Alfred Hitchcock
Date of Birth: Aug 13, 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.
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Filmmakers discuss how Francois Truffaut\'s 1966 book \"Cinema According to Hitchcock\" influenced their work. (imdb)
Memory of the Camps (2014) - TV Movie
Cameramen from Britain's Army Film Unit capture footage of concentration camps in German in 1945. (imdb)
Researchers discover film footage from World War II that turns out to be a lost documentary shot by Alfred Hitchcock and Sidney Bernstein in 1945 about German concentration camps. (imdb)
Using the words and ideas of great filmmakers, from archival interviews with Alfred Hitchcock and Robert Bresson to new interviews with Mike Leigh, David Lynch, and Jonas Mekas, Oscar-winning filmmaker Chuck Workman shows what these filmmakers and others do that can't be expressed in words - but only in cinema. (imdb)
The Master's Touch: Hitchcock's Signature Style (2009) - Direct-to-Video
One hour documentary about main characteristics and elements about Hitchcock's cinema focussing in Warner movies: Strangers on a Train, North by Northwest, Suspicion, I Confess, The Wrong Man, Mr. and Mrs. Smith, Dial M for Murder.
Plotting 'Family Plot' (2001) - Direct-to-Video
Documentary about the making of Alfred Hitchcocks Family Plot.
All About 'The Birds' (2000) - Direct-to-Video
80-minute documentary combining current interviews with archival materials and scenes from the film. (imdb)
Documentary on the making and restoring of Hitchcock's 1954 masterpiece "Rear Window"
The Trouble With Marnie (2000) - TV Movie
This hour long documentary on the making of Alfred Hitchcock's "Marnie" incorporates the usual melange of contemporary interviews with surviving participants and liberal helpings of film clips and production shots. (imdb)
Hitchcock: Shadow of a Genius (1999) - TV Movie
This documentary is a fascinating look at the cinematic genius of Alfred Hitchcock. Briefly covering much of his early British works, the film primarily focuses on his American classics, such as "Shadow of a Doubt", "Notorious", "Rear Window", "Vertigo", "Psycho" and "The Birds". (imdb)
Hitchcock: The Early Years (1999) - Short Film
A documentary on the early films of Alfred Hitchcock.
Lifepod (1993) - TV Movie
Lifepod cronicles the trip of eight passengers after the ship they were traveling on blew up on Christmas Eve. Immediately people start dying. The passengers begin to investigate why the ship blew up and how it relates to them (imdb)
Alfred Hitchcock Presents (1985) - TV Series
- Revenge (1985)
- A Very Happy Ending (1986)
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)
A look at Alfred Hitchcock's films. The Master of Suspense himself, who is interviewed extensively here, shares stories including his deep-seated fear of policemen, elaborates on the difference between shock and suspense, defines the meaning of "MacGuffin," and discusses his use of storyboarding in designing a film. (imdb)
A serial killer is murdering London women with a necktie. The police have a suspect... but he's the wrong man. (imdb)
The Illustrated Hitchcock (1972) - TV Movie
Film director Hitchcock discusses his life and career in long talks with Pia Lindstrom (newscaster and daughter of Hitchcock star Ingrid Berman) and with film historian William Everson. Excerpts from several films illustrate these interviews. Discussion topics include: what is fear?, method acting vs. film acting, the difference between the usual "Who Done It" mystery and what he considers to be real suspense. (imdb)
A French Man and his family involved in the cold war between Russians and Americans. (imdb)
An American scientist fakes a defection into Communist East Germany in order to get hold of defense secrets.
Mark marries Marnie although she is a habitual thief and has serious psychological problems, and tries to help her confront and resolve them. (imdb)
Birds of all kinds suddenly begin to attack people, in increasing numbers and with increasing viciousness. (imdb)
The Alfred Hitchcock Hour (1962) - TV Series
A continuation of the dramatic anthology series "Alfred Hitchcock Presents" hosted by the master of suspense and mystery. (imdb)
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.
An advertising executive is mistaken for a spy and is pursued across the country while he looks for a way to survive.
