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Best Allred Hitchcock

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Tony2018 Fri 31-Aug-18 16:15:11

Does anyone have a favourite Alfred Hitchcock film? I’ve seen all of his films including his silent movies from the 1920s. I think my top three would be:

Vertigo
Rear Window
Spellbound

Tony2018 Tue 04-Sept-18 14:28:44

Frenzy is a brilliant film. Its definitely the most shocking film Hitchcock made, much more so than Psycho. Jon Finch was brilliant in it.
His later films, from Marnie onwards, sometimes get a bad press, but I really love them all, with Frenzy being the best of his later films. Topaz is my guilty pleasure, for me it’s Hitchcock’s ‘so bad it’s good’ film. I always enjoy watching Torn Curtain and Family Plot, although admittedly there is absolutely zilch on screen chemistry between Paul Newman and Julie Andrews in Torn Curtain and you end up feeling the hero (Paul Newman) is a bit of fraud.

Tony2018 Tue 04-Sept-18 22:25:30

39 Steps, Stage Fright, Lady Vanishes, 1934 version of Man Who Knew Too Much, and Jamaica Inn are all available on Amazon Prime streaming video at the moment.

Grammaretto Tue 04-Sept-18 22:53:08

I'm also a Hitchcock fan. Probable alltime favourites:
Strangers on a train
39 steps
Shadow of a doubt

I saw another one recently:
Stage fright. It was slagged off by the critics for a false memory scene but it has a lot of the good Hitchcock suspense mixed with humour. Worth looking out for. It was made in 1950 before he went to Hollywood.

Tony2018 Wed 05-Sept-18 00:34:32

I’ve just rewatched Stage Fright. Michael Wilding was really good in it and enjoyed Marlene Detriech’s singing. Young and Innocent from 1939 is another one on Amazon prime streaming video at the moment.