Alfred Hitchcock
Director, Actor
Lodger, The (1926)
- Dir. Alfred Hitchcock
Feat. Malcolm Keen, Marie Ault, Arthur Chesney…
- The first notable Hitchcock, this silent variant of the 'Jack the Ripper' features a memorable turn from Ivor Novello and some spine–tingling…
Silent Films Of Alfred Hitchcock, The (1927-1929)
- Dir. Alfred Hitchcock
- Two of Hitchcock's early films showcasing the best from the Master Of Suspense during his silent era.
THE RING: A boxer must compete with a rival…
Alfred Hitchcock Silent Double (The Manxman, The Ring) (1928-1929)
- Dir. Alfred Hitchcock
- Two silent films from Hitchcock's early career.
Blackmail (1929)
- Dir. Alfred Hitchcock
Feat. Anny Ondra, John Longden, Sara Allgood…
- Notable early thriller from Hitch, with Ondra being blackmailed by someone who knows she accidentally killed a rapist. Features good London…
Hitchcock Showcase (1930)
- Dir. Alfred Hitchcock
- Four films from the early career of suspense's elder statesman, available on twin cassettes – MURDER (1930), SKIN GAME (1931), NUMBER 17…
Murder! (1930)
- Dir. Alfred Hitchcock
Feat. Herbert Marshall, Edward Chapman, Miles Mander
- Hitchcock's second talkie is a clever whodunnit in which a juror (Marshall) in the murder trial of a young woman decides to open his own…
Man Who Knew Too Much, The (1934)
- Dir. Alfred Hitchcock
Feat. Leslie Banks, Peter Lorre
- Peter Lorre stars in this original version as the villain who kidnaps an innocent man's child to ensure his silence. Budget limitations are overcome…
39 Steps, The (1935)
- Dir. Alfred Hitchcock
Feat. Madeleine Carroll, Robert Donat, Peggy Ashcroft
- A ripping yarn about a innocent man embroiled in a spy conspiracy and is chased across Scotland. Set a sophisticated precedent for the spy/thriller…
Sabotage (1936)
- Dir. Alfred Hitchcock
Feat. Sylvia Sidney, Oscar Homolka, John Loder
- Suspenseful early Hitchcock, with a foreign saboteur terrorising London.
Secret Agent, The (1936)
- Dir. Alfred Hitchcock
Feat. Peter Lorre, Madeleine Carroll, John Gielgud
- Peter Lorre plays a reluctant officer assigned to kill a WW2 spy. Good Hitchcock fare from his early career.
Young and Innocent (1937)
- Dir. Alfred Hitchcock
Feat. Nova Pilbeam, Derrick de Marney, Percy Marmont
- A young girl aids a fugitive on the run, who she believes is innocent. Hitch adds some clever twists to his reworking of THE 39 STEPS.
Lady Vanishes, The (1938)
- Dir. Alfred Hitchcock
Feat. Margaret Lockwood, Michael Redgrave, Dame May Whitty…
- Prime British Hitchcock, tracks a brilliantly–plotted mystery of an old lady's disappearance on a trans–Europe train, with…
Jamaica Inn (1939)
- Dir. Alfred Hitchcock
Feat. Charles Laughton, Maureen O'Hara
- Minor Hitchcock item about pirates and smuggling in Olde England.
Rebecca (1940)
- Dir. Alfred Hitchcock
Feat. Laurence Olivier, Joan Fontaine, George Sanders
- A masterful gothic romance about a nobleman's second wife who becomes haunted by the image of his beloved first. Hitchcock's first American film was…
Foreign Correspondent (1940)
- Dir. Alfred Hitchcock
Feat. Joel McCrea, Laraine Day
- On the eve of WWII, journalist Joel McCrea gets involved in European espionage, some classic Hitchcock set–pieces (esp. the Dutch windmill…
Suspicion (1941)
- Dir. Alfred Hitchcock
Feat. Cary Grant, Joan Fontaine
- One of Hitch's first American films uses the artificial charms of Cary Grant to strangely sinister effect, as a manipulative playboy whom wife Joan…
Mr. & Mrs. Smith (1941)
- Dir. Alfred Hitchcock
Feat. Carole Lombard, Robert Montgomery, Gene Raymond…
- An interesting departure for Alfred Hitchcock, this airy screwball comedy follows a happily married couple in New York who are shocked to learn that…
Saboteur (1942)
- Dir. Alfred Hitchcock
Feat. Robert Cummings, Priscilla Lane
- Robert Cummings dodges shady conspirators and skeptical patriots as the wrong man thought to be responsible for some anti–American sabotage.…
Hitchcock Collection Volume 1 (Saboteur, Shadow of a Doubt, Rope, Rear Window, The Trouble With Harry, The Man Who Knew Too Much (1955), Psycho) (1942-1960)
- Dir. Alfred Hitchcock
- Excellently–presented box–set with eight of Hitch's best early suspensers.
