Hitchcock for the Holidays
20 Episodes
Merry Hitch-mas to all! 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. From early British classics like THE 39 STEPS and SABOTAGE to his endlessly analyzed and imitated 1950s masterpieces such as STRANGERS ON A TRAIN, VERTIGO, and NORTH BY NORTHWEST and often-overlooked late-career auteurist statements like TOPAZ and FRENZY, the Master of Suspense tapped into the peculiar pleasures of fear like no filmmaker before or since.
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01:16Episode 1
Hitchcock for the Holidays Teaser
Episode 1
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2:16:25Episode 2
North by Northwest
Episode 2
Directed by Alfred Hitchcock • 1959 • United States
Starring Cary Grant, Eva Marie Saint, James MasonCary Grant stars as an innocent man mistaken for a spy in one of director Alfred Hitchcock’s greatest thrillers, featuring some of the Master of Suspense’s most indelible set pieces. While leavi...
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1:40:42Episode 3
Strangers on a Train
Episode 3
Directed by Alfred Hitchcock • 1951 • United States
Starring Farley Granger, Ruth Roman, Robert WalkerWidely considered one of Alfred Hitchcock’s greatest movies, this classic suspense tale taps into the evil that lies hidden just beneath the surface of each of us. When two strangers—tennis sta...
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Suspicion
Episode 4
Directed by Alfred Hitchcock • 1941 • United States
Starring Cary Grant, Joan Fontaine, Nigel BruceAlfred Hitchcock discovered dark new shades in Cary Grant’s star persona with this classic thriller, the director and actor’s first collaboration. Handsome, charming, well-liked Johnnie Aysgarth (...
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1:45:32Episode 5
The Wrong Man
Episode 5
Directed by Alfred Hitchcock • 1956 • United States
Starring Henry Fonda, Vera Miles, Anthony QuayleWith this claustrophobic thriller drawn from real events, Alfred Hitchcock delivered an unusually naturalistic take on his trademark themes, shooting on location in New York with documentary real...
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1:52:31Episode 6
Rear Window
Episode 6
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 7
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 8
Shadow of a Doubt
Episode 8
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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2:07:48Episode 9
Torn Curtain
Episode 9
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 10
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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Saboteur
Episode 11
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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Topaz
Episode 12
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 13
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...
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1:36:21Episode 14
The Lady Vanishes
Episode 14
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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Downhill
Episode 15
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 16
The Lodger: A Story of the London Fog
Episode 16
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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1:16:04Episode 17
The Man Who Knew Too Much
Episode 17
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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1:27:06Episode 18
The 39 Steps
Episode 18
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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1:23:32Episode 19
Young and Innocent
Episode 19
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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2:00:44Episode 20
Foreign Correspondent
Episode 20
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...