Alfred Hitchcock's career as a director spanned 54 years (1922-1976) and over 60 feature films (plus his TV work). He made films in Britain, Germany, and “Hollywood.” For most of the films listed below, Alma Reville, who married Hitchcock in 1926, is listed as the editor and/or second assistant director. For many of Hitchcock's UK films in the 1930s, Reville wrote or co-wrote the screenplay or handled continuity.
This filmography is divided chronologically into several sections: UK and German silents (below), UK sound, and Hollywood. Only films for which Hitchcock was the director, co-director, or assistant director are included. For more about Hitchcock, see Part 1 of our Hitchcock section.
Alfred Hitchcock Films - UK (Silents)
Number Thirteen(1922, unfinished)As director and producer
This lost film (aka Mrs. Peabody) may have been the first that Hitchcock ever directed. He was also the producer and got money from an uncle and at least one of the actors. The picture was never completed and they all lost their money. Hitchcock himself said this was a bad picture, but we may never know for sure. Cast: Clare Greet, Ernest Thesiger.
Always Tell Your Wife(1923)As production manager and co-director (with Hugh Croise)
Only one reel of this film survives. Cast: Seymour Hicks, Ellaline Terriss, Stanley Logan.
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Woman to Woman(1923)As co-screenwriter, art director, assistant director
Director: Graham Cutts. Editor/2nd Asst Dir: Alma Reville. Cast: Betty Compson, Clive Brook, Josephine Earle. Hitchcock: “It was the first film that I really got my hands on.” He co-wrote the script (with Michael Morton), designed the sets, and managed the production. The film was a hit.
The White Shadow(1924)As co-screenwriter, art director, assistant director
Director: Graham Cutts. Editor/2nd Asst Dir: Alma Reville. Cast: Betty Compson, Clive Brook, Henry Victor. Partly due to a rush and a lack of preparation, this film was a flop.
The Passionate Adventure(1924)As co-screenwriter, art director, assistant director
Director: Graham Cutts. Editor/2nd Asst Dir: Alma Reville. Cast: Alice Joyce, Clive Brook, Marjorie Daw. Another hit.
The Prude's Fall(1925)As screenwriter, art director, assistant director
Director: Graham Cutts. Editor/2nd Asst Dir: Alma Reville. Cast: Jane Novak, Julanne Johnston, Warwick Ward, Miles Mander. The critics panned this film.
Alfred Hitchcock Films - Germany (Silents)
The Blackguard(1925)As screenwriter, art director, assistant director
(German title: Die Prinzessin und der Geiger) Director: Graham Cutts. Camera: Theodor Sparkuhl. Editor/2nd Asst Dir: Alma Reville. Cast: Jane Novak (US), Walter Rilla (Ger), Bernhard Goetzke (Ger), Frank Stanmore (UK). Filmed at the Ufa studios near Berlin.
The Pleasure Garden(1926)As director
(German title: Irrgarten der Leidenschaften) Screenplay: Eliot Stannard. Camera: Baron Ventimiglia. Editor/2nd Asst Dir: Alma Reville. Cast: Virginia Valli (US), Carmelita Garaghty (US), Miles Mander (UK), John Stuart (UK). The first completed film that Hitchcock directed; filmed at the Emelka studios in Munich.
The Mountain Eagle(1926)As director
(German title: Der Bergadler) Screenplay: Eliot Stannard. Camera: Baron Ventimiglia. Asst Dir: Alma Reville. Cast: Nita Naldi (US), Bernhard Goetzke (Ger), Malcolm Keen (UK). The second completed film that Hitchcock directed; filmed at the Emelka studios in Munich.
Alfred Hitchcock Films - UK (Silents, as director)
The Lodger: A Story of the London Fog(1926)Gainsborough Productions
(US title: The Case of Jonathan Drew) Screenplay: Eliot Stannard (from a novel by Marie Adelaide Beloc Lowndes). Camera: Baron Ventimiglia. Asst Dir: Alma Reville. Cast: Ivor Novello, June Howard-Tripp (billed as “June”), Marie Ault, Arthur Chesney, Malcolm Keen, and Alfred Hitchcock (in his first cameo, as a newsman on the phone).
Alfred Hitchcock's THE MAN WHO KNEW TOO MUCH (1934) featured Peter Lorre in one of his first sound pictures. PHOTO: Gaumont British Picture Corp.
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Downhill(1927)Gainsborough Productions
(US title: When Boys Leave Home) Screenplay: Eliot Stannard (from a play by Ivor Novello and Constance Collier). Camera: Claude L. McDonnell. Asst Dir: Frank Mills. Cast: Ivor Novello, Robin Irvine, Isabel Jeans.
Easy Virtue(1927)Gainsborough Productions
Screenplay: Eliot Stannard (based on the play by Noel Coward). Camera: Claude L. McDonnell. Asst Dir: Frank Mills. Cast: Isabel Jeans, Franklin Dyall, Eric Bransby Williams, Ian Hunter, and Alfred Hitchcock (seen leaving a tennis court through a side gate). > Buy the DVD (EASY VIRTUE + BLACKMAIL)
The Ring(1927)British International Pictures (BIP)
Screenplay: Alfred Hitchcock. Camera: John J. Cox. Asst Dir: Frank Mills. Cast: Carl Brisson, Lilian Hall-Davis, Ian Hunter, Forrester Harvey. A boxing story warmly received by the critics. > Buy the DVD (THE RING + NUMBER 17)
The Farmer's Wife(1928)BIP
Screenplay: Eliot Stannard (based on the play by Eden Phillpotts). Camera: John J. Cox. Asst Dir: Frank Mills. Cast: Jameson Thomas, Lilian Hall-Davis, Gordon Harker. A rare Hitchcock comedy.
Champagne(1928)BIP
Screenplay: Eliot Stannard (based on an original story by Walter C. Mycroft). Camera: John J. Cox. Asst Dir: Frank Mills. Cast: Betty Balfour, Jean Bradin, Theo von Alten, Gordon Harker.
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The Manxman(1929)BIP
Screenplay: Eliot Stannard (based on a novel by Sir Hall Caine). Camera: John J. Cox. Asst Dir: Frank Mills. Cast: Carl Brisson, Malcolm Keen, Anny Ondra, Clare Greet. Hitchcock's first film dealing with vertigo. > Buy the DVD (THE MANXMAN)
Blackmail(1929)BIP, 86 min. (sound version)
Screenplay: Alfred Hitchcock (adapted from the play by Charles Bennett). Camera: John J. Cox. Asst Dir: Frank Mills. Cast: Anny Ondra (voice doubled by Joan Barry), Cyril Richard, John Longden, Donald Calthrop. This film was released in both silent and sound versions. Benn W. Levy did the sound dialog for the sound version. Music: Campbell and Connelly. Score: Henry Stafford. > Buy the DVD (BLACKMAIL + EASY VIRTUE)
Blackmail was both Hitchcock's last silent film and his first sound film. He seemed to have had little trouble adapting to the new technology and art of sound. Next, his first film shot completely with sound in mind: Juno and the Paycock...
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