''Alfred Hitchcock Presents'', sometimes called ''The New Alfred Hitchcock Presents'', is an American
anthology series
An anthology series is a radio, television, video game or film series that spans different genres and presents a different story and a different set of characters in each different episode, season, segment, or short. These usually have a differ ...
that aired on
NBC
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from 1985 to 1986 and on the
USA Network
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from 1987 to 1989. The series is an updated version of the
1955 eponymous series.
The series aired
76 episodes.
Background
In 1985,
NBC
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aired a new made-for-television film based upon the
series
Series may refer to:
People with the name
* Caroline Series (born 1951), English mathematician, daughter of George Series
* George Series (1920–1995), English physicist
Arts, entertainment, and media
Music
* Series, the ordered sets used in ...
, combining newly filmed stories with
colorized
Film colorization (American English; or colourisation [British English], or colourization [Canadian English and Oxford English]) is any process that adds color to black-and-white, sepia, or other monochrome moving-picture image ...
footage of
Alfred Hitchcock
Sir Alfred Joseph Hitchcock (13 August 1899 – 29 April 1980) was an English filmmaker. He is widely regarded as one of the most influential figures in the history of cinema. In a career spanning six decades, he directed over 50 featur ...
from the original series introducing each segment. The segments were "Incident in a Small Jail," adapted and directed by
Joel Oliansky
Joel Oliansky (October 11, 1935 – July 29, 2002) an Emmy-winning director and screenwriter, was best known for the screenplay of ''Bird'' (the 1988 biographic film about Charlie Parker), as well as writing and directing episodes of TV series inc ...
, "Man from the South," adapted and directed by
Steve De Jarnatt, "Bang! You're Dead!," adapted by Harold Swanton and
Christopher Crowe and directed by
Randa Haines
Randa Jo Haines (born February 20, 1945, in Los Angeles) is a film and television director and producer. Haines started her career as a script supervisor on several low-budget features in the 1970s, including ''Let's Scare Jessica to Death'' an ...
, and "An Unlocked Window," adapted and directed by
Fred Walton. The film was a
ratings success.
Format
A new ''Alfred Hitchcock Presents'' series debuted in the fall of 1985 and retained the same format as the film – newly filmed stories (a mixture of original works and updated remakes of original series episodes) with colorized introductions by Hitchcock. The new series lasted only one season before NBC cancelled it, but it was then produced for three more years by
USA Network
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(which is now co-owned with NBC under
NBCUniversal
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NBCUniversal is primari ...
), and shifted production from Los Angeles to Toronto, where the show's new Canadian producing partner Paragon Motion Pictures was based. Name directors who helmed episodes included
Tim Burton
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,
David Chase
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,
Burt Reynolds
Burton Leon Reynolds Jr. (February 11, 1936 – September 6, 2018) was an American actor, considered a sex symbol and icon of 1970s American popular culture.
Reynolds first rose to prominence when he starred in television series such as ' ...
,
Atom Egoyan
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,
Joan Tewkesbury
Joan Tewkesbury (born April 8, 1936) is an American film and television director, writer, producer, choreographer and actress. She had a long association with the celebrated director Robert Altman, writing the screenplays for '' Thieves Like Us ...
, and
Thomas Carter.
Episodes
Notable guest stars
Series pilot
*
Ned Beatty
Ned Thomas Beatty (July 6, 1937 – June 13, 2021) was an American actor and comedian. In a career that spanned five decades, he appeared in more than 160 films. Throughout his career, Beatty gained a reputation for being "the busiest actor in ...
as Larry Broome (segment "Incident in a Small Jail")
*
Lee Ving
Lee James Jude Capallero (born April 10, 1950), also known as Lee Ving, is an American guitarist, singer and actor.
Ving is the frontman of the Los Angeles-based hardcore punk band Fear. As an actor, Ving played topless club owner Johnny C. ...
as Curt Venner (segment "Incident in a Small Jail")
*
Tony Frank as Sheriff Noakes (segment "Incident in a Small Jail")
*
John Huston
John Marcellus Huston ( ; August 5, 1906 – August 28, 1987) was an American film director, screenwriter, actor and visual artist. He wrote the screenplays for most of the 37 feature films he directed, many of which are today considered ...
as Carlos/Narrator (segment "Man from the South")
*
Melanie Griffith
Melanie Richards Griffith (born August 9, 1957) is an American actress. She began her career in the 1970s, appearing in several independent thriller films before achieving mainstream success in the mid-1980s.
Born in Manhattan, New York City, ...
as Girl (segment "Man from the South")
*
Annette O'Toole
Annette O'Toole (born Annette Toole; April 1, 1952) is an American actress. She is known for portraying Lisa Bridges in the television series '' Nash Bridges'', Beverly Marsh in the 1990 television mini-series adaptation of Stephen King's epic hor ...
as Stella (segment "An Unlocked Window")
*
Bruce Davison
Bruce Allen Davison (born June 28, 1946) is an American actor and director. Davison is well known for his starring role as Willard Stiles in the cult horror film '' Willard'' (1971) and his Academy Award-nominated and Golden Globe-winning perfor ...
as Betty Ames/Baker (segment "An Unlocked Window")
*
Richard Lineback
Richard D. Lineback (born February 4, 1952) is an American actor who appeared in the films ''Speed'', ''Twister'' and '' Varsity Blues''. He played Deputy Dodd in '' Friday the 13th: A New Beginning''.
Lineback has appeared in many roles on the ...
as Billy (segment "Incident In A Small Jail")
*
Steven Bauer as Gambler (Segment "Man From The South")
*
Tippi Hedren
Nathalie Kay "Tippi" Hedren (born January 19, 1930) is an American actress, animal rights activist, and former fashion model.
A successful fashion model who appeared on the front covers of ''Life'' and '' Glamour'' magazines, among others, Hed ...
as Waitress (Segment "Man From The South")
*
Kim Novak
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Novak began her career in 1954 after signing with Columbia Pictures and quickly became one of Hollywood's top box office stars, ...
as Rosa (Segment "Man From The South")
*
Lyman Ward as Uncle Jack (Segment "Bang! You're Dead!")
*
Bill Mumy
Charles William Mumy Jr. (; born February 1, 1954) is an American actor, writer, and musician and a figure in the science-fiction community/comic book fandom. He came to prominence in the 1960s as a child actor, which included television appeara ...
as Supermarket Clerk (Segment "Bang! You're Dead!")
*
Jonathan Goldsmith
Jonathan Goldsmith (born September 26, 1938) is an American character actor. He began his career on the New York stage, then started a career in film and television. He appeared in several TV shows from the 1960s to the 1990s. He is best known ...
as Manager (Segment "Bang! You're Dead!")
*
Helena Kallianiotes
Helena Kallianiotes (born March 24, 1938) is a Greek-American film actress. In 1973, she was nominated for the Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actress – Motion Picture for her role as Jackie Burdette in '' Kansas City Bomber''.
Career ...
as Maria Kyprianov (Segment "An Unlocked Window")
Other episodes
References
External links
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''The New Alfred Hitchcock Presents'' episode guide at Garn's Guides
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1985 American television series debuts
1989 American television series endings
1980s American mystery television series
1980s American crime television series
English-language television shows
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Television series by Universal Television
Television shows filmed in Toronto
Television series reboots
USA Network original programming
1980s American anthology television series