Tag: Alfred Hitchcock

The Paradine Case

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Year:1947
Director:Alfred Hitchcock
Written by:Robert Hichens (Novel), David O. Selznick (Screenplay), Ben Hecht (Screenplay), Alma Reville (Screenplay), James Bridie (Screenplay)

Script Synopsis: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.
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The Man Who Knew Too Much

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Year:1956
Director:Alfred Hitchcock
Written by:Charles Bennett (Author), John Michael Hayes (Screenplay)

Script Synopsis:A widescreen, Technicolor remake by Hitchcock of his 1934 film of the same title. A couple vacationing in Morocco with their young son accidentally stumble upon an assassination plot. When the child is kidnapped to ensure their silence, they have to take matters into their own hands to save him.
The Man Who Knew Too Much Script Resources:

  • The Man Who Knew Too Much Script PDF - Final Draft - May 7, 1955 at The Daily Script
  • The Man Who Knew Too Much Script at Hitchcock Wiki
  • The Man Who Knew Too Much Script - 1955-05 Draft at IMSDb
  • The Man Who Knew Too Much Script PDF - XL 8/26/55 REVISED FINAL at Script City ($)
  • The Man Who Knew Too Much Script PDF at Script Fly ($)
  • The Man Who Knew Too Much Transcript at Script-O-Rama

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  • The Man Who Knew Too Much ( tt0049470 ) at IMDb
  • The Man Who Knew Too Much ( 574 ) at TheMovieDB.org
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The Birds

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Year:1963
Director:Alfred Hitchcock
Written by:Daphne du Maurier (Author), Evan Hunter (Screenplay)

Script Synopsis:Chic socialite Melanie Daniels enjoys a passing flirtation with an eligible attorney in a San Francisco pet shop and, on an impulse, follows him to his hometown bearing a gift of lovebirds. But upon her arrival, the bird population runs amok. Suddenly, the townsfolk face a massive avian onslaught, with the feathered fiends inexplicably attacking people all over Bodega Bay.
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Strangers on a Train

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Year:1951
Director:Alfred Hitchcock
Written by:Patricia Highsmith (Novel), Raymond Chandler (Screenplay), Czenzi Ormonde (Screenplay), Ben Hecht (Screenplay), Whitfield Cook (Adaptation)

Script Synopsis:A psychotic socialite confronts a pro tennis star with a theory on how two complete strangers can get away with murder—a theory that he plans to implement.
Strangers on a Train Script Resources:

  • Strangers on a Train Script PDF at Script Slug
  • Strangers on a Train Script - 1950-10 Draft at IMSDb
  • Strangers on a Train Script - 10/18/50 final draft at The Daily Script
  • Strangers on a Train Script at Hitchcock Wiki
  • Strangers on a Train Script PDF at Script Fly ($)
  • Strangers on a Train Script PDF - 12/16/50 REVISED FINAL at Script City ($)

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Rope

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Year:1948
Director:Alfred Hitchcock
Written by:Arthur Laurents (Screenplay), Patrick Hamilton (Theatre Play), Hume Cronyn (Adaptation), Ben Hecht (Screenplay)

Script Synopsis:Two men attempt to prove they committed the perfect crime by hosting a dinner party after strangling their former classmate to death.
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Saboteur

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Year:1942
Director:Alfred Hitchcock
Written by:Peter Viertel (Screenplay), Joan Harrison (Screenplay), Dorothy Parker (Screenplay)

Script Synopsis:Aircraft factory worker, Barry Kane goes on the run across the United States when he is wrongly accused of starting a fire that killed his best friend.
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Rebecca

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Year:1940
Director:Alfred Hitchcock
Written by:Daphne du Maurier (Novel), Robert E. Sherwood (Screenplay), Joan Harrison (Screenplay), Philip MacDonald (Adaptation), Michael Hogan (Adaptation)

Script Synopsis:Story of a young woman who marries a fascinating widower only to find out that she must live in the shadow of his former wife, Rebecca, who died mysteriously several years earlier. The young wife must come to grips with the terrible secret of her handsome, cold husband, Max De Winter. She must also deal with the jealous, obsessed Mrs. Danvers, the housekeeper, who will not accept her as the mistress of the house.
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Rear Window

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Year:1954
Director:Alfred Hitchcock
Written by:Cornell Woolrich (Author), John Michael Hayes (Screenplay)

Script Synopsis:Professional photographer L.B. 'Jeff' Jeffries breaks his leg while getting an action shot at an auto race. Confined to his New York apartment, he spends his time looking out of the rear window observing the neighbors. When he begins to suspect that a man across the courtyard may have murdered his wife, Jeff enlists the help of his high society fashion-consultant girlfriend and his visiting nurse to investigate.
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Psycho

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Year:1960
Director:Alfred Hitchcock
Written by:Robert Bloch (Author), Joseph Stefano (Screenplay)

Script Synopsis:When larcenous real estate clerk Marion Crane goes on the lam with a wad of cash and hopes of starting a new life, she ends up at the notorious Bates Motel, where manager Norman Bates cares for his housebound mother. The place seems quirky, but fine… until Marion decides to take a shower.
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North By Northwest

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Year:1959
Director:Alfred Hitchcock
Written by:Ernest Lehman (Author), Ernest Lehman (Screenplay)

Script Synopsis:Advertising man Roger Thornhill is mistaken for a spy, triggering a deadly cross-country chase.
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