![]() ![]() Starring George Peppard, Mary Scott, Isobel Elsom Starring Robert Middleton, Henry Silva, Kathleen HughesĪ semi-retired mobster suspects his young wife of cheating on him and hires first Cutter, a private eye, and then a hitman to deal with the problem. Harris, Russell Collins, Barbara Baxley, Ray Teal, Percy Helton, Phyllis Thaxter, Carmen Mathews, Mildred Dunnock, Alan Napier, Robert Vaughn, Robert Redford, Sir Cedric Hardwicke, Robert Newton, Steve McQueen, Bruce Dern, Walter Matthau, Laurence Harvey, Claude Rains, Dennis Morgan, Joseph Cotten, Vera Miles, Tom Ewell, Peter Lorre, Dean Stockwell, Barbara Bel Geddes Guest stars included James Franciscus, Dick York, Robert Horton, James Gleason, John Williams, Robert H. Ballinger, Evan Hunter, Halsted Wellesĭirectors: Robert Stevens, Paul Henreid, Herschel Daughert, Norman Lloyd, Alfred Hitchcock, Arthur Hiller, James Neilson, Jus Addiss, John Brahm, Robert Altman, Ida Lupino, Stuart Rosenberg, Robert Stevenson, David Swift, Sydney Pollack, William Friedkin, Irwin & Gwen Gielgud ![]() If you come across ones I’ve missed, please let me know. I’ve tried to list them below, but this is just a preliminary list. The point is, Alfred Hitchcock Presents was a very, very good show, and it even featured a few pretty good private eye stories, as well as several episodes that involved various writers and/or source material that ought to be familiar to P.I. Again, much like the show (and the children’s mystery series of books, Alfred Hitchcock and the Three Investigators, for that matter), Hitchcock himself had very little to do with it - it was mostly a licensing deal. The show was so popular it inspired a string of printed collections with the running title Alfred Hitchcock Presents. It featured dramas, thrillers, and mysteries, often featuring a “Gotcha!” twist at the end, and boasted a stellar list of talent, both behind and in front of the cameras.Īlthough he did direct several episodes, Hitchcock, by then a well known film director, had relatively little to do with the show’s production, save for his appearances as the show’s host at the beginning and end of every episode, but his droll, tongue in cheek intros tied the shows –which could vary widely thematically - nicely together. ![]() ALFRED HITCHCOCK PRESENTS (and later, THE ALFRED HITCHCOCK HOUR, when the format changed to 60 minutes) was a very popular American television anthology series that was hosted and produced by Alfred Hitchcock which bounced back and forth between CBS and NBC during its amazing ten year run. ![]()
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