Alfred Hitchcock

Alfred Hitchcock
Date of Birth: 13 Aug 1899
Country: UK
Biography: The acknowledged master of the thriller genre he virtually invented, Alfred Hitchcock was also a brilliant technician who deftly blended sex, suspense and humor. His legacy is vast: books, tributes, film festivals, and imitators abound. Alfred Hitchcock Mystery Magazine, the monthly publication that bears his name, and other Alfred Hitchcock Presents anthologies, are still going strong.
Total Credits at Criticker: 30 (Actor), 70 (Director), 12 (Writer)
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Strangers on a Train
You'd like your wife killed, wouldn't you? I'll do it for you if you'll kill someone for me, and since we're strangers we'll be free of suspicion (imdb)
Vertigo
Complex story about a San Francisco detective and his psychological troubles with fear of heights and obsession over a woman.(imdb)
Rear Window
A wheelchair bound photographer spies on his neighbours from his apartment window and becomes convinced one of them has committed murder.
North by Northwest
An advertising executive is mistaken for a spy and is pursued across the country while he looks for a way to survive.
Psycho
A young female embezzler arrives at the Bates Motel after stealing $40 thousand, which has terrible secrets of its own in the form of an odd proprietor and his domineering, never-seen mother.
Notorious
A woman is asked to spy on a group of Nazi friends in South America. How far will she have to go to ingratiate herself with them? (imdb)
The 39 Steps
A man in London tries to help a counterespionage agent, and is soon finding himself in one jam after another. (imdb)
The Lady Vanishes
While traveling in continental Europe, a young British couple realize that a passenger seems to have been kidnapped from their train. (imdb)
Frenzy
A serial killer is murdering London women with a necktie. The police have a suspect... but he's the wrong man. (imdb)
The Man Who Knew Too Much
A family vacationing in Morocco accidently stumble on to an assassination plot and the conspirators are determined to prevent them from interfering. (imdb)
Rebecca
When a naive young woman marries a rich widower, they settle in his gigantic mansion, where she finds the memory of the first wife maintaining a grip on her husband and the servants. (imdb)
The Birds
Birds of all kinds suddenly begin to attack people, in increasing numbers and with increasing viciousness. (imdb)
Stage Fright
Jonathan Cooper is wanted by the police who suspect him of killing his lover's husband. (imdb)
Shadow of a Doubt
A young woman thinks her uncle may be a serial killer.
Rope
Two men attempt to prove they committed the perfect crime by hosting a dinner party after strangling their former classmate to death.
Lifeboat
Several survivors of a torpedoed ship find themselves in the same boat with one of the men who sunk it. (imdb)
Spellbound
The head of the Green Manors mental asylum Dr. Murchison is retiring to be replaced by Dr. Edwards, a famous psychiatrist... (imdb)
Dial M for Murder
An ex-tennis pro carries out a plot to murder his wife. When things go wrong, he improvises a brilliant plan B. (imdb)
The Wrong Man
True story of an innocent man mistaken for a criminal. (imdb)
The Lodger
A serial killer known as "The Avenger" is on the loose in London, murdering blonde women. A mysterious man arrives at the house of Mr. and Mrs. Bunting looking for a room to rent (imdb)
Blackmail
Alice White is the daughter of a shopkeeper in 1920's London. Her boyfriend, Frank Webber is a Scotland... (imdb)
Mr. & Mrs. Smith
Not a typical Hitchcock movie, this is a comedy about a couple who learn that their marriage was not valid. (imdb)
Topaz
A French Man and his family involved in the cold war between Russians and Americans. (imdb)
Torn Curtain
An American scientist fakes a defection into Communist East Germany in order to get hold of defense secrets.
Marnie
Mark marries Marnie although she is a habitual thief and has serious psychological problems, and tries to help her confront and resolve them. (imdb)
To Catch a Thief
Stars Cary Grant as a former thief suspected of a new series of crimes and Grace Kelly as the woman who romances him. (imdb)
The Trouble with Harry
The trouble with Harry is that he's dead, and everyone seems to have a different idea of what needs to be done with his body... (imdb)
Number 17
A gang of thieves gather at a safe house following a robbery, but a detective is on their trail. (imdb)
Saboteur
Aircraft factory worker Barry Kane goes on the run across the States when he is wrongly accused of starting a fire which killed his best friend. (imdb)
I Confess
Otto Kellar and his wife Alma work as caretaker and housekeeper at a Catholic church in Quebec. Whilst robbing a house where he sometimes works as a gardener, Otto is caught and kills the owner (imdb)
The Paradine Case
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. (imdb)
Suspicion
A woman thinks her husband may be planning to kill her. (imdb)
Foreign Correspondent
On the eve of WW2, a young American reporter tries to expose enemy agents in London. (imdb)
Young and Innocent
Man on the run from a murder charge enlists a beautiful stranger who must put herself at risk for his cause. (imdb)
Jamaica Inn
In Cornwall, around 1800, a young woman discovers that she's living near a gang of criminals who arrange shipwrecks for profit. (imdb)
Secret Agent
During the first world war, novelist Edgar Brodie is sent to Switzerland by the Intelligence Service... (imdb)
The Man Who Knew Too Much
A man and his wife receive a clue to an imminent assassination attempt, only to learn that their daughter has been kidnapped to keep them quiet. (imdb)
The Skin Game
An old traditional family and a modern family battle over land in a small English village and almost destroy each other. (imdb)
Murder!
