Alfred Hitchcock Presents: Season 6

1960 · 38 episodes · ★ 7.5

What Season 6 of Alfred Hitchcock Presents

Season 6 of Alfred Hitchcock Presents Has 38 episodes and premiered on September 27, 1960. Here's the complete episode guide with air dates, runtimes and ratings.

38episodes

Sep 27, 1960premiered

Jul 4, 1961latest episode

16.5 hrtotal runtime

Season 6 Episodes

6x01 Mrs. Bixby and the Colonel's Coat
Sep 27, 1960 · 26 min · ★ 7.3
A touch of mink for Mr and Mrs Bixby is only part of a story of love grown cold and a hidden passion beneath the surface.
Directed by: Alfred Hitchcock · Written by: Halsted Welles · Starring: Les Tremayne, Audrey Meadows, Bernie Hamilton, Harry Cheshire
6x02 The Doubtful Doctor
Oct 4, 1960 · 26 min
Bewitched advertising executive Ralph Jones seeks psychiatric help when he inexplicably finds an escape from his present day marital woes by traveling back in time to his earlier carefree bachelorhood.
Directed by: Arthur Hiller · Written by: Jerry Sohl · Starring: Gena Rowlands, Michael Burns, John Zaremba, Dick York
6x03 Very Moral Theft
Oct 11, 1960 · 26 min
Lumbered with more than an enormous debt, a businessman needs money - and fast. His doting fiance-in-waiting provides an instant solution, but in so doing, her act of desperate kindness leads to fatal consequences.
Directed by: Norman Lloyd · Written by: Allan Gordon · Starring: Betty Field, Karl Swenson, Rusty Lane, Sal Ponti
6x04 The Contest for Aaron Gold
Oct 18, 1960 · 26 min
A pensive, withdrawn child attending a summer camp fashions a one-armed warrior knight in clay, to the consternation of his counselors. Is there a reason behind this particular display?
Directed by: Norman Lloyd · Written by: William Fay · Starring: John Craven, Phil Phillips, Sydney Pollack, Frank Maxwell
6x05 The Five Forty-eight
Oct 25, 1960 · 26 min
Two passengers on a train leaving Grand Central station at 5:48 - one in fear of his past catching up with him at long last, the other intent on exacting a revenge which will restore the balance of power.
Directing: John Brahm · Writing: Charlotte Armstrong · Starring: Phyllis Thaxter, Raymond Bailey
6x06 Pen Pal
Nov 1, 1960 · 26 min
Love letters from a pen pal bring an escaped convict to a country cottage in search of the woman he plans to make his bride. With the police closing in, is more than his heart trapped?
Directing: John Brahm · Screenplay: Hilary Murray · Starring: Stanley Adams, Clu Gulager, Katherine Squire, Ray Montgomery
6x07 Outlaw in Town
Nov 15, 1960 · 26 min
At the Last Chance Saloon, an outlaw rides in to town amidst a raging blizzard. The "Whistling Kid" has a price on his head, and everyone wants a piece of the action.
Directed by: Herschel Daugherty · Written by: Michael Fessier · Starring: Bernard Kates, Addison Richards, Patsy Kelly, Ricardo Montalban
6x08 O Youth and Beauty!
Nov 22, 1960 · 26 min
A midlife crisis for a man with a teenage past boasting athletic prowess and vigor puts a dangerous strain on his marriage, and his own physical state. How much more can a wife take living under starter's orders?
Directed by: Norman Lloyd · Written by: Halsted Welles · Starring: David Lewis, Patricia Breslin, Gary Merrill, Theodore Newton
6x09 The Money
Nov 29, 1960 · 26 min
To win the hand of his beautiful girlfriend, a bookie-turned-import agent eyes the main chance with a deceitful ploy. In so doing, he finds himself earning more than the highest prize.
Directing: Alan Crosland, Jr. · Screenplay: Henry Slesar · Starring: Robert Loggia, Doris Dowling, Will Kuluva, Wolfe Barzell
6x10 Sybilla
Dec 6, 1960 · 26 min
