The Alfred Hitchcock Hour

Season 2 Episode 11: How to Get Rid of Your Wife

3 SeasonsDec 20, 1963TV-PG48m7.9

Gerald Swinney is a henpecked husband suffering under the constant verbal abuse of his overbearing wife. Gerald devises a plan to rid himself of her and begin his life over again, but the results have unexpected consequences.

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Season 2 Episodes:

Episode 1 A Home Away from Home

1. A Home Away from Home

Aired: Sep 27, 1963

A patient at a mental hospital kills the head doctor and takes over, replacin...

Episode 2 A Nice Touch

2. A Nice Touch

Aired: Oct 4, 1963

A successful Hollywood actor convinces his lover to kill her abusive husband,...

Episode 3 Terror at Northfield

3. Terror at Northfield

Aired: Oct 11, 1963

A small town is rocked by a series of murders which begins with the killing o...

Episode 5 Blood Bargain

5. Blood Bargain

Aired: Oct 25, 1963

Racketeer Harney gives Derry a contract to hit Breech, whose wife Connie is a...

Episode 7 Starring the Defense

7. Starring the Defense

Aired: Nov 15, 1963

Miles Crawford, a former movie star, is now a successful attorney. When his y...

Episode 8 The Cadaver

8. The Cadaver

Aired: Nov 29, 1963

A college aide borrows a dead female body from the lab and plants it in his r...

Episode 9 The Dividing Wall

9. The Dividing Wall

Aired: Dec 6, 1963

Three ex-cons plan to heist a fortune in jewels, but inadvertently steal a co...

Episode 10 Good-Bye, George

10. Good-Bye, George

Aired: Dec 13, 1963

The husband of a successful actress, thought for years to be dead, suddenly r...

Episode 12 Three Wives Too Many

12. Three Wives Too Many

Aired: Jan 3, 1964

One of a bigamist's four wives takes it upon herself to track down and kill t...

Episode 13 The Magic Shop

13. The Magic Shop

Aired: Jan 10, 1964

After a little boy vanishes in a magic shop, he comes back later with superna...

Episode 15 Night Caller

15. Night Caller

Aired: Jan 31, 1964

Marcia Fowler is sunbathing in her backyard when she spots a new neighbor, Ro...

Episode 17 The Jar

17. The Jar

Aired: Feb 14, 1964

Charlie Hill is mesmerized by a strange jar at a carnival sideshow. He buys i...

Episode 18 Final Escape

18. Final Escape

Aired: Feb 21, 1964

A convict at a state prison work camp plans a clever escape with the help of ...

Episode 19 Murder Case

19. Murder Case

Aired: Mar 6, 1964

A struggling actor auditioning in London learns that his actress-girlfriend w...

Episode 20 Anyone for Murder?

20. Anyone for Murder?

Aired: Mar 13, 1964

James Parkerson is a professor and dean of psychology. He places a classified...

Episode 21 Beast in View

21. Beast in View

Aired: Mar 20, 1964

An attorney helps a client threatened by an unstable woman who blames her for...

Episode 23 A Matter of Murder

23. A Matter of Murder

Aired: Apr 3, 1964

A notorious but ethical auto thief and his gang steal a Rolls-Royce, unaware ...

Episode 24 The Gentleman Caller

24. The Gentleman Caller

Aired: Apr 10, 1964

Gerald Musgrove shoots and kills a night watchman while stealing $100,000 fro...

Episode 26 Ten Minutes from Now

26. Ten Minutes from Now

Aired: May 1, 1964

The Commissioner of Recreation & Parks receives three life-threatening letter...

Episode 27 The Sign of Satan

27. The Sign of Satan

Aired: May 8, 1964

Studio executives want Karl Jorla for their next horror film, but he reveals ...

Episode 28 Who Needs an Enemy?

28. Who Needs an Enemy?

Aired: May 15, 1964

Eddie Turtin discovers that his friend and business partner, Charlie Osgood, ...

Episode 29 Bed of Roses

29. Bed of Roses

Aired: May 22, 1964

A married man finds his beautiful mistress murdered and flees without reporti...

Episode 30 The Second Verdict

30. The Second Verdict

Aired: May 29, 1964

An ethical lawyer becomes very disturbed about what to do when the client he ...

Episode 31 Isabel

31. Isabel

Aired: Jun 5, 1964

After serving a prison sentence, a man romances the woman whose false testimo...

Episode 32 Body in the Barn

32. Body in the Barn

Aired: Jul 3, 1964

A domineering wife is suspected of murdering her husband when the body of an ...

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Current Status: Ended

Network: NBC

Production Country: United States

Genres:Drama, Crime, Thriller, Horror, Mystery

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