Complex story about a San Francisco detective and his psychological troubles with fear of heights and obsession over a woman.(imdb)
True story of an innocent man mistaken for a criminal. (imdb)
A family vacationing in Morocco accidently stumble on to an assassination plot and the conspirators are determined to prevent them from interfering. (imdb)
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 is that he's dead, and everyone seems to have a different idea of what needs to be done with his body... (imdb)
Alfred Hitchcock Presents (1955) - TV Series
- Revenge (1955)
- Back for Christmas (1956)
- The Hatbox (1961)
- Premonition (1955)
- Triggers in Leash (1955)
An ex-tennis pro carries out a plot to murder his wife. When things go wrong, he improvises a brilliant plan B. (imdb)
A wheelchair bound photographer spies on his neighbours from his apartment window and becomes convinced one of them has committed murder.
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)
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)
Jonathan Cooper is wanted by the police who suspect him of killing his lover's husband. (imdb)
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)
Two men attempt to prove they committed the perfect crime by hosting a dinner party after strangling their former classmate to death.
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)
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 head of the Green Manors mental asylum Dr. Murchison is retiring to be replaced by Dr. Edwards, a famous psychiatrist... (imdb)
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)
Aventure malgache (1944) - Short Film
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)
Several survivors of a torpedoed ship find themselves in the same boat with one of the men who sunk it. (imdb)
The Fighting Generation (1944) - Short Film
A monologue of a nurse in WWII.
A young woman thinks her uncle may be a serial killer.
During World War II an American travels to Britain to sell an old house near London that belongs to his family. But he meets Susan Trimble who lives in the house and who is strictly against the sale. While they spend the night in an air-raid shelter she tells him the story of the building from it's construction in 1804 until present day. (imdb)
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)
Not a typical Hitchcock movie, this is a comedy about a couple who learn that their marriage was not valid. (imdb)
A woman thinks her husband may be planning to kill her. (imdb)
On the eve of WW2, a young American reporter tries to expose enemy agents in London. (imdb)
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)
In Cornwall, around 1800, a young woman discovers that she's living near a gang of criminals who arrange shipwrecks for profit. (imdb)
While traveling in continental Europe, a young British couple realize that a passenger seems to have been kidnapped from their train. (imdb)
Man on the run from a murder charge enlists a beautiful stranger who must put herself at risk for his cause. (imdb)
During the first world war, novelist Edgar Brodie is sent to Switzerland by the Intelligence Service... (imdb)
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)
A man in London tries to help a counterespionage agent, and is soon finding himself in one jam after another. (imdb)
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)
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)
A gang of thieves gather at a safe house following a robbery, but a detective is on their trail. (imdb)
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)
An old traditional family and a modern family battle over land in a small English village and almost destroy each other. (imdb)
Believing that an unexpected inheritance will bring them happiness, a married couple instead finds their relationship strained to the breaking point. (imdb)
An Elastic Affair (1930) - Short Film
Lost short film directed by Alfred Hitchcock.
A juror in a murder trial, after voting to convict, has second thoughts and begins to investigate on his own before the execution. (imdb)
During the Irish revolution, a family earns a big inheritance. They start leading a rich life forgetting what the most important values are. (imdb)
A series of 19 musical and comedy "vaudeville" sketches presented in the form of a live broadcast hosted by Tommy Handley (as himself). (imdb)
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)
Alice White is the daughter of a shopkeeper in 1920's London. Her boyfriend, Frank Webber is a Scotland... (imdb)
Sound Test for Blackmail (1929) - Short Film
Sound test for "Blackmail" (1929).
A spoilt rich girl leads a life of luxury on the profits from her father's champagne business. To bring... (imdb)
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)
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)
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)
Jack Saunders and Bob Corby are two boxers in love with Nellie. Jack and Nellie are married but their... (imdb)
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)
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)
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)
A French violinist saves his beloved princess from the Russian Revolution, of which his former tutor is the leader. (imdb)
The White Shadow is a British drama film directed by Graham Cutts based on the novel "Children of Chance" by Michael Morton. Alfred Hitchcock worked on it as assistant director and also handled the writing, editing and art direction. The film was long thought to be lost. In August 2011, it was announced that the first three reels of the six-reel picture had been found in a garden shed and donated to the NFPF. The film was restored by Park Road Studios and is now in the New Zealand Film Archive. (imdb)
David Compton leaves his expecting French girlfriend Louise Boucher, a Moulin Rouge dancer, for the war where he looses his memory. Building a new life after the war, he gets married in London. Louise, now a mother, thinks him dead. She becomes a famous dancer under the name Deloryse but falls gravely ill. One night, as David is in the audience of her show, he recovers his memory.
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)
American Masters (1985) - TV Series