The director had to wait in line for another chance to use Grant, having wanted him for Shadow of a Doubt(1943) to play the murderous Charlie, a role that went instead to Joseph Cotten, and for Spellbound (1945) as the psychotic John Ballantine, whom Gregory Peck eventually played, neither of which role would have met with the audience's approval. This time forever lasted all of two weeks, before Grant eagerly agreed to appear in Notorious, the film that would reunite him with Alfred Hitchcock. Kinda creepy how this is deemed Hitchcock’s most autobiographical work.Ģ) Notorious (1946) The wine is tasting a little uranium-ish.ġ) Shadow of a Doubt (1943).“Notorious resumes the general visual key of Suspicion with Cary Grant common to both films, like the theme of domestic poisoning …To single-minded study in undeserved paranoia, Notorious counterpoints an undeserved contempt.” Melanie, you shouldn’t have gone skinny dipping in Europe.ģ) Vertigo (1958). Let’s play find the dead body.ĥ) Strangers on a Train (1951). Girl, yo husband wants you dead.ħ) North By Northwest (1959). You know, that film Disturbia practically copied.Ĩ) Dial M for Murder (1954). The film that opened the gates to a whole new sub-genre of horror, known as the “slasher film.”ĩ) Rear Window (1954). Here are a list of his top ten films.ġ0) Psycho (1960). For fifty years he created works of art that will never be forgotten. He demonstrated the reality of human behavior in a fictional setting. Alfred Hitchcock made films that related to an audience by allowing his characters to be flawed and identifiable.
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