On the passing of his wife, a man reflects on a marriage filled with bitterness and suspicion through the pages of her diary, and comes to realize he never really knew her at all.
Directing: Ida Lupino · Screenplay: Charlotte Armstrong · Starring: Alexander Scourby, Barbara Bel Geddes, Madge Kennedy, Bartlett Robinson
6x11 The Man with Two Faces
Dec 13, 1960 · 26 min
The theft of a woman's purse is the start of a tale of profit and loss which strikes close to home when the identity of the culprit is sought through a series of conflicting photographs.
Directed by: Stuart Rosenberg · Written by: Henry Slesar · Starring: Spring Byington, Bethel Leslie
6x12 The Baby Blue Expression
Dec 20, 1960 · 26 min
Philip Weaver concocts a scheme to murder his employer.
Directing: Arthur Hiller · Writing: Helen Nielsen · Starring: Lennie Weinrib, Sarah Marshall, Peter Walker, Richard Gaines
6x13 The Man Who Found the Money
Dec 27, 1960 · 26 min
When a down-on-his-luck man finds a small fortune on the streets of Las Vegas, a simple act of charity pays more dividends than he ever expected.
Directing: Alan Crosland, Jr. · Writing: Allan Gordon · Starring: Clancy Cooper, Rod Cameron, R.G. Armstrong, Arthur Hill
6x14 The Changing Heart
Jan 3, 1961 · 26 min
The time for love is any time, but for Dane Ross and his beloved Lisa, the clock is almost certainly ticking.
Directing: Robert Florey · Writing: Robert Bloch · Starring: Abraham Sofaer, Anne Helm, Nicholas Pryor, Robert Sampson
6x15 Summer Shade
Jan 10, 1961 · 26 min
The witches of Salem are getting younger by the year, and for nine-year-old Kate Kendall this isn't a problem as she has a new playmate for the summer. Parents Phyllis and Ben are altogether more concerned, and consult the local Reverend on the subject of exorcism.
Directing: Herschel Daugherty · Writing: Harold Swanton · Starring: Susan Gordon, James Franciscus, Julie Adams, John Hoyt
6x16 A Crime for Mothers
Jan 24, 1961 · 26 min
When a mother returns to seek out her long-lost abandoned daughter, money rather than love seems to be her driving motive. Refusing to pay, the girl's pseudo-adoptive parents call the woman's bluff and demand a court settlement to the matter.
Directing: Ida Lupino · Screenplay: Henry Slesar · Starring: Patricia Smith, Howard McNear, Claire Trevor
6x17 The Last Escape
Jan 31, 1961 · 26 min
An escapologist with a daring new act, a deceitful wife with a passion for music and the musician performing it, and a last escape worthy of Houdini himself, make cheating death a circus act to bend anyone's sanity.
Directed by: Paul Henreid · Written by: Henry Slesar · Starring: Charles Meredith, John Craven, Keenan Wynn, Dennis Patrick
6x18 The Greatest Monster of Them All
Feb 14, 1961 · 26 min
The Prince of Darkness stalks the living once more as legendary Hollywood producer Ernst Von Kroft makes a low-budget bid for a return to the fame and glory of the big screen. When he falls short of renewed stardom, it could be a pain in the neck for all concerned.
Directing: Robert Stevens · Screenplay: Robert Bloch · Starring: Sam Jaffe, Robert H. Harris, William Redfield, Robert H. Harris
6x19 The Landlady
Feb 21, 1961 · 26 min
In a small provincial town, an English lady takes in lodgers. For Billy Weaver, the town of Bramley offers accommodation at a reasonable rate, and a vacation to die for.
Directing: Paul Henreid · Writing: Robert Bloch · Starring: Burt Mustin, Dean Stockwell, Patricia Collinge, Laurie Main
6x20 The Throwback
Feb 28, 1961 · 26 min
A knight's tale of chivalry and honor sees two men vying for the affections of a beautiful woman fighting an honorable duel for her heart and hand. All is fair in love and war, but a little cheating is expected.
