Blind	7.0	847
6	Toby	6.7	846
7	Alibi Me	7.0	791
8	Conversation Over a Corpse	7.5	885
9	Crack of Doom	7.3	862
10	Jonathan	7.0	826
11	The Better Bargain	7.1	803
12	The Rose Garden	6.7	764
13	Mr. Blanchard's Secret	6.6	949
14	John Brown's Body	6.6	726
15	Crackpot	7.3	875
16	Nightmare in 4-D	6.6	753
17	My Brother, Richard	6.6	736
18	The Manacled	7.7	879
19	A Bottle of Wine	7.3	759
20	Malice Domestic	7.4	797
21	Number Twenty-Two	6.8	749
22	The End of Indian Summer	7.4	742
23	One for the Road	7.4	795
24	The Cream of the Jest	7.3	736
25	I Killed the Count: Part 1	7.3	717
26	I Killed the Count: Part 2	7.2	715
27	I Killed the Count: Part 3	7.1	707
28	One More Mile to Go	7.8	1,093
29	Vicious Circle	6.6	698
30	The Three Dreams of Mr. Findlater	6.4	707
31	The Night the World Ended	7.2	822
32	The Hands of Mr. Ottermole	6.9	700
33	A Man Greatly Beloved	6.5	774
34	Martha Mason, Movie Star	6.9	720
35	The West Warlock Time Capsule	7.0	694
36	Father and Son	6.4	657
37	The Indestructible Mr. Weems	7.0	656
38	A Little Sleep	7.1	774
39	The Dangerous People	7.4	779

Season 3 (1957)

7.12 avg 39 episodes 8.3 → 7.6 30 min avg

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Season 3 episodes - IMDb ratings
#	Title	Rating	Votes
1	The Glass Eye	8.3	1,358
2	Mail Order Prophet	7.8	896
3	The Perfect Crime	7.3	924
4	Heart of Gold	7.5	778
5	Silent Witness	6.7	698
6	Reward to Finder	7.6	811
7	Enough Rope for Two	7.3	764
8	Last Request	7.6	714
9	The Young One	7.1	822
10	The Diplomatic Corpse	6.9	699
11	The Deadly	7.3	735
12	Miss Paisley's Cat	6.3	664
13	Night of the Execution	7.1	641
14	The Percentage	6.5	667
15	Together	7.5	775
16	Sylvia	6.1	688
17	The Motive	7.6	755
18	Miss Bracegirdle Does Her Duty	6.5	613
19	The Equalizer	6.8	616
20	On the Nose	7.0	652
21	Guest for Breakfast	7.0	648
22	The Return of the Hero	6.8	614
23	The Right Kind of House	8.5	1,084
24	The Foghorn	6.8	673
25	Flight to the East	6.5	590
26	Bull in a China Shop	6.8	671
27	Disappearing Trick	6.8	641
28	Lamb to the Slaughter	8.3	1,468
29	Fatal Figures	7.0	657
30	Death Sentence	6.5	567
31	The Festive Season	6.6	590
32	Listen, Listen.....!	7.0	622
33	Post Mortem	7.7	729
34	The Crocodile Case	7.3	652
35	Dip in the Pool	7.3	632
36	The Safe Place	6.8	562
37	The Canary Sedan	6.4	652
38	The Impromptu Murder	7.1	591
39	Little White Frock	7.6	714

Season 4 (1958)

7.15 avg 36 episodes 7.2 → 7.0 30 min avg

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Season 4 episodes - IMDb ratings
#	Title	Rating	Votes
1	Poison	7.2	711
2	Don't Interrupt	6.1	739
3	The Jokester	7.2	518
4	The Crooked Road	8.1	938
5	The $2,000,000 Defense	7.0	598
6	Design for Loving	7.2	641
7	Man with a Problem	8.2	923
8	Safety for the Witness	6.4	577
9	Murder Me Twice	7.2	644
10	Tea Time	7.2	617
11	And the Desert Shall Blossom	6.9	608
12	Mrs. Herman and Mrs. Fenimore	7.3	632
13	Six People, No Music	6.4	598
14	The Morning After	7.4	630
15	A Personal Matter	6.5	575
16	Out There - Darkness	7.5	1,066
17	Total Loss	6.9	588
18	The Last Dark Step	7.8	715
19	The Morning of the Bride	7.1	629
20	The Diamond Necklace	7.9	781
21	Relative Value	7.5	639
22	The Right Price	7.1	562
23	I'll Take Care of You	7.0	589
24	The Avon Emeralds	6.5	587
25	The Kind Waitress	7.3	636
26	Cheap Is Cheap	7.1	621
27	The Waxwork	7.0	576
28	The Impossible Dream	6.8	555
29	Banquo's Chair	7.3	735
30	A Night with the Boys	7.1	559
31	Your Witness	7.3	561
32	Human Interest Story	7.2	510
33	The Dusty Drawer	7.5	649
34	A True Account	7.3	573
35	Touché	7.0	578
36	Invitation to an Accident	7.0	538

Season 5 (1959)

