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elperromagico Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Dec-15-04 05:32 PM
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List your five favorite Alfred Hitchcock films.
Edited on Wed Dec-15-04 05:35 PM by elperromagico
Mine:

1. North by Northwest
2. Rebecca
3. Rear Window
4. Vertigo
5. The Birds

Yours?

If you can't narrow it down to five, add a few more! :D
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GRLMGC Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Dec-15-04 05:33 PM
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1. yay
Edited on Wed Dec-15-04 05:36 PM by GRLMGC
Vertigo (I think its beautiful and this ranks way above the others on my list)
Rebecca
Rear Window
Psycho
Strangers on a Train (Another poster reminded me of this)
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Beaverhausen Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Dec-15-04 05:34 PM
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2. I like your list but I have to add Psycho.
Edited on Wed Dec-15-04 05:35 PM by Beaverhausen
it's hard to narrow it down to 5.

Rear Window and North by Northwest are my top 2 though.
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On the Road Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Dec-15-04 05:34 PM
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3. The 39 Steps
That one is endlessly entertaining. I especially like the extemporaneous political speech where he's led away in handcuffs right after being given a standing ovation.
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Z_I_Peevey Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Dec-15-04 05:34 PM
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4. Okey Dokey
1. Rope
2. The Birds
3. Rear Window
4. Psycho
5. Vertigo
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NYCGirl Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Dec-15-04 05:35 PM
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5. Here are my favorites:
1. Strangers on a Train
2. Shadow of a Doubt
3. North by Northwest
4. Vertigo
5. Lifeboat
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Lydia Leftcoast Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Dec-16-04 12:29 AM
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14. I like your list, NYCGirl!
That's about how I would rank them, too.
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noonwitch Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Dec-16-04 10:14 AM
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22. My favorite is "To Catch A Thief"
The rest:

2. Rebecca
3. Rear Window
4. Vertigo
5. Psycho
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Zomby Woof Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Dec-16-04 12:53 AM
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16. Trivia about Lifeboat
Since Hitch appeared in every movie he did, for Lifeboat, he was the "before" in a before and after weight loss ad on the paper on the bottom of the boat.
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NYCGirl Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Dec-16-04 10:08 AM
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19. Pretty clever, that Hitch! And here's a frame showing it
from a great website that shows all the cameos:

http://hitchcock.tv/cam/cameos.html
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terrya Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Dec-15-04 05:35 PM
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6. North by Northwest, Vertigo, The Birds, Psycho, Rope.
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LiviaOlivia Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Dec-15-04 05:46 PM
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7. 1. Notorious
2.Shadow Of A Doubt
3.Strangers On A Train
4.Vertigo
5.Rear Window
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Zuni Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Dec-16-04 10:40 AM
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28. I am glad to see Shadow of a Doubt is getting some mentions
It is my personal favorite of all his movies. The Uncle is just pure evil. And the girl is sooooo attractive.
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tjdee Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Dec-15-04 05:48 PM
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8. Suspicion, Notorious, Spellbound, Psycho, and North by Northwest.
Like the Cary ones the best, LOL.
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yvr girl Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Dec-15-04 05:49 PM
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9. Love his movies
North by Northwest
Rear Window
Dial M for Murder
To Catch a Thief
The Birds
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BurtWorm Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Dec-15-04 05:50 PM
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10. I won't number them
North by Northwest
Rear Window
Psycho
The Birds
Shadow of a Doubt


and Strangers on a Train if you let me pick a sixth.
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sir_captain Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Dec-15-04 05:52 PM
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11. Hmm...
1. Vertigo
2. The Lady Vanishes
3. Rear Window
4. North by Northwest
5. Strangers on a Train

Man, this is so hard. I also love: Shadow of A Doubt, Rebecca, The Man who Knew Too Much, Psycho, Notorious, 39 Steps
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Left Is Write Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Dec-15-04 06:11 PM
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12. Rear Window, Psycho, North By Northwest, Dial M For Murder, Vertigo
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Ivan Sputnik Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Dec-15-04 06:47 PM
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13. Hard to just list five
Vertigo
North by Northwest
Psycho
The Birds
Rear Window

