Lifeboat, Alfred Hitchcock’s seventh American film, marked a consider­able departure from the kind of suspense thriller on which his reputation is based. This nine-character story is remarkable in that it takes place entirely in only …

When Francis Iles wrote the novel Before the Fact, from which Suspicion was drawn, it had a fascinating ending. While the film was in production, Hitchcock must have been aiming toward that same ending since …

Alfred Hitchcock is one of the best-loved and most widely respected di­rectors in American and British cinema. His films are financial, critical, and popular successes that continue to be named among the “ten best films …

Regarded by many critics as Alfred Hitchcock’s best American film, Shadow of a Doubt certainly displays the master of suspense thrillers in top form. Mixing doubt and fear with ordinary small-town life, Hitchcock keeps his …

When David 0. Selznick brought Alfred Hitchcock to the United States from England in 1939, Hitchcock’s films had been popular as well as influential in this country since The Man Who Knew Too Much (1934) …

Marnie continues Alfred Hitchcock’s fascination with obsessive love and aberrant psychology begun in films such as The Paradine Case (1947) and Vertigo (1958). In both earlier films Hitchcock concentrates on the hero’s obsession with a …

Alfred Hitchcock’s last important and most acclaimed British film, The Lady Vanishes, in many ways epitomizes his British films, which are simpler and less pretentious than his later American ones. Few Hitchcock films have had …

For Alfred Hitchcock, The Trouble with Harry is an eccentric film. Although it relies little on the particular techniques of suspense usually associated with his work, it does have a subtle tension of its own. …

Christopher Emmanuel Balestrero (Henry Fonda), a New York bass player, works nights at the Stork Club and comes home to his wife Rose (Vera Miles) and their children in the early morning. Although he likes …

Psycho is undoubtedly Alfred Hitchcock’s chef d’oeuvre in tenor, and for many it is the quintessential horror film of our time; it is also one of the few financially successful motion pictures which can truly …