Alfred Hitchcock Presents Season 1 Episode Guide (Part 2)

21. Safe Conduct

First aired: 2/19/1956 Writer: Andrew Solt Director: Justus Addiss Guest star: Jacques Bergerac (Jan Gubak), Claire Trevor (Mary Prescott), Werner Klemperer (Klopka), Peter van Eyck (Officer), John Banner (Train conductor), Ralph Manza (Waiter), Konstantin Shayne (Custom's Officer), Charlie Hall (Man with Pool Cue in Intro Sequence) Global rating: 6.0 Suspense and romance fill the travel of an American reporter returning to the east after a visit to an iron curtain nation.

22. Place of Shadows

First aired: 2/26/1956 Writer: Robert C. Dennis Director: Robert Stevens Guest star: Harry Tyler (Train Ticket Agent) , Everett Sloane (Father Vincente), Mark Damon (Ray Clements), Sean McClory (Brother Gerard), Everett Glass (Brother Charles), Claude Akins (Cop), Joe Downing (Floyd), Steve Mitchell, Harve Presnell Global rating: 6.3 A man looking for revenge goes undercover in a monastery but things do not turn out the way he planned.

23. Back for Christmas

First aired: 3/4/1956 Writer: Francis Cockrell, John Collier Director: Alfred Hitchcock Guest star: John Williams (II) (Herbert Carpenter), Arthur Gould-Porter (Major Sinclair) , Isobel Elsom (Hermione Carpenter), Gavin Muir (Mr. Wallingford), Lillian Kemble-Cooper (Mrs. Sinclair), Katherine Warren (Mrs. Wallingford), Irene Tedrow (Mrs. Hewitt), Gerald Hamer (Mr. Hewitt), Ross Ford, Mollie Glessing, Theresa Harris Global rating: 8.2 A man tired of having his life mapped out and directed by his overbearing wife plans to get rid of her; permanently.

24. The Perfect Murder

First aired: 3/11/1956 Writer: Victor Wolfson, Stacy Aumonier Director: Robert Stevens Guest star: Philip Coolidge (Henri Tallendier), Walter Kingsford (Pierre) , Hurd Hatfield (Paul Tallendier), Hope Summers (Marie Tallendier), Mildred Natwick (Aunt Rosalie), Gladys Hurlbut (Ernestine), Jack Chefe (Clerk), Percy Helton (Lawyer) Global rating: 7.8 Two twisted brothers scheme to obtain their inheritance a little sooner by killing their aunt.

25. There Was an Old Woman

First aired: 3/18/1956 Writer: Francis Cockrell, Marian Cockrell Director: Robert Stevenson Guest star: Estelle Winwood (Monica Laughton), Norma Crane (Lorna Bramwell), Charles Bronson (Frank Bramwell), Dan Greer (Milkman), Emerson Tracy (Druggist) Global rating: 7.7 Monica, an old and eccentric woman is the target of two people who think she has a lot of money stashed away.

26. Whodunit
First aired: 3/25/1956 Writer: Francis Cockrell, Marian Cockrell, C.B. Gilford Director: Francis Cockrell Guest star: John Williams (II) (Alexander Arlington), Alan Napier (Wilfred), Philip Coolidge (Talbot) , Amanda Blake (Carol Arlington), Jerry Paris (Wally Benson), Ruta Lee, Rudy Robles, Bill Slack Global rating: 7.2 Arthur (a mystery writer) is allowed to return from heaven to relive his last day on Earth in order to find the identity of his murderer.

27. Help Wanted

First aired: 4/1/1956 Writer: Robert C. Dennis, Stanley Ellin Director: James Neilson Guest star: Lorne Greene (Mr. X), John Qualen (Mr. Crabtree), Ruth Swanson (Miss.

Brown), Madge Kennedy (Laura Crabtree), Parley Baer (Police detective), Paul Brinegar, John Harmon Global rating: 7.8 A man desperate for money to treat his wife's illness accepts a strange job offer from an anonymous boss, with life-changing consequences for all involved.

28. Portrait of Jocelyn

First aired: 4/8/1956 Writer: Harold Swanton, Edgar Marvin Director: Robert Stevens Guest star: Raymond Bailey (Jeff Harrison), Harry Tyler (Motel manager) , John Baragrey (Arthur Clymer), Philip Abbott (Mark Halliday), Nancy Gates (Debbie Halliday), Olan Soule (Art dealer) Global rating: 6.7 A man starts seeing reminders of his missing wife - five years after her disappearance and on the anniversary of his remarriage.

29. The Orderly World of Mr. Appleby

First aired: 4/15/1956 Writer: Victor Wolfson Director: James Neilson Guest star: Robert H. Harris (Laurence Appleby) , Michael Ansara (Dizar), Louise Larabee (Lena), Gage Clarke (Gainsboro), Helen Spring (Mrs. Grant), Meg Mundy (Martha Sturgis), Edna Holland (Mrs. Murchie), Mollie Glessing (Maid) Global rating: 7.2 Lawrence Appleby will do anything to keep his antiques shop, even murder.