Directing: John Brahm · Screenplay: Henry Slesar · Starring: Bert Remsen, Scott Marlowe, Joyce Meadows
6x21 The Kiss Off
Mar 7, 1961 · 26 min
When a man is released from prison for a crime he didn't commit, he sets about balancing the ledger of life by pulling off an audacious robbery which he believes the police can never prove he was responsible for. Will his hotel key prove his undoing?
Directed by: Alan Crosland, Jr. · Written by: Talmage Powell · Starring: Frank Sully, Bert Freed, Rip Torn, Don Keefer
6x22 The Horse Player
Mar 14, 1961 · 26 min
On a wing and a prayer, a gambler with a mission thinks he has a hotline to God in praying for a string of successful winners. Convincing a naive minister to play the odds with the parish funds, could this be the race which beats the horse player?
Directing: Alfred Hitchcock · Writing: Henry Slesar · Starring: Ed Gardner, Kenneth MacKenna, Percy Helton, Claude Rains
6x23 Incident in a Small Jail
Mar 21, 1961 · 26 min
An arresting tale of crime and misdemeanor in a small town sees a traveling salesman embroiled in deceit and murder. In a twisted variation on the prince and the pauper, the swapping of clothes reveals the true identity of a murderous fiend.
Directing: Norman Lloyd · Screenplay: Henry Slesar · Starring: Richard Jaeckel, Myron Healey, Crahan Denton, John Fiedler
6x24 A Woman's Help
Mar 28, 1961 · 26 min
When you're handsome and attractive, the ladies will always pay you the sort of attention you want. For Arnold Bourdon, there's only one problem: how to get rid of his shrewish but wealthy wife. Perhaps her new companion and nurse hold the key.
Directed by: Arthur Hiller · Written by: Henry Slesar · Starring: Antoinette Bower, Geraldine Fitzgerald, Scott McKay, Lillian O'Malley
6x25 Museum Piece
Apr 4, 1961 · 26 min
Dark secrets lie at the heart of a private Indian museum, with one particular exhibit telling a sinister story of seduction, betrayal and murder.
Directing: Paul Henreid · Writing: Harold Swanton · Starring: Edward Platt, Bert Convy, Larry Gates, Myron McCormick
6x26 Coming, Mama
Apr 11, 1961 · 26 min
Lucy Baldwin wishes to marry her boy friend Arthur. Unfortunately, her domineering mother believe that Arthur is only out for money opposes the marriage. When Lucy's mother falls ill, Lucy sees her chance. She slips her a fatal dose of sleeping tonc and she dies. Lucy and Arthur are married and Arthur takes Lucy to visit his mother. Unfortunately, Arthur's mother is just as domineering as Lucy's. Since Arthur's mother is ill, Lucy suggests a dose of sleeping tonic to take care of the problem.
Directing: George Stevens Jr. · Screenplay: James P. Cavanagh · Starring: Eileen Heckart, Arthur Malet, Don DeFore, Madge Kennedy
6x27 Deathmate
Apr 18, 1961 · 26 min
A cash-strapped, treacherous couple set on being together no matter what the cost find that the price of love runs high when a private investigator comes onto the scene and discovers bigamy and murder are the perfect deathmate.
Directing: Alan Crosland, Jr. · Writing: Bill S. Ballinger · Starring: Lee Philips, Les Tremayne, Gia Scala, Russell Collins
6x28 Gratitude
Apr 25, 1961 · 26 min
When a prosperous racketeer with a fear of death gambles with life, those closest to him turn their backs on him in his hour of need. Can a dead man walking really show gratitude?
Directed by: Alan Crosland, Jr. · Written by: William Fay · Starring: Peter Falk, Clegg Hoyt, Bert Remsen, Paul Hartman
6x29 The Pearl Necklace
May 2, 1961 · 26 min
How to marry a millionaire becomes a pathway to a loveless union for a beautiful young woman already in a relationship with a grasping and handsome man. Thinking she has married a man with a year to live and a fortune to inherit, her future plans soon go awry when her husband does the unexpected - he continues to live!