Shadow of a Doubt (1943)
- Dir. Alfred Hitchcock
Feat. Teresa Wright, Joseph Cotten
- Teenager Teresa Wright is thrilled when relative Joseph Cotten comes to stay, then less so, gradually realising Uncle Charlie may be a psychopathic…
Spellbound (1945)
- Dir. Alfred Hitchcock
Feat. Ingrid Bergman, Gregory Peck
- Beguiling Hitchcock, with Ingrid Bergman psychoanalyzing murder suspect Gregory Peck. Famed dream sequence by Salvador Dali.
Notorious (1946)
- Dir. Alfred Hitchcock
Feat. Ingrid Bergman, Cary Grant
- Sexy, suspenseful romantic thriller with Ingrid Bergman at her most radiant as an American spy who unwittingly falls in love with her contact, Cary…
Rope (1948)
- Dir. Alfred Hitchcock
Feat. James Stewart, John Dall, Farley Granger
- A perverse comedy about a couple of gay men who murder a friend for the thrill of it, then throw a party with the body hidden in a cabinet. Hitch's…
Paradine Case, The (1948)
- Dir. Alfred Hitchcock
Feat. Gregory Peck, Alida Valli, Ann Todd
- Lawyer Gregory Peck falls in love with the 'wrong woman', in this case Alida Valli, a client charged with murdering her blind husband. In classic…
Under Capricorn (1949)
- Dir. Alfred Hitchcock
Feat. Ingrid Bergman, Joseph Cotten, Michael Wilding…
- An alcoholic woman (Bergman) is torn between her roguish husband and the governor of NSW in this Hitchcock oddity, a romantic melodrama set in…
Stage Fright (1950)
- Dir. Alfred Hitchcock
Feat. Jane Wyman, Marlene Dietrich, Michael Wilding…
- Aspiring actress Jane Wyman investigates her friend's claims of innocence after he's imprisoned for murder. A polished job from Hitch, notable for a…
Alfred Hitchcock - The Signature Collection (Dial M for Murder, I Confess, Stage Fright, The Wrong Man.) (1950-1957)
- Dir. Alfred Hitchcock
- Box set contains four 50's classics from The Master of Suspense.
Strangers On a Train (1951)
- Dir. Alfred Hitchcock
Feat. Robert Walker, Farley Granger
- The Master of Suspense justifies his mantle with this consummate thriller. He executes one glorious set piece after another as psycho Robert Walker…
I Confess (1953)
- Dir. Alfred Hitchcock
Feat. Montgomery Clift, Anne Baxter, Karl Malden
- Striking Wellesian cinematography and an excellent performance by proto–Method actor Montgomery Clift more than make up for minor shortcomings…
Dial M for Murder (1954)
- Dir. Alfred Hitchcock
Feat. Ray Milland, Grace Kelly
- An ageing tennis champion arranges the death of his wife for her inheritance. Hitch adapts the chilling stageplay, obviously well at home with the…
Lifeboat (1954)
- Dir. Alfred Hitchcock
Feat. Tallulah Bankhead, William Bendix
- Enterprising thriller staged entirely within the confines of a lifeboat. Its simplistic anti–Nazi politic is perhaps redeemed by Tallulah…
Rear Window (1954)
- Dir. Alfred Hitchcock
Feat. James Stewart, Grace Kelly
- Convalescing photographer Jimmy Stewart observes what may have been a murder in an opposing apartment. A Hitchcock must.
