Tag: Alfred Hitchcock

Dial M For Murder Script

Script by:Frederick Knott (Author)
Directed by:Alfred Hitchcock
Year:1954
IMDb:tt0046912

Plot:An ex-tennis pro carries out a plot to have his wife murdered after discovering she is having an affair, and assumes she will soon leave him for the other man anyway. When things go wrong, he improvises a new plan—to frame her for murder instead.
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Spellbound Script

Script by:Ben Hecht (Screenplay)
Directed by:Alfred Hitchcock
Year:1945
IMDb:tt0038109

Plot:When Dr. Anthony Edwardes arrives at a Vermont mental hospital to replace the outgoing hospital director, Dr. Constance Peterson, a psychoanalyst, discovers Edwardes is actually an impostor. The man confesses that the real Dr. Edwardes is dead and fears he may have killed him, but cannot recall anything. Dr. Peterson, however is convinced his impostor is innocent of the man's murder, and joins him on a quest to unravel his amnesia through psychoanalysis.
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Shadow Of A Doubt Script

Script by:Thornton Wilder (Screenplay), Sally Benson (Screenplay), Alma Reville (Screenplay)
Directed by:Alfred Hitchcock
Year:1943
IMDb:tt0036342

Plot:A bored teen living in Santa Rosa, California, Charlotte "Charlie" Newton, is frustrated because nothing seems to be happening in her life and that of her family. Then, she receives wonderful news: her uncle (for whom she was named), Charlie Oakley, is arriving for a visit. But Uncle Charlie may not be the man he seems to be.
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Suspicion Script

Script by:Anthony Berkeley (Novel), Samson Raphaelson (Screenplay), Joan Harrison (Screenplay), Alma Reville (Screenplay)
Directed by:Alfred Hitchcock
Year:1941
IMDb:tt0034248

Plot:Wealthy, sheltered Lina McLaidlaw is swept off her feet by charming ne'er-do-well Johnnie Aysgarth. Though warned that Johnnie is little more than a fortune hunter, Lina marries him anyway and remains loyal to her irresponsible husband as he plows his way from one disreputable business scheme to another. Gradually Lina comes to the conclusion that Johnnie intends to kill her in order to collect her inheritance. The suspicion seems confirmed when Johnnie's business partner dies under mysterious circumstances.
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The Lady Vanishes Script

Script by:Ethel Lina White (Novel), Sidney Gilliat (Screenplay), Frank Launder (Screenplay)
Directed by:Alfred Hitchcock
Year:1938
IMDb:tt0030341

Plot:On a train headed for England a group of travelers is delayed by an avalanche. Holed up in a hotel in a fictional European country, young Iris befriends elderly Miss Froy. When the train resumes, Iris suffers a bout of unconsciousness and wakes to find the old woman has disappeared. The other passengers ominously deny Miss Froy ever existed, so Iris begins to investigate with another traveler and, as the pair sleuth, romantic sparks fly.
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I Confess Script

Script by:George Tabori (Writer), William Archibald (Writer)
Directed by:Alfred Hitchcock
Year:1953
IMDb:tt0045897

Plot:Unable, due to the seal of the confessional, to be forthcoming with information that would serve to clear himself during a murder investigation, a priest becomes the prime suspect.
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Vertigo Script

Script by:Pierre Boileau (Author), Thomas Narcejac (Author), Alec Coppel (Screenplay), Samuel A. Taylor (Screenplay)
Directed by:Alfred Hitchcock
Year:1958
IMDb:tt0052357

Plot:A retired San Francisco detective suffering from acrophobia investigates the strange activities of an old friend's wife, all the while becoming dangerously obsessed with her.
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Torn Curtain Script

Script by:Brian Moore (Novel), Willis Hall (Screenplay), Keith Waterhouse (Screenplay)
Directed by:Alfred Hitchcock
Year:1966
IMDb:tt0061107

Plot:During the Cold War, an American scientist appears to defect to East Germany as part of a cloak and dagger mission to find the formula for a resin solution, but the plan goes awry when his fiancee, unaware of his motivation, follows him across the border.
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To Catch A Thief (1955) Script

Script by:David Dodge (Author), John Michael Hayes (Screenplay)
Directed by:Alfred Hitchcock
Year:1955
IMDb:tt0048728

Plot:To prevent being accused of the crimes, an ex-burglar must catch a thief who’s been copying his style.
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The Paradine Case Script

Script by:Robert Hichens (Novel), David O. Selznick (Screenplay), Ben Hecht (Screenplay), Alma Reville (Screenplay), James Bridie (Screenplay)
Directed by:Alfred Hitchcock
Year:1947
IMDb:tt0039694

Plot:The beautiful Mrs. Paradine is accused of poisoning her older, blind husband. She hires married Anthony Keane as her lawyer and when he begins to fall in love with her, she encourages him.
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