30. Never Again

First aired: 4/22/1956 Writer: Gwen Bagni, Irwin Gielgud, Stirling Silliphant, Adela Rogers St. John Director: Robert Stevens Guest star: Phyllis Thaxter (Karen Stewart) , Warren Stevens (Jeff Simmons), Jack Mullaney (Marlow), Louise Allbritton (Renee), Mason Curry (Mr. Sterling), Joan Banks (Margaret), Marion Gray, Jack Mulhall, Karine Nordman, Carol Veazie (Nurse) Global rating: 7.9 Karen has a problem with alcohol, one that will leave her wondering what happened the previous night.

31. The Gentleman from America

First aired: 4/29/1956 Writer: Francis Cockrell, Michael Arlen Director: Robert Stevens Guest star: Ralph Clanton (Sir Stephen Hurstwood) , Biff McGuire (Howard Latimer), Eric Snowden (Hanson), Geoffrey Steele (Man), John Dodsworth (Calender), John D. Irving (Derek), John Alderson (Attendant), Sonia Torgeson (Julia) Global rating: 7.0 Howard Latimer accepts a peculiar bet: to spend the night at a supposedly haunted manor.

32. The Baby Sitter

First aired: 5/6/1956 Writer: Sarett Rudley, Emily Neff Director: Robert Stevens Guest star: Theodore Newton (Mr. Nash) , Thelma Ritter (Lottie Slocum), Carole Mathews (Clara Nash), Michael Ansara (Mr. DeMario), Mary Wickes (Mrs. Armstedder), Reba Tassell (Janie) Global rating: 7.2 Lottie Slocum goes from witness to accused in the crime of a woman she was babysitting.

33. The Belfry

First aired: 5/13/1956 Writer: Robert C. Dennis Director: Herschel Daugherty Guest star: Pat Hitchcock (Ella Marsh) , Dabbs Greer (The Sheriff), Jack Mullaney (Clint Ringle), Jim Hayward (Preacher), John Compton (Walt), Norman Leavitt (Elmer), Ralph Moody (Local Citizen), Horst Ehrhardt, Kathleen Hartnagel, Rudy Lee, David Saber Global rating: 6.9 Clint is in love with Ella. When he finds out that she has a fiance, he decides to kill him and then hides.

34. The Hidden Thing

First aired: 5/20/1956 Writer: James P. Cavanagh, A.J. Russell

Director: Robert Stevens Guest star: Robert H. Harris (John Hurley), Theodore Newton (Lt. Shea) , Biff McGuire (Dana Edwards), Rachel Ames (Laura), Katherine Warren (Mrs. Edwards), Richard Collier (Counterman) Global rating: 6.1 Dana tries to find out the license plate number of the car that has recently killed his fiance.

35. The Legacy

First aired: 5/27/1956 Writer: Gina Kaus, Andrew Solt, Gina Kaus Director: James Neilson Guest star: Walter Kingsford (Col. Blair), Ralph Clanton (Randall Burnside) , Alan Hewitt (Howard Cole), Leora Dana (Irene Cole), Jacques Bergerac (Prince Burhan), Enid Markey (Cecelia), Rudolph Anders (Maitre D'), Roxanne Arlen (Donna Dew), Vikki Dougan (Glamour Girl), Joan Dixon Global rating: 6.5 A prince courts a rich and married (but neglected) wife. A death raises questions of whether it was suicide or accident and has repercussions for many.

36. Mink
First aired: 6/3/1956 Writer: Irwin Gielgud, Gwen Bagni Director: Robert Stevenson Guest star: Ruth Hussey (Paula Hudson), Vinton Hayworth (Sgt. Delaney), Mary Jackson (Mrs. Wilson), Veda Ann Borg (Hairdresser), Anthony Eustrel (Furrier), Eugenia Paul (Model), Vivi Janiss (Sgt. Bradford), Sheila Bromley, Paul E. Burns, James McCallion Global rating: 6.6 A housewife buys a stolen mink for $400 dollars.

37. Decoy
First aired: 6/10/1956 Writer: Bernard C. Schoenfeld, Richard-George Pedicini Director: Arnold Laven Guest star: Robert Horton (Gil Larkin), Philip Coolidge (Detective), Harry Tyler , Cara Williams (Mona Cameron), David Orrick McDearmon (Ben), Jack Mullaney (Dave Packer), Mary Jean Yamaji (Dancer), Edo Mita (Mr. Sashakawa), Eileen Harley, Frank

Gorshin, Harry Lewis Global rating: 7.8 Gil is in love of a married singer who wants to kill her abusive husband.

38. The Creeper

First aired: 6/17/1956 Writer: James P. Cavanagh, Joseph Ruscoll Director: Herschel Daugherty Guest star: Percy Helton (Building Super) , Constance Ford (Ellen Grant), Steve Brodie (Steve Grant), Reta Shaw (Martha), Harry Townes (Ed), Alfred Linder Global rating: 9.3 A serial killer known as the strangler terrorizes a New York neighborhood.

39. Momentum
First aired: 6/24/1956 Writer: Francis Cockrell, Cornell Woolrich Director: Robert Stevens Guest star: Holly Bane (Cab Driver), Harry Tyler , Joanne Woodward (Beth Paine), Skip Homeier (Dick Paine), William Newell (Charlie), Ken Christy (A.T. Burroughs), Henry Hunter (Man from Finance Company), Frank Kreig (Janitor), Myron Cook, Dorothy Crehan, Don Dillaway, Joe Gilbert, Patricia Knox, John Lehmann, Jack Tesler Global rating: 7.8 A man ends up running to the Mexican border after trying to collect money his employer owes him.

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