List of Alfred Hitchcock Presents (1985 TV series) episodes
The following is a list of episodes from the 1985–1989 television series Alfred Hitchcock Presents, which was a revival of the original 1955–1962 series of the same name. The new series lasted only one season on NBC. NBC cancelled it, but it was then produced for three more years by USA Network.
Original series (1955–1962)[]
The Alfred Hitchcock Hour (1962–1965)[]
Alfred Hitchcock Presents (1985–1989)[]
Pilot film (1985)[]
A 100-minute made-for-TV film was presented as the pilot for the series; it consisted of four episodes, all remakes of ones from the original series. This first aired on May 5, 1985 on NBC.
No. in series |
No. in season |
Title | Segment title | Directed by | Written by | Stars | Remake of | Original air date |
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1 | 1 | "Pilot" | "Incident in a Small Jail" | Joel Oliansky | Joel Oliansky & Henry Slesar | Ned Beatty | AHP:S6:E23 | May 5, 1985 |
"Man from the South" | Steve De Jarnatt | William Fay & Steve De Jarnatt Story by: Roald Dahl |
Steven Bauer, John Huston, Melanie Griffith, Kim Novak, & Tippi Hedren | AHP:S5:E15 | ||||
"Bang! You're Dead!" | Randa Haines | & | & | AHP:S7:E2 | ||||
"An Unlocked Window" | Fred Walton | Fred Walton & James Bridges | Annette O'Toole & Bruce Davison | TAHH:S3:E17 |
Season 1 (1985–86)[]
No. in series |
No. in season |
Title | Directed by | Written by | Stars | Remake of | Original air date | |
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2 | 2 | "Revenge" | David Stenn | David Clennon, Linda Purl | AHP:S1:E1 | September 29, 1985 | ||
In a remake of the original series' first episode, a man seeks revenge on his wife's attacker. | ||||||||
3 | 3 | "Night Fever" | Jeff Kanew | Clark Howard, Jeff Kanew, & | Robert Carradine & Lisa Pelikan | TAHH:S3:E28 | October 6, 1985 | |
A wounded cop-killer tries to manipulate a nurse into helping him escape. | ||||||||
4 | 4 | "Wake Me When I'm Dead" | Frank Pierson | Story by : Lawrence Treat Teleplay by : Buck Henry | Barbara Hershey | TBA | October 20, 1985 | |
A prosecutor resorts to hypnosis to prove a case. | ||||||||
5 | 5 | "Final Escape" | Don Medford | Story by : & Teleplay by : Charles Grant Craig | Season Hubley, George DiCenzo, Patrice Donnelly, Jerry Hardin, & Davis Roberts (as Doc) | TAHH:S2:E18 | October 27, 1985 | |
An incarcerated killer seeks the help of a gravedigger. | ||||||||
6 | 6 | "The Night Caller" | John Byrum | Story by : Gabrielle Upton Teleplay by : John Byrum | Sandra Bernhard, Michael O'Keefe, & Linda Fiorentino | TAHH:S2:E15 | November 5, 1985 | |
A young woman is harassed in her apartment by a heavy breather phone caller. | ||||||||
7 | 7 | "Method Actor" | Burt Reynolds | Story by : Teleplay by : Bill Kerby | Martin Sheen, Marilu Henner, Robby Benson, & Parker Stevenson | AHP S7E14 | November 10, 1985 | |
8 | 8 | "The Human Interest Story" | Larry Gross | Story by : Fredric Brown Teleplay by : Karen Harris | John Shea & James T. Callahan | AHP:S4:E32 | November 17, 1985 | |
9 | 9 | "Breakdown" | Richard Pearce | & | Andy García, José Luis Cuevas, & Sebastián Ligarde | AHP:S1:E7 | December 1, 1985 | |
10 | 10 | "Prisoners" | Story by : Teleplay by : John Byrum | Cristina Raines & Yaphet Kotto | AHP S1 E16 | December 8, 1985 | ||
An escaped convict breaks into a woman's house and makes himself at home; the two bond and become friends. | ||||||||
11 | 11 | "Arthur, or the Gigolo" | Thomas Carter | Story by : Teleplay by : Steve De Jarnatt | Brad Davis & Sandy Dennis | AHP S5E1 | December 15, 1985 | |
A small-time crook marries a wealthy spinster for her diamond collection; he soon angers his new bride's "children", her dozens of cats. | ||||||||