7.07 avg 38 episodes 7.4 → 7.7 30 min avg

Season 5 episodes - IMDb ratings
#	Title	Rating	Votes
1	Arthur	7.4	846
2	The Crystal Trench	6.8	822
3	Appointment at Eleven	5.4	640
4	Coyote Moon	7.6	726
5	No Pain	7.3	621
6	Anniversary Gift	7.1	578
7	Dry Run	7.7	742
8	The Blessington Method	7.0	578
9	Dead Weight	7.4	619
10	Special Delivery	6.7	646
11	Road Hog	8.2	897
12	Specialty of the House	8.1	892
13	An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge	7.0	694
14	Graduating Class	6.3	645
15	Man from the South	8.5	1,473
16	The Ikon of Elijah	6.8	536
17	The Cure	6.8	529
18	Backward, Turn Backward	5.9	590
19	Not the Running Type	7.4	557
20	The Day of the Bullet	7.2	628
21	Hitch Hike	7.0	583
22	Across the Threshold	7.3	536
23	Craig's Will	6.6	551
24	Madame Mystery	6.0	584
25	The Little Man Who Was There	7.3	585
26	Mother, May I Go Out to Swim?	7.0	636
27	The Cuckoo Clock	6.8	582
28	Forty Detectives Later	7.1	560
29	The Hero	6.5	508
30	Insomnia	7.0	548
31	I Can Take Care of Myself	6.5	525
32	One Grave Too Many	7.4	553
33	Party Line	7.4	595
34	Cell 227	7.0	525
35	The Schartz-Metterklume Method	6.7	570
36	Letter of Credit	7.2	509
37	Escape to Sonoita	7.6	817
38	Hooked	7.7	655

Season 6 (1960)

7.09 avg 38 episodes 7.5 → 6.7 30 min avg

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Season 6 episodes - IMDb ratings
#	Title	Rating	Votes
1	Mrs. Bixby and the Colonel's Coat	7.5	698
2	The Doubtful Doctor	7.0	609
3	A Very Moral Theft	7.2	622
4	The Contest for Aaron Gold	7.4	577
5	The Five-Forty-Eight	6.8	636
6	Pen Pal	7.3	575
7	Outlaw in Town	6.5	410
8	O Youth and Beauty!	5.6	527
9	The Money	6.7	510
10	Sybilla	7.3	516
11	The Man with Two Faces	7.4	569
12	The Baby-Blue Expression	7.1	527
13	The Man Who Found the Money	6.9	600
14	The Changing Heart	7.1	546
15	Summer Shade	7.1	557
16	A Crime for Mothers	7.4	560
17	The Last Escape	6.8	488
18	The Greatest Monster of Them All	6.5	566
19	The Landlady	7.5	503
20	The Throwback	6.7	513
21	The Kiss-Off	7.1	508
22	The Horseplayer	7.6	722
23	Incident in a Small Jail	8.2	727
24	A Woman's Help	7.4	529
25	Museum Piece	7.0	505
26	Coming, Mama	7.3	527
27	Deathmate	6.8	466
28	Gratitude	6.4	498
29	The Pearl Necklace	7.9	674
30	You Can't Trust a Man	7.0	500
31	The Gloating Place	7.1	533
32	Self Defense	7.6	581
33	A Secret Life	7.2	522
34	Servant Problem	6.5	492
35	Coming Home	7.6	565
36	Final Arrangements	7.6	559
37	Make My Death Bed	6.8	482
38	Ambition	6.7	491

Season 7 (1961)

7.03 avg 39 episodes 7.2 → 7.1 30 min avg

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Season 7 episodes - IMDb ratings
#	Title	Rating	Votes
1	The Hatbox	7.2	570
2	Bang! You're Dead	8.0	972
3	Maria	6.4	542
4	Cop for a Day	7.6	578
5	Keep Me Company	7.0	527
6	Beta Delta Gamma	7.1	575
7	You Can't Be a Little Girl All Your Life	6.7	524
8	The Old Pro	7.0	527
9	I Spy	6.7	531
10	Services Rendered	7.4	561
11	The Right Kind of Medicine	7.2	553
12	A Jury of Her Peers	6.8	515
13	The Silk Petticoat	7.2	534
14	Bad Actor	6.9	525
15	The Door Without a Key	7.3	566
16	The Case of M.J.H.	7.3	489
17	The Faith of Aaron Menefee	6.9	489
18	The Woman Who Wanted to Live	8.0	702
19	Strange Miracle	7.0	485
20	The Test	7.1	483
21	Burglar Proof	7.5	522
22	The Big Score	6.3	556
23	Profit-Sharing Plan	7.2	487
24	Apex	7.7	581
25	The Last Remains	7.2	473
26	Ten O'Clock Tiger	6.4	484
27	Act of Faith	6.0	364
28	The Kerry Blue	7.0	506
29	The Matched Pearl	7.7	537
30	What Frightened You, Fred?	6.2	363
31	Most Likely to Succeed	7.6	558
32	Victim Four	7.3	505
33	The Opportunity	7.6	533
34	The Twelve Hour Caper	7.8	566
35	The Children of Alda Nuova	4.9	494
36	First Class Honeymoon	6.2	451
37	The Big Kick	6.1	483
38	Where Beauty Lies	7.4	521
39	The Sorcerer's Apprentice	7.1	925