I also like a lot of his less popular films, e.g. "Marnie."
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Kenneth ken Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Dec-16-04 12:39 AM
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15. hmm
in no order:

To Catch A Thief
The Lady Vanishes
Rear Window
Dial M For Murder
Torn Curtain

Number 17 has a pretty cool special effects train wreck

I just picked up some more today:
The Farmer's Wife
Blackmail - Blackmail is England's first "talkie" - it started out as a silent pic, but dialog got added during production - at least that's what the box says.
Easy Virtue
The Skin Game

I can't think of any Hitchcock I don't like, except the sound of the birds in The Birds.
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pinniped Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Dec-16-04 12:56 AM
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17. North by Northwest is my all-time favorite Hitchcock .mov.
I have seen it probably a couple dozen times.
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auburngrad82 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Dec-16-04 07:50 AM
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18. Rear Window is the best, followed by the Birds and Psycho.
Then North By Northwest, and To Catch A Thief.

I love the Hitchcock dvd releases. Lots of great special features.
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Marnieworld Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Dec-16-04 10:09 AM
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20. Marnie- hee hee
Actually it's not one of his best but yet has a place in my heart.
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ImpeachBush Donating Member (580 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Dec-17-04 09:09 AM
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34. "Marnie, you're achin' my leg"
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Feathered Fish Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Dec-16-04 10:13 AM
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21. In order:
1. Psycho
2. Spellbound
3. Vertigo
4. Strangers on a Train
5. Frenzy
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Boswells_Johnson Donating Member (526 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Dec-16-04 10:15 AM
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23. I like Jimmy Stewart, so it's a bit skewed...
1-Rear Window
2-Rope
3-Vertigo
4-The Birds
5-The Man Who Knew Too Much
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RUDUing2 Donating Member (968 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Dec-16-04 10:21 AM
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24. mine:
1. Psycho
2. Marnie
3. Spellbound
4. The Man Who Knew too Much
5. tie between To Catch a Thief and Rear Window
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mac56 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Dec-16-04 10:36 AM
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25. 1. Rear Window
2. Vertigo
3. North By Northwest
4. Dial M For Murder
5. The Trouble With Harry
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Zuni Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Dec-16-04 10:38 AM
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26. Shadow of a Doubt, Rear Window, Vertigo, Pyscho, the Birds
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Lavender Brown Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Dec-16-04 10:39 AM
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27. Notorious, Rebecca, Strangers on a Train, Shadow of a Doubt
and everything else. I can't really put them in order.
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TeacherCreature Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Dec-16-04 11:04 AM
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29. Vertigo, Psycho, North by NW, Notorious, Rear Window
Runners up:

The Birds

Marnie

To Catch a Theif

Rebecca

Saboteur

Dial M for Murder

The Wrong Man

Strangers on a Train

The British Espionage Thrillers (39 Steps, Man who knew too much, etc.)
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XNASA Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Dec-16-04 11:18 AM
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30. Rope, Rear Window, Vertigo, Notorious, North By Northwest
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barb162 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Dec-16-04 11:35 AM
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31. To Catch a Thief, N. by N,W., Rebecca, Suspicion, Notorious
the first two I can probably see a hundred mor times and never tire of them.
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ImpeachBush Donating Member (580 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Dec-16-04 11:37 AM
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32. The Trouble with Harry (funny movie)
Edited on Thu Dec-16-04 11:38 AM by ImpeachBush
Shirley McClain's first starring role ... she was GORGEOUS!!!

1. The Trouble with Harry
2. North by Northwest
3. Psycho
4. Rear Window
5. I can't recall the name of the movie - Sean Connery and Tipi Hedron starred, where Tipi played the part of a frigid, kleptomaniac
Oh, yes, it was Marnie
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redqueen Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Dec-16-04 11:49 AM
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33. 1. North by Northwest
2. Rear Window
3. The Birds
4. Vertigo
5. Rebecca
6. The Trouble With Harry
7. Dial M for Murder

okay I'll stop there...
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