Collection of episodes from Alfred Hitcock's TV series on DVD.
The complete collection of the Hitchcock directed episodes from his ground-breaking television series.
We all know Alfred Hitchcock's incredible, genre-defining films. They have been celebrated and studied for decades as a blueprint on how to do suspense. But Hitch had another medium for entertaining audiences – television. His long-running, ground-breaking series ALFRED HITCHCOCK PRESENTS and its follow up, THE ALFRED HITCHCOCK HOUR, were not only voted by Time Magazine as part of the Top 100 TV Shows of All Time, but influenced television story-telling ever since and showcased a top roster of acting talent, many in the fledgling years of their profession.
Although heavily involved in his television series and opening/closing each story every week, Hitchcock personally directed just 18 episodes across its ten year run, many of which are considered to be the series’ finest moments. ALFRED HITCHCOCK DIRECTS brings together all of these classic stories in a three disc set for the first time.
As an irresistible bonus, we’ve included Hitchcock’s sole directing foray into colour television – an episode from the 1959–60 anthology series FORD STARTIME. Starring Vera Miles and George Peppard, “Incident at a Corner” was filmed a week after PSYCHO and clearly demonstrates why Hitch was truly the master of story-telling.
Join Robert Redford, Vincent Price, Joseph Cotton, Barbara Bel Geddes, Claude Rains, Keenan Wynn, Patrick Macnee and many more in over eight hours in this ‘master-class’ collection of Hitchcock magic.
Contains the following 17 episodes.
Special Features:
- FORD STARTIME – “Incident at a Corner”: A 50 minute colour episode directed by Alfred Hitchcock and starring Vera Miles and George Peppard.
ALFRED HITCHCOCK PRESENTS:
- Series 1, Episode 1: Revenge (Broadcast 02/10/1955 Guest Starring Vera Miles)
- Series 1, Episode 7: Breakdown (Broadcast 12/11/1955 Guest Starring Joseph Cotton)
- Series 1, Episode 10: The Curse of Mr. Pelham (Broadcast 04/12/1955 Guest Starring Tom Ewell)
- Series 1, Episode 23: Back for Christmas (Broadcast 04/03/1956 Guest Starring John Williams)
- Series 2, Episode 1: Wet Saturday (Broadcast 30/09/1956 Guest Starring Sir Cedric Hardwicke)
- Series 2, Episode 13: Mr. Blanchard's Secret (Broadcast 23/12/1956 Guest Starring Robert Horton)
- Series 2, Episode 28: One More Mile to Go (Broadcast 07/04/1957 Guest Starring David Wayne)
- Series 3, Episode 3: The Perfect Crime (Broadcast 20/10/1957 Guest Starring Vincent Price)
- Series 3, Episode 28: Lamb to the Slaughter (Broadcast 13/04/1958 Guest Starring Barbara Bel Geddes)
- Series 3, Episode 35: Dip in the Pool (Broadcast 01/06/1958 Guest Starring Keenan Wynn)
- Series 4, Episode 1: Poison (Broadcast 05/10/1958 Guest Starring Wendell Corey)
- Series 4, Episode 29: Banquo's Chair (Broadcast 03/05/1959 Guest Starring John Williams)
- Series 5, Episode 1: Arthur (Broadcast 27/09/1959 Guest Starring Patrick Macnee)
- Series 5, Episode 2: The Crystal Trench (Broadcast 04/10/1959 Guest Starring James Donald)
- Series 6, Episode 1: Mrs. Bixby and the Colonel's Coat (Broadcast 27/09/1960 Guest Starring Audrey Meadows)
- Series 6, Episode 22: The Horseplayer (Broadcast 14/03/1961 Guest Starring Claude Rains)
- Series 7, Episode 2: Bang! You're Dead (Broadcast 17/10/1961 Guest Starring Steve Dunne)
FORD STARTIME (Bonus episode):
- Incident at a Corner (Broadcast 05/04/1960 Guest starring Vera Miles and George Peppard)
THE ALFRED HITCHCOCK HOUR
- Series 1, Episode 1: I Saw the Whole Thing (Broadcast 11/10/1962 Guest starring Robert Redford)