12 | 12 | "The Gloating Place" | Jim Beaver (uncredited) Story by : Robert Bloch Teleplay by : David Stenn | , Cindy Pickett & Kristy Swanson (minor role) | AHP:S6:E31 | January 5, 1986 | ||
13 | 13 | "The Right Kind of Medicine" | Story by : Henry Slesar Teleplay by : | Jack Thibeau, Robert Prosky | AHP:S7:E11 | January 12, 1986 | ||
14 | 14 | "Beast in View" | Michael Toshiyuki Uno | Based on the novel by: Margaret Millar | Cliff Potts, Janet Eilber | TAHH:S2:E21 | January 19, 1986 | |
15 | 15 | "A Very Happy Ending" | Tom Rickman | Tom Rickman | Joaquin Phoenix | TBA | February 16, 1986 | |
16 | 16 | "The Canary Sedan" | TBA | TBA | Ian Abercrombie & Kathleen Quinlan | AHP:S3:E37 | March 2, 1986 | |
17 | 17 | "Enough Rope for Two" | David Chase | Story by : Clark Howard Teleplay by : David Chase | Jeff Fahey, Timothy Daly, & Darlanne Fluegel | AHP:S3:E7 | March 9, 1986 | |
18 | 18 | "The Creeper" | Christopher Crowe | Story by : Joseph Ruscoll Teleplay by : Steve Bello & Stephen Kronish | Karen Allen, Timothy Carhart, & | AHP:S1:E38 | March 16, 1986 | |
19 | 19 | "Happy Birthday" | TBA | TBA | Lane Smith, , & Nana Visitor | TBA | March 23, 1986 | |
20 | 20 | "The Jar" | Tim Burton | Story by : Ray Bradbury Teleplay by��: Michael McDowell | Stephen Shellen, Griffin Dunne, & Fiona Lewis | TAHH:S2:E17 | April 6, 1986 | |
21 | 21 | "Deadly Honeymoon" | Don Medford | TBA | Victoria Tennant, David Dukes, Nicolas Coster, & Alan Fudge | TBA | April 13, 1986 | |
22 | 22 | "Four O'Clock" | Story by : Cornell Woolrich Teleplay by : | Richard Cox, Nicholas Pryor, & | Suspicion | May 4, 1986 | ||
A judge, suspecting his wife of cheating on him, builds a time bomb in the basement of their house intending to kill her, only to become trapped when two robbers break in and leave him tied up in the basement... with the bomb timed to detonate at 4:00 pm. | ||||||||
23 | 23 | "Road Hog" | Mario Di Leo | Story by : Stuart Rosenberg Teleplay by : Charles Grant Craig, Stephen Kronish & Steve Bello | Burt Young, Ronny Cox, Doug Savant, & Lee Bryant | AHP:S5:E11 | May 4, 1986 |
Season 2 (1987)[]
No. in series |
No. in season |
Title | Directed by | Written by | Stars | Remake of | Original air date |
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24 | 1 | "The Initiation" | Robert Iscove | Rob Hedden & Jim Beaver | Marion Ross | TBA | January 24, 1987 |
25 | 2 | "Conversation Over a Corpse" | TBA | TBA | Barbara Babcock & Kate Reid | AHP:S2:E8 | January 31, 1987 |
26 | 3 | "Man on the Edge" | Robert Iscove | Jim Beaver | Mark Hamill & Michael Ironside | TBA | February 7, 1987 |
27 | 4 | "If the Shoe Fits" | TBA | TBA | Ted Shackelford | TBA | February 14, 1987 |
28 | 5 | "The Mole" | TBA | TBA | Edward Herrmann | TBA | February 21, 1987 |
29 | 6 | "The Anniversary Gift" | TBA | TBA | Pamela Sue Martin | AHP:S5:E6 | February 28, 1987 |
30 | 7 | "The Impatient Patient" | TBA | TBA | TBA | TBA | March 7, 1987 |
31 | 8 | "When This Man Dies" | TBA | TBA | Adrian Zmed | TBA | March 14, 1987 |
32 | 9 | "The Specialty of the House" | TBA | Story by: Stanley Ellin | John Saxon, Jennifer Dale, & Neil Munro | AHP:S5:E12 | March 21, 1987 |
33 | 10 | "The Final Twist" | Atom Egoyan | Jim Beaver | Martin Landau | TBA | March 28, 1987 |
34 | 11 | "Tragedy Tonight" | TBA | TBA | Catherine Mary Stewart | TBA | April 4, 1987 |
35 | 12 | "World's Oldest Motive" | TBA | TBA | TBA | TAHH:S3:E25 | April 11, 1987 |
36 | 13 | "Deathmate" | TBA | TBA | Samantha Eggar | AHP:S6:E27 | April 18, 1987 |
Season 3 (1988)[]
No. in series |
No. in season |
Title | Directed by | Written by | Stars | Original air date |