A juror in a murder trial, after voting to convict, has second thoughts and begins to investigate on his own before the execution. (imdb)
Juno and the Paycock
During the Irish revolution, a family earns a big inheritance. They start leading a rich life forgetting what the most important values are. (imdb)
Sabotage
A Scotland Yard undercover detective is on the trail of a saboteur who is part of a plot to set off a bomb in London. But when the detective's cover is blown, the plot begins to unravel. (iMDB)
Easy Virtue
Larita Filton is named as correspondent in a scandalous divorce case. She escapes to France to rebuild her life where she meets John Whittaker... (imdb)
Family Plot
Lighthearted suspense film about a phony psychic/con artist and her taxi driver/private investigator boyfriend who encounter a pair of serial kidnappers while trailing a missing heir in California. (imdb)
Rich and Strange
Believing that an unexpected inheritance will bring them happiness, a married couple instead finds their relationship strained to the breaking point. (imdb)
The Ring
Jack Saunders and Bob Corby are two boxers in love with Nellie. Jack and Nellie are married but their... (imdb)
Champagne
A spoilt rich girl leads a life of luxury on the profits from her father's champagne business. To bring... (imdb)
The Farmer\
Farmer Sweetland is a lonely old widower. He is determined to marry again and he enlists the help of his housekeeper Minta to pick a wife from the local single women. (imdb)
Under Capricorn
In 1831, Irishman Charles Adare travels to Australia to start a new life with the help of his cousin who has just been appointed governor. When he arrives he meets powerful landowner and ex-convict Sam Flusky, who wants to do a business deal with him... (imdb)
The Manxman
Despite their differing backgrounds, fisherman Pete and lawyer Philip have been life long friends on the Isle of Man. Pete wants to marry Kate, the landlord's daughter at the local inn, however Kate's father doesn't think he is good enough. Pete leaves the island to seek his fortune abroad and entrusts Kate to Philip, but they start to be attracted to each other. (imdb)
Aventure malgache
The Moliere players are in their dressing room, getting ready to go on set. One actor mentions to another that his face reminds him of an opportunist turncoat he knew when he was in the Resistance. He then relates the adventure that he had in the Resistance, running an illegal radio station and dodging the Nazis. (imdb)
Bon Voyage
Bon Voyage (1944) - Short Film
A young English RAF pilot is debriefed by French officials about his escape from occupied territory, and in particular one person who may or may not have been a German agent. (imdb)
The Pleasure Garden
Patsy Brand is a chorus girl at the Pleasure Garden music hall. She meets Jill Cheyne who is down on her luck and gets her a job as a dancer. Jill meets adventurer Hugh Fielding and they get engaged, but when Hugh travels out of the country, she begins to play around. (imdb)
Number 13
This film was never completed. Only two reels of film were shot. After the film was pulled from production, the script was lost, the scenes forgotten and the negatives probably melted down by Gainsborough to obtain the small quantity of silver nitrate it contained. (imdb)
The Mountain Eagle
In the Kentucky hills a store keeper tries to win the love of an innocent schoolteacher. She runs away and seeks refuge with a hermit. (imdb)
Downhill
Public schoolboy Roddy Berwick is expelled from school when he takes the blame for a friend's theft and his life falls apart in a series of misadventures. (imdb)
Sound Test for Blackmail
Sound test for "Blackmail" (1929).
An Elastic Affair
Lost short film directed by Alfred Hitchcock.
Mary
A juror in a murder trial, after voting to convict, has second thoughts and begins to investigate on his own before the execution. German version of "Murder." (imdb)
Waltzes from Vienna
Schani, Johan Strauss Jr., is forced by his father to forget music and to work in a bakery. Here he falls in love with Resi. The girl gets very jealous when a rich and beautiful contessa asks Schani to write a waltz for her. Schani writes and plays it, but he is always loyal to his girlfriend. (imdb)
Elstree Calling
A series of 19 musical and comedy "vaudeville" sketches presented in the form of a live broadcast hosted by Tommy Handley (as himself). (imdb)
The Fighting Generation
A monologue of a nurse in WWII.
Alfred Hitchcock Presents
Series of unrelated short stories covering elements of crime, horror, drama and comedy about people of different species committing murders, suicides, thefts and other sorts of crime caused by certain motivations; perceived or not. (imdb)
Memory of the Camps
Cameramen from Britain's Army Film Unit capture footage of concentration camps in German in 1945. (imdb)
Alfred Hitchcock Presents - Season 1
Alfred Hitchcock Presents - Season 4
Alfred Hitchcock Presents - Season 5
Alfred Hitchcock Presents - Season 6
Suspicion - Season 1
Alfred Hitchcock Presents - Season 7
The Alfred Hitchcock Hour - Season 1