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Alfred Hitchcock Presents / Hour

Classic Anthology Series

About This Show

From Wikipedia:

Alfred Hitchcock Presents is an anthology television series hosted by Alfred Hitchcock. The series featured dramas, thrillers and mysteries. By the premiere of the show on October 2, 1955, Hitchcock had been directing films for over three decades. Time magazine named it one of "The 100 Best TV Shows of All-TIME".

Alfred Hitchcock Presents, 30 minutes long, aired weekly at 9:30 on CBS on Sunday nights from 1955 to 1960, and then at 8:30 on NBC on Tuesday nights from 1960 to 1962.

It was followed by The Alfred Hitchcock Hour, which lasted for three seasons, September 1962 to June 1965, adding another 93 episodes to the 270 already produced for Alfred Hitchcock Presents.

Also known as The Alfred Hitchcock Hour (1962-1965)

Genre Drama / Mystery/ Horror/ Melodrama

Created by Alfred Hitchcock

Presented by Alfred Hitchcock

Theme music composer Charles Gounod

Opening theme Funeral March of a Marionette

Composer(s) Stanley Wilson (music supervisor)

Country of origin United States

Language(s) English

No. of seasons 10

No. of episodes 363

Production

Executive producer(s) Alfred Hitchcock

Producer(s) Joan Harrison

Editor(s) Edward W. Williams

Location(s) Universal Studios, California

Running time 30 minutes (seasons 1-7)

60 minutes (seasons 8-10)

Production company(s) Revue Studios(1955-1963)

Universal TV(1963-1965)

Shamley Productions

Broadcast

Original channel CBS (1955-1960; 1962-1964)

NBC (1960-1962; 1964-1965)

Picture format Black-and-white

Audio format Monaural sound

Original run October 2, 1955 – May 10, 1965

People Who Talked About This Show

  • David Chase
  • Doris Singleton
  • Harry Morgan
  • Jerry Mathers
  • Norman Lloyd
  • Richard Chamberlain
  • Richard Matheson
  • Robert Culp
  • Robert Vaughn
  • Walter E. Grauman
  • William Link
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People Talking About This Show

  • Richard Chamberlain
    • Richard Chamberlain on Alfred Hitchcock Presents (00m 48s)
  • Robert Culp
    • Actor Robert Culp on working on Alfred Hitchcock Presents (01m 07s)
  • Walter E. Grauman
    • Director Walter Grauman on directing Cameo Theatre: "The Man From the South" later remade (with Steve McQueen) as the Alfred Hitchcock Presents episode "Man from the South" [note: the star in the Cameo Theatre show was John Lupton, not Steve McQueen as Grauman recalls] (01m 12s)
  • William Link
    • William Link on writing for The Alfred Hitchcock Hour. (03m 30s)
  • Norman Lloyd
    • Norman Lloyd on the genesis of Alfred Hitchcock Presents; on his role in the production of the series (02m 53s)
    • Norman Lloyd on his work on Alfred Hitchcock Presents; on Hitchcock's on-screen introductions on Alfred Hitchcock Presents; on show producer Joan Harrison; on scripts for Alfred Hitchcock Presents and ideas contributed by Hitchcock himself (27m 09s)
    • Norman Lloyd on the classic Alfred Hitchcock Presents episode "The Man from the South" (which he directed) (03m 12s)
    • Norman Lloyd on the classic Alfred Hitchcock Hour episode "The Jar" (which he directed) (03m 02s)
    • Norman Lloyd on the classic Alfred Hitchcock Hour episode "The Life Work of Juan Diaz" (which he directed) (01m 14s)
  • Jerry Mathers
    • Actor Jerry Mathers on how Alfred Hitchcock filmed one of the openings for Alfred Hitchcock Presents on the set of Leave it to Beaver (01m 17s)
  • Richard Matheson
    • Richard Matheson on adapting his own novel for The Alfred Hitchcock Hour, “Ride the Nightmare” (01m 01s)
  • Harry Morgan
    • Harry Morgan on friend Norman Lloyd and Alfred Hitchcock Presents (02m 58s)
  • Doris Singleton
    • Doris Singleton on working on Alfred Hitchcock Presents (01m 32s)
  • Robert Vaughn
    • Robert Vaughn on working on Alfred Hitchcock Presents (00m 44s)
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