The Hollywood Years 2 (1950-76)

Alfred Hitchcock is probably best known for the films he made from the mid-1950s into the 1960s. Starting with a string of hits in 1954/55 (Dial M for Murder, Rear Window, To Catch a Thief), Hitchcock then went on to produce yet another string of pictures now considered cinema classics: Vertigo (1958), North by Northwest (1959), Psycho (1960), and The Birds (19xx).

This filmography is divided chronologically into several sections: UK and German silents, UK sound, and Hollywood (below). For more about Alfred Hitchcock, see Part 1 of our Hitchcock section.
 

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Alfred Hitchcock Films in Hollywood
(as director) 1950-76

Stage Fright (1950) Warner Bros., 101 min., B&W
Screenplay: Whitfield Cook, Alma Reville (based on the novel Outrun the Constable by Selwyn Jepson). Camera: Wilkie Cooper. Music: Leighton Lucas. Cast: Jane Wyman, Marlene Dietrich, Michael Wilding, Richard Todd, Alastair Sim, Sybil Thorndike, Kay Walsh, Miles Malleson, Patricia Hitchcock. Hitchcock cameo: Passes Wyman on the street before she enters Dietrich's apartment.
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Strangers on a Train (1951) Warner Bros., 101 min., B&W
Screenplay: Raymond Chandler, Czenzi Ormonde (based on the novel by Patricia Highsmith). Camera: Robert Burks. Music: Dimitri Tiomkin. Cast: Farley Granger, Robert Walker, Ruth Roman, Leo G. Carroll, Patricia Hitchcock, Laura Elliott, Marion Lorne, Jonathan Hale. Hitchcock cameo: Man boarding the train carrying a double bass.
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I Confess (1953) Warner Bros., 95 min., B&W
Screenplay: George Tabori, William Archibald (based on a play by Paul Anthelme). Editor: Rudi Fehr. Camera: Robert Burks. Music: Dimitri Tiomkin. Cast: Montgomery Clift, Anne Baxter, Karl Malden, Brian Aherne, O.E. Haase, Roger Dann, Dolly Haas, Charles Andre, Judson Pratt. Hitchcock cameo: Crosses top of stairs during the opening credits.
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Dial M for Murder (1954) Warner Bros., 105 min., color
Screenplay: Frederick Knott (based on his play). Editor: Rudi Fehr. Camera: Robert Burks. Music: Dimitri Tiomkin. Cast: Ray Milland, Grace Kelly, Robert Cummings, John Williams, Anthony Dawson, Leo Britt, Patrick Allen. Hitchcock cameo: Seen in a college reunion photo.
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Rear Window (1954) Paramount, 112 min., color
Screenplay: John Michael Hayes (based on a short story by Cornell Woolrich). Camera: Robert Burks. Music: Franz Waxman. Cast: James Stewart, Grace Kelly, Wendell Corey, Thelma Ritter, Raymond Burr. Hitchcock cameo: Man winding clock in songwriter's apartment.
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To Catch a Thief (1955) Paramount, 106 min., color
Screenplay: John Michael Hayes (based on the novel by David Dodge). Camera: Robert Burks. Music: Lynn Murray. Cast: Cary Grant, Grace Kelly, Jessie Royce Landis, John Williams, Charles Vanel, Brigitte Auber, Jean Martinelli. Hitchcock cameo: Man sitting next to Grant on bus.
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The Trouble with Harry (1955) Paramount, 99 min., color
Screenplay: John Michael Hayes (based on the novel by Jack Trevor Story). Camera: Robert Burks. Music: Bernard Herrmann. Cast: Edmund Gwenn, John Forsythe, Mildred Natwick, Shirley MacLaine. Hitchcock cameo: Walks past art collector's limousine.
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The Man Who Knew Too Much (1956) Paramount, 120 min., color
Screenplay: John Michael Hayes (based on a story by Charles Bennett and D.B. Wyndham-Lewis). Camera: Robert Burks. Music: Bernard Herrmann. Cast: James Stewart, Doris Day, Brenda de Banzie, Bernard Miles, Ralph Truman, Daniel Gelin, Morgens Wieth, Alan Mowbray, Bernard Herrmann (as conductor). Hitchcock cameo: Man with back to camera watching acrobats in Moroccan marketplace.
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The Wrong Man (1956) Warner Bros., 105 min., B&W
Screenplay: Maxwell Anderson, Angus MacPhail (based on a true story). Camera: Robert Burks. Music: Bernard Herrmann. Cast: Henry Fonda, Vera Miles, Anthony Quayle, Harold J. Stone, Charles Cooper. Hitchcock narrates the prologue.
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Vertigo (1958) Paramount, 128 min., color
Screenplay: Alec Coppel, Samuel Taylor (based on the novel D'Entre les Morts by Pierre Boileau and Thomas Narcejac). Camera: Robert Burks. Music: Bernard Herrmann. Cast: James Stewart, kim novak, Barbara Bel Geddes, Tom Helmore, Henry Jones, Raymond Bailey. Hitchcock cameo: Walks past shipyard.
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DVD Box Set: The Alfred Hitchcock Signature Collection - 9 DVDs
Strangers on a Train (2-Disc Edition), North by Northwest, Dial M for Murder, Foreign Correspondent, Suspicion, The Wrong Man, Stage Fright, I Confess, Mr. and Mrs. Smith

