Tag: Alfred Hitchcock

Notorious

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Year:1946
Director:Alfred Hitchcock
Written by:Ben Hecht (Screenplay), Alfred Hitchcock (Screenplay), John Taintor Foote (Author)

Script Synopsis:In order to help bring Nazis to justice, U.S. government agent T.R. Devlin recruits Alicia Huberman, the American daughter of a convicted German war criminal, as a spy. As they begin to fall for one another, Alicia is instructed to win the affections of Alexander Sebastian, a Nazi hiding out in Brazil. When Sebastian becomes serious about his relationship with Alicia, the stakes get higher, and Devlin must watch her slip further undercover.
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Marnie

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Year:1964
Director:Alfred Hitchcock
Written by:Winston Graham (Author), Jay Presson Allen (Screenplay), Evan Hunter (Screenplay)

Script Synopsis:Marnie is a thief, a liar, and a cheat. When her new boss, Mark Rutland, catches on to her routine kleptomania, she finds herself being blackmailed.
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Lifeboat

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Year:1944
Director:Alfred Hitchcock
Written by:John Steinbeck (Writer), Jo Swerling (Screenplay)

Script Synopsis:During World War II, a small group of survivors is stranded in a lifeboat together after the ship they were traveling on is destroyed by a German U-boat.
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Frenzy

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Year:1972
Director:Alfred Hitchcock
Written by:Arthur La Bern (Author), Anthony Shaffer (Screenplay)

Script Synopsis:After a serial killer strangles several women with a necktie, London police identify a suspect—but he's the wrong man.
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Family Plot

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Year:1976
Director:Alfred Hitchcock
Written by:Ernest Lehman (Screenplay), Victor Canning (Novel)

Script Synopsis:Lighthearted suspense film about a phony psychic/con artist and her taxi driver/private investigator boyfriend who encounter a pair of serial kidnappers while trailing a missing heir in California.
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Alfred Hitchcock Film Scripts

The standard of suspense and psychological thrill that is showcased in the films of Alfred Hitchcock is virtually unmatched. He is widely regarded as one of the greatest film directors of all time and no doubt exists in the opinion that seldom has any other personality exerted as much influence on cinema as Hitchcock. He had a masterful ability to introduce twists and turns at very crucial points in the films. The way he tackled the characters and the circumstances surrounding them is virtually unmatched.

When it comes to psychological complications with the characters, Alfred Hitchcock was the master. The endings of his films usually contained totally unexpected twists and sequences of abrupt murders or other violence. A unique feature of Alfred Hitchcock’s films was his very short cameo appearance in most of them. Alfred Hitchcock remains to be an inspiration for the directors throughout the world and the cinematic techniques that he introduced are still utilized in the genre of crime and thriller.

The filmography and scripts of selected films of Alfred Hitchcock can be found here:

The 39 Steps Script (1939)
Foreign Correspondent (1940)
Rebecca Script (1940)
Mr. & Mrs. Smith (1941)
Suspicion (1941)
Saboteur Script (1942)
Shadow of a Doubt (1943)
Lifeboat Script (1944)
Aventure Malgache (1944)
Bon Voyage (1944)
Spellbound (1945)
Notorious Script (1946) (PDF)
The Paradine Case Script (1947)
Rope Script (1949)
Under Capricorn (1949)
Stage Fight (1950)
Strangers on a Train Script Script (1951)
I Confess (1953)
Dial M for Murder (1954)
Rear Window Script (1954)
To Catch A Thief Script (1955) (Dialogue Transcript)
The Trouble with Harry (1955)
The Man Who Knew Too Much Script (1956)
Vertigo Script (1958)
North By Northwest Script (1959)
Psycho Script (1960)
The Birds Script (1963)
Marnie Script(1964) ($)
Torn Curtain Script (1966) ($)
Topaz (1969)
Frenzy Script (1972) ($)
Family Plot Script (1976) ($)