Alfred Hitchcock Presents

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Alfred Hitchcock – Host (268 episodes, 1955-1962)

United States

Production Co: Revue Studios, Shamley Productions, Universal TV

Robert Stevens | Paul Henreid | Herschel Daugherty | Norman Lloyd | Alfred Hitchcock | Arthur Hiller | Alan Crosland Jr. | James Neilson | Jus Addiss | John Brahm

Less than 10 episodes: Robert Stevenson | Don Taylor | Don Weis | Stuart Rosenberg | Robert Florey | Bernard Girard | John Newland | Jules Bricken | John Meredyth Lucas | Boris Sagal | Don Medford | Francis M. Cockrell | Robert Altman | Leonard Horn | Paul Almond | Bretaigne Windust | Ida Lupino | George Stevens Jr.

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October 2, 1955 – May 10, 1965

Based on Gounod’s “Funeral March of a Marionette”

Charles Bronson | John Cassavetes | Hume Cronyn | Bette Davis | Edmund Gwenn | Peter Lorre | Steve McQueen | George Peppard | Vincent Price | Robert Redford | Burt Reynolds | William Shatner | Dean Stockwell | Jessica Tandy | Fay Wray | Claude Rains | Jack Carson | Lorne Greene | Raymond Massey | Kate Reid | John Huston | Leslie Nielsen | Ricardo Montalban | Slim Pickens | Ida Lupino | Michael Sarrazin | Barbara Hershey | Joseph Cotten | Gena Rowlands | Melissa Sue Anderson | Mary Astor | Karen Allen | Martin Sheen | Kim Novak | Martin Landau | Roger Moore |

Academy of Science Fiction, Fantasy & Horror Films

2006 - Nominated Saturn Award Best Retro Television Release on DVD - season 1

Directors Guild of America, USA

1957 - Nominated DGA Award Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Television - Robert Stevens - "Never Again"

Edgar Allan Poe Awards

1961 - Nominated Edgar Best Episode in a TV Series - Bill S. Ballinger - "The Day of the Bullet"

Emmy Awards

1964 - Nominated Emmy Outstanding Writing Achievement in Drama – Adaptation - James Bridges (adaptation writer) - For episode "The Jar"

1961 - Nominated Emmy Outstanding Achievement in Film Editing for Television - Edward W. Williams (editor) - "Incident in a Small Jail"

1960 - Nominated Emmy Outstanding Achievement in Art Direction and Scenic Design - John J. Lloyd (art director)

1960 - Nominated Emmy Outstanding Achievement in Film Editing for Television - Edward W. Williams (editor) - "Man From the South"

1959 - Nominated Emmy Best Direction of a Single Program of a Dramatic Series - Less Than One Hour - Alfred Hitchcock - "Lamb to the Slaughter"

1959 - Nominated Emmy Best Dramatic Series - Less Than One Hour

1959 - Nominated Emmy Best Writing of a Single Program of a Dramatic Series - Less Than One Hour - Roald Dahl - "Lamb to the Slaughter"

1958 - Won Emmy Best Direction - Half Hour or Less - Robert Stevens - "The Glass Eye"

1958 - Nominated Emmy Best Dramatic Anthology Series

1957 - Won Emmy Best Teleplay Writing - Half Hour or Less - James P. Cavanagh - "Fog Closing In"

1957 - Nominated Emmy Best Series - Half Hour or Less

1956 - Won Emmy Best Editing of a Television Film - Edward W. Williams - "Breakdown"

1956 - Nominated Emmy Best Action or Adventure Series

1956 - Nominated Emmy Best Director - Film Series - Alfred Hitchcock - "The Case of Mr. Pelham"

Golden Globes, USA

1958 - Won Golden Globe Best TV Show - Alfred Hitchcock

Venice Film Festival

1985 - Won Venice TV Prize - Special Mention - Norman Lloyd - "Man from the South"

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Alfred Hitchcock drew the caricature of himself featured in the opening credits. He began his film career as an illustrator of title cards for silent movies.

The sponsors, who had great influence regarding the presentation of the show, insisted that for the episodes ending with the perpetrator "getting away with a crime", Alfred Hitchcock provide a statement in his closing monologue that would assure audiences that justice was served.

Most people who have seen this series remember Alfred Hitchcock's opening and closing narratives for the series. However, for each episode more than one opening and closing was filmed, as Hitchcock's famous jibes at the sponsors were unappreciated in the European markets. So for each episode, Hitchcock filmed two openings and two closings: one would be for American viewings (jokes about sponsors) and the second would be for European showings (jokes about Americans and not about sponsors). For most of the third season, Hitchcock even did the opening and closings in French and German, as he spoke both languages fluently.

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Alfred Hitchcock: I hope you have enjoyed our program. Seeing a murder on television can help to work off one's antagonisms. And if you haven't any antagonisms, these commercials will give you some.

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