To Catch a Thief (1954)
- Dir. Alfred Hitchcock
Feat. Cary Grant, Grace Kelly
- Hitchcock takes a whimsical approach for this caper about a reformed cat burglar who sets about catching the thief that is imitating his old style.…
Trouble with Harry, The (1955)
- Dir. Alfred Hitchcock
Feat. John Forsythe, Shirley Maclaine
- The trouble with Harry is that he's dead, and the townspeople, including a young John Forsyth and Shirley Maclaine, don't quite know how to deal with…
Alfred Hitchcock Presents (TV Series) (1955-1962)
- Dir. Alfred Hitchcock, various
Feat. Vera Miles, Ralph Meeker, John Forsythe…
- Pre–dating THE TWILIGHT ZONE by some years, the Master of Suspense created this iconic television series featuring self–contained tales…
Alfred Hitchcock Directs - The TV Collection (1955-1962)
- Dir. Alfred Hitchcock
- A special compilation of the 18 episodes of ALFRED HITCHCOCK PRESENTS that were directed by Hitch himself, plus a bonus episode from the 60s…
Man Who Knew Too Much, The (1956)
- Dir. Alfred Hitchcock
Feat. James Stewart, Doris Day
- Hitchcock remakes his 1934 film and generally comes up trumps with James Stewart and Doris Day as the innocent victims of international espionage.…
Wrong Man, The (1956)
- Dir. Alfred Hitchcock
Feat. Henry Fonda
- Henry Fonda plays a New York musician whose personal life is dismantled through being falsely accused of robbery. The documentary style well suits…
Vertigo (1958)
- Dir. Alfred Hitchcock
Feat. James Stewart, Kim Novak, Barbara Bel Geddes…
- Hitchcock at his most daring and surreal weaves a complex tale of neurosis when Jimmy Stewart's detective begins trailing a mysterious woman (Novak).…
Hitchcock Collection Volume 2 (The Birds, Marnie, Torn Curtain, Topaz, Frenzy, Family Plot, Vertigo) (1958-1976)
- Dir. Alfred Hitchcock
- Excellently–presented box–set with eight of Hitch's best later suspensers.
North by Northwest (1959)
- Dir. Alfred Hitchcock
Feat. Cary Grant, Eva Marie Saint, James Mason…
- Cary Grant becomes a victim of mistaken identity and is chased across America by enemy agents, in one stylish set piece after another. One of Hitch's…
Psycho (1960)
- Dir. Alfred Hitchcock
Feat. Anthony Perkins, Janet Leigh, Vera Miles…
- Only Mr. Hitchcock could plunder B–movie conventions and turn in the biggest box–office success of his career.
A plethora of…
Alfred Hitchcock Hour, The (TV Series) (1962-1965)
- Dir. Alfred Hitchcock, various
- Picking up directly from where 'Alfred Hitchcock Presents' left off, this three season series expands Hitch's iconic mystery anthology to 50 minute…
Birds, The (1963)
- Dir. Alfred Hitchcock
Feat. Rod Taylor, Tippi Hedren, Jessica Tandy…
- Hitch's masterful rendering of Daphne Du Maurier's novella contains some of his most memorable set pieces, as the population of a seaside resort come…
Marnie (1964)
- Dir. Alfred Hitchcock
Feat. Sean Connery, Tippi Hedren, Martin Gabel…
- Rich businessman Sean Connery blackmails kleptomaniac secretary Tippi Hedren into marrying him, thence free to try out his own brand of experimental…
Torn Curtain (1966)
- Dir. Alfred Hitchcock
Feat. Paul Newman, Julie Andrews
- Atom–bomb boffin Paul Newman defects across the Iron Curtain of the title to East Germany, testing the boundaries of trust for true–blue…
Alfred Hitchcock Signature Collection, The (Torn Curtain, Topaz, Frenzy, Family Plot.) (1966-1976)
- Dir. Alfred Hitchcock
- Four Hitchcock masterpieces made during his later years after he returned to Britain..
Topaz (1969)
- Dir. Alfred Hitchcock
Feat. John Forsythe, Frederick Stafford, Dany Robin…
- Intelligence spooks John Forsythe and Frederick Stafford run through the gamut of spy moves in the 60s Cold War world. Needless to say, Hitch ain't…
Frenzy (1972)
- Dir. Alfred Hitchcock
Feat. Jon Finch, Alec McCowen, Barry Foster…
- Hitchcock's last really great thriller, concerning a Cockney strangler plaguing the streets of London and setting up Jon Finch as the wrong man.…
Family Plot (1976)
- Dir. Alfred Hitchcock
Feat. Bruce Dern, William Devane
- Hitch's last film treads lightly but expertly through a set of small–scale intrigues. Bruce Dern comes up against the creepy William Devane and…
Hitchcock/Truffaut (2015)
- Dir. Kent Jones
Feat. Francois Truffaut, Alfred Hitchcock
- A lovingly crafted portrait of Hitchcock and his profound impact on cinema history, this adaptation from the 1966 book by Francois Truffaut is based…