Directed by Alfred Hitchcock
16 Episodes
For five decades, Alfred Hitchcock explored our innermost anxieties, desires, and obsessions in his diabolically constructed thrillers, which redefined the mechanics of screen terror through meticulous editing, voyeuristic camera work, and unforgettable set pieces. In endlessly studied and imitated masterpieces like THE LADY VANISHES, THE 39 STEPS, and THE MAN WHO KNEW TOO MUCH the Master of Suspense tapped into the peculiar pleasures of fear like no filmmaker before or since.
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2:07:48Episode 1
Torn Curtain
Episode 1
Directed by Alfred Hitchcock • 1966 • United States
Starring Paul Newman, Julie Andrews, Lila KedrovaPaul Newman and Julie Andrews star in Alfred Hitchcock’s gripping Cold War thriller about a nuclear physicist/double agent and his troubled fiancée who must escape East Germany amid dangerous po...
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Vertigo
Episode 2
Directed by Alfred Hitchcock • 1958 • United States
Starring James Stewart, Kim Novak, Barbara Bel GeddesAlfred Hitchcock’s VERTIGO has been recognized as the director’s most spellbinding and deeply personal achievement—and as one of the greatest films ever made. James Stewart reteams with the ...
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1:52:31Episode 3
Rear Window
Episode 3
Directed by Alfred Hitchcock • 1954 • United States
Starring James Stewart, Grace Kelly, Wendell CoreyAlfred Hitchcock was at the height of his powers as a visual storyteller when he made this enduring suspense classic. James Stewart is L. B. Jeffries, an injured photojournalist confined to his...
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Rope
Episode 4
Directed by Alfred Hitchcock • 1948 • United States
Starring James Stewart, John Dall, Farley GrangerIn this charged thriller inspired by the notorious case of Leopold and Loeb, two Manhattan college friends (John Dall and Farley Granger) strangle a classmate for intellectual kicks and then pro...
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1:47:54Episode 5
Shadow of a Doubt
Episode 5
Directed by Alfred Hitchcock • 1943 • United States
Starring Teresa Wright, Joseph Cotten, Macdonald CareyAlfred Hitchcock’s personal favorite of all his films, SHADOW OF A DOUBT is an exceptionally macabre tale of a beloved uncle (Joseph Cotten) whose visit to his sister and her family at firs...
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Saboteur
Episode 6
Directed by Alfred Hitchcock • 1942 • United States
Starring Priscilla Lane, Robert Cummings, Otto KrugerThis crackling World War II espionage thriller stars Robert Cummings as an ordinary munitions worker framed for sabotage and murder. With a reluctant woman (Priscilla Lane) by his side, he g...
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2:00:44Episode 7
Foreign Correspondent
Episode 7
Directed by Alfred Hitchcock • 1940 • United States
Starring Joel McCrea, Laraine Day, Herbert MarshallIn 1940, Alfred Hitchcock made his official transition from the British film industry to Hollywood. And it was quite a year: his first two American movies, REBECCA and FOREIGN CORRESPONDENT, w...
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1:36:21Episode 8
The Lady Vanishes
Episode 8
Directed by Alfred Hitchcock • 1938 • United Kingdom
Starring Margaret Lockwood, Michael Redgrave, Paul LukasIn Alfred Hitchcock’s most quick-witted and devilish comic thriller, the beautiful Margaret Lockwood, traveling across Europe by train, meets a charming spinster (Dame May Whitty), who t...
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1:23:32Episode 9
Young and Innocent
Episode 9
Directed by Alfred Hitchcock • 1937 • United Kingdom
Starring Derrick De Marney, Nova Pilbeam, Percy MarmontAlfred Hitchcock’s delightfully entertaining, often overlooked tale of a wrongly accused man follows a young writer (Derrick De Marney) who, when he becomes the prime suspect in the murde...
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Sabotage
Episode 10
Directed by Alfred Hitchcock • 1936 • United Kingdom
Starring Sylvia Sidney, Oskar Homolka, John LoderThis loose adaptation of Joseph Conrad’s novel “The Secret Agent” is one of the high-water marks of Alfred Hitchcock’s early British period. Sylvia Sidney is the unsuspecting wife of a London c...
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1:27:06Episode 11
The 39 Steps
Episode 11
Directed by Alfred Hitchcock • 1935 • United Kingdom
Starring Robert Donat, Madeline Carroll, Lucie MannheimA heart-racing spy story by Alfred Hitchcock, THE 39 STEPS follows Richard Hannay (Robert Donat) as he stumbles upon a conspiracy that thrusts him into a hectic chase across the Scottish ...
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1:16:04Episode 12
The Man Who Knew Too Much
Episode 12
Directed by Alfred Hitchcock • 1934 • United Kingdom
Starring Peter Lorre, Leslie Banks, Edna BestAn ordinary British couple vacationing in Switzerland suddenly find themselves embroiled in a case of international intrigue when their daughter is kidnapped by spies plotting a political assassina...
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Downhill
Episode 13
Directed by Alfred Hitchcock • 1927 • United Kingdom
Starring Ivor Novello, Ben Webster, Norman McKinnelThat’s the direction things go for boarding-school student and star rugby player Roddy Berwick (celebrated songwriter and matinee idol Ivor Novello) when he falls from golden boy to public di...
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1:30:22Episode 14
The Lodger: A Story of the London Fog
Episode 14
Directed by Alfred Hitchcock • 1927 • United Kingdom
Starring Ivor Novello, June TrippWith his third feature film, THE LODGER: A STORY OF THE LONDON FOG, Alfred Hitchcock took a major step toward greatness and made what he would come to consider his true directorial debut. This haunting sile...
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Topaz
Episode 15
Directed by Alfred Hitchcock • 1969 • United States
Starring Frederick Stafford, Dany Robin, John VernonAdapted from the bestselling novel by Leon Uris, Alfred Hitchcock’s taut Cold War thriller centers on a French spy (Frederick Stafford) and a CIA agent (John Forsythe) who join forces in orde...
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Frenzy
Episode 16
Directed by Alfred Hitchcock • 1972 • United Kingdom
Starring Jon Finch, Barry Foster, Barbara Leigh-HuntAfter more than three decades in Hollywood, Alfred Hitchcock returned to Britain to make his penultimate film, which finds the master pushing the boundaries of graphic violence to shocking e...