Tag: Alfred Hitchcock

The Man Who Knew Too Much Script

Script by:Charles Bennett (Author), John Michael Hayes (Screenplay)
Directed by:Alfred Hitchcock
Year:1956
IMDb:tt0049470

Plot:A widescreen, Technicolor remake by Hitchcock of his 1934 film of the same title. A couple vacationing in Morocco with their young son accidentally stumble upon an assassination plot. When the child is kidnapped to ensure their silence, they have to take matters into their own hands to save him.
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The Birds Script

Script by:Daphne du Maurier (Author), Evan Hunter (Screenplay)
Directed by:Alfred Hitchcock
Year:1963
IMDb:tt0056869

Plot:Chic socialite Melanie Daniels enjoys a passing flirtation with an eligible attorney in a San Francisco pet shop and, on an impulse, follows him to his hometown bearing a gift of lovebirds. But upon her arrival, the bird population runs amok. Suddenly, the townsfolk face a massive avian onslaught, with the feathered fiends inexplicably attacking people all over Bodega Bay.
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Strangers on a Train Script

Script by:Patricia Highsmith (Novel), Raymond Chandler (Screenplay), Czenzi Ormonde (Screenplay), Ben Hecht (Screenplay), Whitfield Cook (Adaptation)
Directed by:Alfred Hitchcock
Year:1951
IMDb:tt0044079

Plot:A psychotic socialite confronts a pro tennis star with a theory on how two complete strangers can get away with murder—a theory that he plans to implement.
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Saboteur Script

Script by:Peter Viertel (Screenplay), Joan Harrison (Screenplay), Dorothy Parker (Screenplay)
Directed by:Alfred Hitchcock
Year:1942
IMDb:tt0035279

Plot:Aircraft factory worker, Barry Kane goes on the run across the United States when he is wrongly accused of starting a fire that killed his best friend.
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Rope Script

Script by:Arthur Laurents (Screenplay), Patrick Hamilton (Theatre Play), Hume Cronyn (Adaptation), Ben Hecht (Screenplay)
Directed by:Alfred Hitchcock
Year:1948
IMDb:tt0040746

Plot:Two men attempt to prove they committed the perfect crime by hosting a dinner party after strangling their former classmate to death.
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Rebecca Script

Script by:Daphne du Maurier (Novel), Robert E. Sherwood (Screenplay), Joan Harrison (Screenplay), Philip MacDonald (Adaptation), Michael Hogan (Adaptation)
Directed by:Alfred Hitchcock
Year:1940
IMDb:tt0032976

Plot:Story of a young woman who marries a fascinating widower only to find out that she must live in the shadow of his former wife, Rebecca, who died mysteriously several years earlier. The young wife must come to grips with the terrible secret of her handsome, cold husband, Max De Winter. She must also deal with the jealous, obsessed Mrs. Danvers, the housekeeper, who will not accept her as the mistress of the house.
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Rear Window Script

Script by:Cornell Woolrich (Author), John Michael Hayes (Screenplay)
Directed by:Alfred Hitchcock
Year:1954
IMDb:tt0047396

Plot:Professional photographer L.B. 'Jeff' Jeffries breaks his leg while getting an action shot at an auto race. Confined to his New York apartment, he spends his time looking out of the rear window observing the neighbors. When he begins to suspect that a man across the courtyard may have murdered his wife, Jeff enlists the help of his high society fashion-consultant girlfriend and his visiting nurse to investigate.
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Psycho Script

Script by:Robert Bloch (Author), Joseph Stefano (Screenplay)
Directed by:Alfred Hitchcock
Year:1960
IMDb:tt0054215

Plot:When larcenous real estate clerk Marion Crane goes on the lam with a wad of cash and hopes of starting a new life, she ends up at the notorious Bates Motel, where manager Norman Bates cares for his housebound mother. The place seems quirky, but fine… until Marion decides to take a shower.
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Notorious Script

Script by:Ben Hecht (Screenplay), Alfred Hitchcock (Screenplay), John Taintor Foote (Author)
Directed by:Alfred Hitchcock
Year:1946
IMDb:tt0038787

Plot:In order to help bring Nazis to justice, U.S. government agent T.R. Devlin recruits Alicia Huberman, the American daughter of a convicted German war criminal, as a spy. As they begin to fall for one another, Alicia is instructed to win the affections of Alexander Sebastian, a Nazi hiding out in Brazil. When Sebastian becomes serious about his relationship with Alicia, the stakes get higher, and Devlin must watch her slip further undercover.
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Marnie Script

Script by:Winston Graham (Author), Jay Presson Allen (Screenplay), Evan Hunter (Screenplay)
Directed by:Alfred Hitchcock
Year:1964
IMDb:tt0058329

Plot:Marnie is a thief, a liar, and a cheat. When her new boss, Mark Rutland, catches on to her routine kleptomania, she finds herself being blackmailed.
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