DVD Box Set: Best of Hitchcock Vol. 1 - 8 DVDs
Shadow of a Doubt, Rope, Rear Window (Special Edition), The Man Who Knew Too Much (1956), Psycho (Special Edition), Topaz, Family Plot, Alfred Hitchcock Presents #2 (with 4 of the 17 TV series episodes directed by Hitchcock)

DVD Box Set: The Best of Hitchcock Vol. 2 - 8 DVDs
Saboteur, The Trouble with Harry, Vertigo (Special Edition), The Birds (Special Edition), Marnie, Torn Curtain, Frenzy, Alfred Hitchcock Presents #3 (with 4 of the 17 TV series Hitchcock directed)

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North by Northwest (1959) Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, 136 min., color
Screenplay: Ernest Lehman. Camera: Robert Burks. Music: Bernard Herrmann. Cast: Cary Grant, Eva Marie Saint, James Mason, Jessie Royce Landis, Leo G. Carroll, Joesephine Hutchinson, Phillip Ober, Martin Landau. Hitchcock cameo: Misses bus during opening credits.
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Psycho (1960) Paramount, 109 min., B&W
Screenplay: Joseph Stefano (from the novel by Robert Bloch). Camera: John L. Russell. Music: Bernard Herrmann. Cast: Anthony Perkins, Vera Miles, John Gavin, Martin Balsam, John McIntire, Simon Oakland, Frank Albertson, Patricia Hitchcock, Janet Leigh. Hitchcock cameo: Wearing a cowboy hat outside of realtor's office.
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The Birds (1963) Universal, 120 min., color
Screenplay: Evan Hunter (from the story by Daphne du Maurier). Camera: Robert Burks. Music: Bernard Herrmann. Cast: Rod Taylor, Jessica Tandy, Suzanne Pleshette, Tippi Hedren, Veronica Cartwright, Ethel Griffies, Charles McGraw. Hitchcock cameo: Leaving pet shop with his own dogs, Geoffrey and Stanley.
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Marnie (1964) Universal, 129 min., color
Screenplay: Jay Presson Allen (based on the novel by Winston Graham). Camera: Robert Burks. Music: Bernard Herrmann. Cast: Tippi Hedren, Sean Connery, Diane Baker, Martin Gabel, Louise Latham, Bob Sweeney, Milton Selzer. Hitchcock cameo: Man in hotel corridor.
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Torn Curtain (1966) Universal, 128 min., color
Screenplay: Brian Moore. Camera: John F. Warren. Music: John Addison. Cast: Paul Newman, Julie Andrews, Lila Kadrova, Hansjörg Felmy (IMDb), Tamara Toumanova, Wolfgang Kieling (IMDb), Ludwig Donath (G-HC), Günter Strack (IMDb), David Opatoshu, Gisela Fischer, Mort Mills. Hitchcock cameo: Man holding baby in hotel lobby.
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Topaz (1969) Universal, 127 min., color
Screenplay: Samuel Taylor (based on the novel by Leon Uris). Camera: Jack Hildyard. Music: Maurice Jarre. Cast: Frederick Stafford, Dany Robin, John Vernon, Karin Dor, Michael Piccoli, John Forsythe. Hitchcock cameo: Man in wheelchair at airport.
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Frenzy (1972) Universal, 116 min., color
Screenplay: Anthony Shaffer (based on the novel Goodbye Picadilly, Farewell Leicester Square by Arthur La Bern). Camera: Gil Taylor. Music: Ron Goodwin. Cast: Jon Finch, Alec McCowen, Barry Foster, Billie Whitelaw, Anna Massey. Hitchcock cameo: Man in crowd on Thames embankment.
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Family Plot (1976) Universal, 120 min., color
Screenplay: Ernest Lehman (based on a story by Victor Canning). Camera: Leonard J. South. Music: John Williams. Cast: Karen Black, Bruce Dern, Barbara Harris, William Devane, Ed Lauter, Cathleen Nesbitt, Katherine Helmond. Hitchcock cameo: In silhouette at Registrar of Births and Deaths.
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