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37 | 1 | "VCR – Very Careful Rape" | Zale Dalen | Michael Sloan | Melissa Sue Anderson & | February 6, 1988 |
38 | 2 | "Animal Lovers" | Sturla Gunnarsson | Robert DeLaurentis | Susan Anton & Ron White | February 13, 1988 |
39 | 3 | "Prism" | Allan King | Michael Sloan | Lindsay Wagner & Michael Sarrazin | February 20, 1988 |
40 | 4 | "A Stolen Heart" | Rene Bonniere | Robert DeLaurentis | William Katt | February 27, 1988 |
41 | 5 | "Houdini on Channel 4" | Timothy Bond | Michael Sloan | March 5, 1988 | |
42 | 6 | "Killer Takes All" | Allan King | Michael Sloan & Robert DeLaurentis | Van Johnson & | March 12, 1988 |
43 | 7 | "Hippocritic Oath" | Vic Sarin | Michael Colleary & | Shaun Cassidy & | March 19, 1988 |
44 | 8 | "Prosecutor" | & | Parker Stevenson & | March 26, 1988 | |
45 | 9 | "If Looks Could Kill" | William Fruet | Story by : Michael Colleary & Teleplay by : | Michelle Phillips | April 23, 1988 |
46 | 10 | "You'll Die Laughing" | TBA | TBA | Anthony Newley | April 30, 1988 |
47 | 11 | "Murder Party" | Allan King | Leigh Taylor-Young, David McCallum, & Colin Fox | May 7, 1988 | |
48 | 12 | "Twist" | TBA | Manny Coto | Stella Stevens | May 14, 1988 |
49 | 13 | "User Deadly" | TBA | TBA | TBA | May 21, 1988 |
50 | 14 | "Career Move" | TBA | TBA | David Cassidy | May 28, 1988 |
51 | 15 | "Full Disclosure" | TBA | TBA | Robert Lansing | June 18, 1988 |
52 | 16 | "Kandinsky's Vault" | TBA | TBA | Eli Wallach | June 25, 1988 |
53 | 17 | "There Was a Little Girl..." | TBA | TBA | TBA | July 2, 1988 |
54 | 18 | "Twisted Sisters" | TBA | TBA | Mia Sara | July 9, 1988 |
55 | 19 | "The 13th Floor" | TBA | TBA | Mia Sara | July 16, 1988 |
56 | 20 | "The Hunted: Part 1" | TBA | TBA | Edward Woodward | July 30, 1988 |
56 | 20 | "The Hunted: Part 2" | TBA | TBA | TBA | August 6, 1988 |
Season 4 (1988–89)[]
No. in series |
No. in season |
Title | Directed by | Written by | Stars | Remake of | Original air date |
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57 | 1 | "Fogbound" | TBA | TBA | Kathleen Quinlan | AHP S1E17 | October 8, 1988 |
58 | 2 | "Pen Pal" | Rene Bonniere | TBA | Jean Simmons & Page Fletcher | AHP:S6:E6 | October 15, 1988 |
59 | 3 | "Ancient Voices" | TBA | TBA | TBA | TBA | November 12, 1988 |
60 | 4 | "Survival of the Fittest" | TBA | TBA | TBA | TBA | November 19, 1988 |
61 | 5 | "The Big Spin" | TBA | TBA | Erik Estrada | TBA | January 7, 1989 |
62 | 6 | "Don't Sell Yourself Short" | TBA | TBA | TBA | TBA | January 14, 1989 |
63 | 7 | "For Art's Sake" | TBA | TBA | TBA | TBA | January 21, 1989 |
64 | 8 | "Murder in Mind" | TBA | TBA | Melissa Sue Anderson | AHP S2E13 | January 28, 1989 |
65 | 9 | "Mirror Mirror" | TBA | TBA | TBA | TBA | February 4, 1989 |
66 | 10 | "Skeleton in the Closet" | TBA | TBA | TBA | TBA | February 11, 1989 |
67 | 11 | "In the Driver's Seat" | TBA | TBA | TBA | TBA | February 18, 1989 |
68 | 12 | "Driving Under the Influence" | TBA | TBA | TBA | TBA | February 25, 1989 |
69 | 13 | "In the Name of Science" | TBA | TBA | TBA | TBA | March 11, 1989 |
70 | 14 | "Romance Machine" | TBA | TBA | TBA | TBA | March 25, 1989 |
71 | 15 | "Diamonds Aren't Forever" | TBA | TBA | George Lazenby | TBA | April 15, 1989 |
72 | 16 | "My Dear Watson" | TBA | TBA | TBA | TBA | April 22, 1989 |
73 | 17 | "Night Creatures" | TBA | TBA | TBA | TBA | April 29, 1989 |
74 | 18 | "The Man Who Knew Too Little" | TBA | TBA | TBA | TBA | July 8, 1989 |
75 | 19 | "Reunion" | TBA | TBA | TBA | TBA | July 15, 1989 |
76 | 20 | "South by Southeast" | TBA | TBA | TBA | TBA | July 22, 1989 |
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