Directing: Don Weis · Screenplay: Peggy O'Shea, Lou Shaw · Starring: Jack Cassidy, Ernest Truex, Diane Webber, Hazel Court
6x30 You Can't Trust a Man
May 9, 1961 · 26 min
When a nightclub beauty is visited upon by the misfortune of a former husband whom she has carelessly neglected to divorce amidst her rapid rise to stardom and subsequent bigamy, murder seems the only answer. Surely, reasons beautiful Crystal Coe, you can't trust a man to be of any worth her now?
Directing: Paul Henreid · Screenplay: Helen Nielsen · Starring: Polly Bergen, Walter Kinsella, Claire Carleton, Frank Albertson
6x31 The Gloating Place
May 16, 1961 · 25 min
The boy who cried wolf got his comeuppance in the end. What of a spurned girl seeking the attention of all and sundry? When one lie replaces another and the stakes are raised to murder, what of the girl at the gloating place?
Directing: Alan Crosland, Jr. · Screenplay: Robert Bloch · Starring: Susan Harrison, Marta Kristen, Tyler McVey, Hank Brandt
6x32 Self Defense
May 23, 1961 · 26 min
When a robbery goes wrong and one fatal bullet becomes four, can self defense really be the motive behind a frightened man's gun-toting pursuit of the culprits? The police think not ... and they may have a point.
Directing: Paul Henreid · Screenplay: John T. Kelley · Starring: George Nader, Alexander Lockwood, Audrey Totter, Selmer Jackson
6x33 A Secret Life
May 30, 1961 · 26 min
James Howgill wants a divorce from his wife. When she refuses to give him one, he hires a private eye to follow her in hopes of finding evidence of adultery.
Directed by: Don Weis · Written by: Jerry Sohl · Starring: Arte Johnson, Mary Murphy, Patricia Donahue, Ronald Howard
6x34 Servant Problem
Jun 6, 1961 · 26 min
Good staff are hard to come by and, once found, are as priceless as one's own wife when it comes to their talent in the kitchen. At least, for handsome and distinguished Kerwin Drake, this is certainly the case when the arrival of his dowdy down-at-heel wife is a mere hors d'ouevres for the murderous meal that follows.
Directing: Alan Crosland, Jr. · Writing: Henry Slesar · Starring: Joan Hackett, Grandon Rhodes, John Emery, Alice Frost
6x35 Coming Home
Jun 13, 1961 · 26 min
When an armed robber is released from prison, beaten down by the system and wanting to retreat to his long-lost family life, his homecoming makes for a shocking revelation.
Directed by: Alf Kjellin · Written by: Henry Slesar · Starring: Susan Silo, Gil Perkins, Jeanette Nolan, Crahan Denton
6x36 Final Arrangements
Jun 20, 1961 · 26 min
Browbeaten husband seeks nothing but the best for his late-lamented wife. The most expensive casket from the best in the business, every detail attended to in the making of final arrangements. Just one item left of the to-do list: kill the wife.
Directing: Gordon Hessler · Screenplay: Robert Arthur Jr. · Starring: Slim Pickens, O.Z. Whitehead, Martin Balsam, Bartlett Robinson
6x37 Make My Death Bed
Jun 27, 1961 · 26 min
When music is the food of love, sweet passion spells more than cream in the coffee for two couples.
Directing: Arthur Hiller · Writing: Henry A. Cogge · Starring: Madeleine Sherwood, Diana Van der Vlis, Joe Flynn, James Best
6x38 Ambition Season Finale
Jul 4, 1961 · 26 min
The price of ambition for District Attorney Rudolf Cox is high when a hard-bitten hoodlum prepares to make a confession that could put an end to his high-profile career.
Directing: Paul Henreid · Screenplay: Joel Murcott · Starring: Charles Arnt, Harry Landers, Ann Robinson, Bernard Kates