This a review of the Laserlight DVD release of 'The Skin Game'. This is one of several early Hitchcock films that i'm sure would have been lost without trace had Hitchcock's name not appeared on the credits. In fact, Hitchcock probably wished it had ...
Alfred Hitchcock¡¯s exciting 1942 wartime thriller stars Robert Cummings as Barry Kane, a Los Angeles aircraft factory worker who witnesses his plant¡¯s fire-bombing by a Nazi agent. During the deadly explosion, Kane¡¯s best friend is killed and he,...
The first of Alfred Hitchcock's World War II features, Foreign Correspondent was completed in 1940, as the European war was only beginning to erupt across national borders. Its titular hero, Johnny Jones (Joel McCrea), is an American crime reporter d...
In 1831, Irishman Charles Adare travels to Australia to start a new life with the help of his cousin who has just been appointed governor. When he arrives he meets powerful landowner and ex-convict Sam Flusky, who wants to do a business deal with him...
An old woman's disappearance during a train ride leads baffled young woman into a dizzying web of intrigue. Delicious mystery-comedy; Hitchcock at his best, with a witty script by Frank Launder and Sidney Gilliat, and wonderful contribution by Naunto...
One of Hitchcock's most discussed films. Retired police detective Stewart, who has a fear of heights, is hired by old school chum in San Francisco to keep an eye on his wife (Novak), eventually falls in love with his quarry and that's just the beginn...
Perceptive Americana intertwined with story of young girl who slowly comes to realize her beloved Uncle Charley is really the Merry Widow murderer; Cronyn steals film as nosy pulp-story fan. Scripted by Thornton Wilder, Alma Reville, and Sally Benson...
YOUNG AND INNOCENT was an interesting movie where a writer is accused of murder and attempts sereral daring escapes to find the real murderer and prove his innocence. This movie sort of reminded me of one that I saw but didn't review. MURDER. As the ...
What is the trouble with harry? well, it's the fact that he's dead, and which no one really minds, everybody thinks they are responsible, After several unearthings of the corpse, plenty of humor a la hitchcock, and love affairs between the major char...
Alfred Hitchcock's screen version of Frederick Knott's stage hit Dial M For Murder is a tasty blend of elegance and suspense casting Grace Kelly, Ray Milland and Robert Cummings as the points of a romantic triangle. Kelly won the New York Film Critic...
Tony Wendice learns that his wife, Margo had an affair but even though it's over, he decided to kill her but chose to bide his time. He waited until Mark Halliday, his wife's boyfriend, returned to town. He then placed his plan in order. He summoned ...
Alfred Hitchcock took a certain prankster's liberty with his films, delighting the audience and, no doubt, himself with his unpredictable and amusing cameo appearances. But would he have subverted an entire film's dramatic structure to the requiremen...