Alfred Hitchcock Presents Season 3, Episode 35: Dip in the Pool

1

The Glass Eye

Captivated by his physical beauty, an aging spinster develops an obsession for a ventriloquist, travelling all over the country to watch his act with his child-sized dummy.

26 min

2

Mail Order Prophet

When an ordinary clerk starts receiving letters which accurately predict the outcome of future events, he takes a dangerous gamble with his life.

26 min

3

The Perfect Crime

A lawyer, with blackmail in mind, meets with a famous detective who prides himself on never having committed a single mistake in his long and distinguished career, to prove that he convicted an innocent man.

25 min

4

Heart of Gold

A convicted robber is released to the family of one of his cell mates, against the better judgment of his parole officer.

27 min

5

Silent Witness

Intending to break up with an infatuated student, professor Donald Mason tracks her down at a babysitting job, where the conversation ends in murder.

26 min

6

Reward to Finder

After finding a cash-laden wallet John Gaminski promises his wife that he'll return it. But when he reneges, she demands that he share the money.

26 min

7

Enough Rope for Two

An ex-con heads to a mine to retrieve a cache of stolen loot. When his two former partners show up, three's a crowd with $100,000 at stake.

26 min

8

Last Request

A death-row inmate awaiting the electric chair uses his final hours to prove his innocence in a killing.

26 min

9

The Young One

A pretty underage girl, bored with adolescence and eager to experience all that adulthood allows, acts out in ways that could ultimately prove deadly.

27 min

10

The Diplomatic Corpse

Touring Mexico, Janet's rich aunt dies, and the car holding her corpse is stolen. Without a body, Janet can't claim the inheritance.

27 min

11

The Deadly

A conniving handyman tries to blackmail an innocent housewife for a fabricated dalliance.

26 min

12

Miss Paisley's Cat

An elderly woman is terrified that her disagreeable male neighbor will kill her beloved—but habitually roving—tabby cat.

26 min

13

Night of the Execution

Warren, a prosecuting attorney with a long history of acquittals, must deliver a guilty verdict in a murder case to ensure his political future.

26 min

14

The Percentage

A successful businessman who once acted cowardly in the war—but got undeserved credit for heroism—attempts to buy off an old Army buddy who knows the truth.

26 min

15

Together

When a businessman's mistress threatens to expose their secret relationship to his wife, he realizes he must do anything to stop her.

26 min

16

Sylvia

Her elderly father becomes alarmed when a jilted woman purchases a handgun.

26 min

17

The Motive

Two crime-obsessed buddies plot the perfect murder—one with absolutely no motive.

26 min

18

Miss Bracegirdle Does Her Duty

Traveling in Paris, an Englishwoman finds herself accidentally locked in a hotel room with a corpse.

26 min

19

The Equalizer

Filled with jealous rage, a man plots revenge on a coworker he is convinced has had an affair with his wife.

27 min

20

On the Nose

A gambling-addicted housewife owes money to a bookie, and resorts to desperate measures in order to raise the money.

27 min

21

Guest for Breakfast

In this violent home-invasion tale, a gun-wielding convict terrorizes a married couple whose relationship is already on the ropes.

26 min

22

The Return of the Hero

Things are not what they seem when two soldiers discharged from the Algerian war spend some time together in Marseilles.

26 min

23

The Right Kind of House

After the death of her troubled son, a mother decides to sell her house, but a potential buyer discovers she may be hiding something.

27 min

24

The Foghorn

A woman alone in a quiet house finds herself haunted by the noise of a foghorn. As the story progresses, she tries to recall how the sound became so horrifying to her, but the answer may be deeper than she thinks.

26 min

25

Flight to the East

The plight of an American war correspondent suddenly becomes front-page news when a former British Army nurse recalls a strange incident from the past.

25 min

26

Bull in a China Shop

A handsome homicide detective is befriended by four old ladies who invite him for tea and proceed to play out a variation of Arsenic and Old Lace for his benefit.

27 min

27

Disappearing Trick

A debonair tennis player looks into his attractive partner's past and her presumed dead husband.

27 min

28

Lamb to the Slaughter

Domestic bliss comes to a rapid halt when a housewife discovers that her police chief husband has been having an affair while she's been pregnant.

27 min

29

Fatal Figures

It's all in the numbers when a bookkeeper becomes obsessed with his mundane life and crime statistics.

27 min

30

Death Sentence

Love is in the eye of the beholder when a happily married woman sees a bomb attached to the family car as a sign of her husband's affection.

27 min

31

The Festive Season

'Tis the season to resurrect old family grudges when a brother accuses his sister of murdering his wife on a less than jolly Christmas Eve.

27 min

32

Listen, Listen. . . !

When three beautiful blonde women are strangled with a silk stocking, Mr. Morgan becomes convinced he knows how it happened, even though no one will hear him out.

27 min

33

Post Mortem

When a newly married couple realizes that a lottery ticket is in her recently deceased ex-husband's burial suit, they put their love on the line to exhume the winnings.

27 min

34

The Crocodile Case

A man learns never to separate a woman from her accessories when his "perfect" murder plot is spoiled by a missing piece of luggage.

27 min

35

Dip in the Pool

A desperate man takes the ultimate plunge when he gambles a fortune without his wife's knowledge.

27 min

36

The Safe Place

A senior bank teller is tempted by the prospect of sudden wealth when a known gangster makes a large withdrawal from his account.

26 min

37

The Canary Sedan

A little knowledge can be a dangerous thing when a woman discovers she has extraordinary powers to see the past of objects.

27 min

38

The Impromptu Murder

Still waters run deep when a lawyer with mayoral ambitions murders a woman who claimed he tried to embezzle money from her in the past.

26 min

39

Little White Frock

An elderly actor invites a playwright and his wife to dinner to tell a touching story of a long-lost love.

26 min