Alfred Hitchcock Presents Season 4, Episode 36: Invitation to an Accident

1

Poison

Two partners discover their real feelings for one another when one is bitten by a poisonous snake and it's up to the other to save his life.

27 min

2

Don't Interrupt

Silence may be golden, but it also proves lethal when a young boy witnesses an escaped mental patient and can't tell anyone about it.

26 min

3

The Jokester

A morgue attendant gets the last laugh when he finally has enough of a man who has been provoking him.

26 min

4

The Crooked Road

A joyride in a new convertible is seriously called to a halt as the corrupt public officials in a small town attempt to take advantage of the defenseless drivers.

27 min

5

The $2,000,000 Defense

A lawyer gets creative when the man he is defending offers him half of his net worth if he will find a way out of the case.

27 min

6

Design for Loving

A man's marriage seriously malfunctions when he buys a robot to take over his relationship with his demanding wife so he can escape to Rio.

26 min

7

Man with a Problem

A man relates the series of events that led him to contemplate suicide to a police officer.

27 min

8

Safety for the Witness

A gunsmith sets his sight on two gangsters who will kill him if he testifies to what they've purchased in court.

26 min

9

Murder Me Twice

When a hypnotist puts a young woman into a trance during a seance, things go wildly out of control and she stabs her husband. But is she really to blame for her actions?

25 min

10

Tea Time

It's hard to tell who's the bigger cheater when a wife and her husband's jealous mistress sit down for some lethal negotiating.

26 min

11

And the Desert Shall Blossom

When two old men need a miracle in order to keep their home, the answer arrives in the unlikely form of a killer on the run from the law.

26 min

12

Mrs. Herman and Mrs. Fenimore

Two women plot to do away with an irascible old man and seize his money, but their plan is foiled when one of them decides she deserves more of the fortune.

27 min

13

Six People, No Music

A funeral parlor owner is put in an awkward position when a deceased client comes back to life and demands a much smaller affair than what was planned for his funeral.

26 min

14

The Morning After

Motherly love knows no bounds when a woman decides to get revenge on the married man who has been dating her daughter.

27 min

15

A Personal Matter

Two construction engineers are between more than just a rock and a hard place when one of them discovers the other's violent past during an explosive tunnel blast.

27 min

16

Out There - Darkness

When a wealthy woman mistakenly accuses her elevator boy of robbing her, his resulting imprisonment will take her to levels of guilt she never expected.

27 min

17

Total Loss

A desperate department store owner foolishly agrees to a scheme to have her store burned down so she can collect the insurance, but the fiery transaction doesn't go down as planned.

27 min

18

The Last Dark Step

It's murder most foul when a man decides to drown the longtime girlfriend who's been supporting him, but his crime doesn't go unnoticed for very long.

27 min

19

The Morning of the Bride

A young woman with her eye on marriage wonders why she still hasn't met her boyfriend's mother.

27 min

20

The Diamond Necklace

During his last week of work before retirement, the longtime employee of a jewelry store serves an unusual client.

27 min

21

Relative Value

When John learns that he has been made the beneficiary in his cousin's will, he decides he can't wait for nature to take its course and begins plotting murder.

27 min

22

The Right Price

A middle-aged couple, recently wed and constantly bickering, learn how married life can be murder.

26 min

23

I'll Take Care of You

A used car salesman with a spendthrift wife concocts a killer deal with his father and two college boys.

27 min

24

The Avon Emeralds

Nothing is as it seems when a young Scotland Yard inspector follows a widow suspected of smuggling jewelry.

26 min

25

The Kind Waitress

Thelma Tomkins and her deadbeat boyfriend begin poisoning an old and wealthy woman in order to get an inheritance ... but the results are not what they expected.

27 min

26

Cheap Is Cheap

When a miser discovers how expensive a divorce will cost, he comes up with another way to rid himself of his wife.

27 min

27

The Waxwork

A reporter with a gambling problem will do anything for a lucrative story - including spending the night in the Murderers' Den of a wax museum.

27 min

28

The Impossible Dream

Pining for her boss - a former movie star now forced to take supporting roles - a middle-aged secretary shows how she will do anything to make her romantic fantasy a reality.

27 min

29

Banquo's Chair

A retired Scotland Yard inspector goes to extreme lengths to prove the guilt of a suspect in an old murder case.

25 min

30

A Night with the Boys

When he loses all his money in a poker game, a man tells his pregnant wife an involved lie to explain the missing cash.

27 min

31

Your Witness

A prominent lawyer appears able to manipulate any situation successfully - except, perhaps, for his marriage.

25 min

32

Human Interest Story

A newspaper reporter gets a tip about an out of this world story: a man who claims to be a Martian.

27 min

33

The Dusty Drawer

When a local bank clerk cheats him out of $200, a man takes extreme measures to get back his money.

27 min

34

A True Account

Paul Brett is a top-notch criminal attorney who is consulted by Mrs. Cannon-Hughes. She was a nurse by profession who tended to the bedridden wife of Gilbert Hughes until her death. In the time since then, she married Mr. Hughes only to come to the conclusion that he murdered his first wife. Brett advises her that little that can be done without evidence, but he takes a liking to her and they eventually become lovers and marry when Gilbert takes his own life. Little does he realize the consequences of the choices he has made.

27 min

35

Touché

A millionaire takes a hunting trip during which he hatches a plan to make his wife's lover his prey.

26 min

36

Invitation to an Accident

When a woman's blatant indiscretions with her ex-husband continue even after a confrontation with her current spouse, the consequences are dire.

27 min