DIAL M FOR MURDER (1954, USA, 105m, PG) **** Crime, Mystery, Thriller dist. Warner Bros.; pr co. Warner Bros.; d. Alfred Hitchcock; w. Frederick Knott (based on the play by Frederick Knott); pr. Alfred Hitchcock (uncredited); ph. Robert Burks (Warnercolor | 1.85:1); m. Dimitri Tiomkin; ed. Rudi Fehr; ad. Edward Carrere. cast: Ray Milland (Tony…
Tag: Alfred Hitchcock
Film Review – PSYCHO (1960)
PSYCHO (1960, USA, 109m, 15) ***** Horror, Mystery, Thriller dist. Paramount Pictures; pr co. Shamley Productions; d. Alfred Hitchcock; w. Joseph Stefano (based on the novel by Robert Bloch); pr. Alfred Hitchcock (uncredited); ph. John L. Russell (B&W | 1.85:1 (USA); 1.66:1 (Europe)); m. Bernard Herrmann; ed. George Tomasini; ad. Robert Clatworthy, Joseph Hurley. cast:…
Film Review – NORTH BY NORTHWEST (1959)
NORTH BY NORTHWEST (1959, USA, 136m, PG) ***** Action, Adventure, Crime, Mystery, Thriller dist. Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM); pr co. Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM); d. Alfred Hitchcock; w. Ernest Lehman; pr. Alfred Hitchcock (uncredited); ph. Robert Burks (Technicolor | 1.66:1 (Eurpoe); 1.85:1 (USA)); m. Bernard Herrmann; ed. George Tomasini; pd. Robert F. Boyle; ad. William A. Horning, Merrill Pye….
Film Review – THE BIRDS (1963)
THE BIRDS (1963, USA, 119m, 15) ****½ Horror, Thriller dist. Universal Pictures; pr co. Universal Pictures / Alfred J. Hitchcock Productions; d. Alfred Hitchcock; w. Evan Hunter (based on the story by Daphne Du Maurier); pr. Alfred Hitchcock; ph. Robert Burks (Technicolor | 1.85:1 (USA); 1.66:1 (Europe)); ed. George Tomasini; pd. Robert F. Boyle. cast:…
Film Review – THE MAN WHO KNEW TOO MUCH (1956)
THE MAN WHO KNEW TOO MUCH (1956, USA, 120m, PG) **** Thriller dist. Paramount Pictures; pr co. Paramount Pictures; d. Alfred Hitchcock; w. John Michael Hayes (based on a story by Charles Bennett and D.B. Wyndham-Lewis); pr. Alfred Hitchcock (uncredited); ph. Robert Burks (Technicolor | 1.85:1); m. Bernard Herrmann; ed. George Tomasini; ad. Henry Bumstead,…
Film Review – FRENZY (1972)
FRENZY (1972, UK, 116m, 18) **** Thriller dist. Universal Pictures (USA), Universal Pictures / Rank Film Distributors (UK); pr co. Alfred J. Hitchcock Productions; d. Alfred Hitchcock; w. Anthony Shaffer (based on the novel “Goodbye Piccadilly, Farewell Leicester Square” by Arthur La Bern); pr. Alfred Hitchcock (uncredited); ph. Gilbert Taylor (Technicolor | 1.85:1); m. Ron…
Film Review – TO CATCH A THIEF (1955)
TO CATCH A THIEF (1955, USA, 106m, PG) **** Crime, Mystery, Romance, Thriller dist. Paramount Pictures; pr co. Paramount Pictures; d. Alfred Hitchcock; w. John Michael Hayes (based on the novel by David Dodge); pr. Alfred Hitchcock (uncredited); ph. Robert Burks (Technicolor | 1.85:1); m. Lyn Murray; ed. George Tomasini; ad. J. McMillan Johnson, Hal…
Film Review – STRANGERS ON A TRAIN (1951)
STRANGERS ON A TRAIN (1951, USA, 101m, PG) ****½ Crime, Film-Noir, Thriller dist. Warner Bros.; pr co. Warner Bros.; d. Alfred Hitchcock; w. Raymond Chandler, Czenzi Ormonde, Whitfield Cook (based on the novel by Patricia Highsmith); pr. Alfred Hitchcock (uncredited); ph. Robert Burks (B&W | 1.37:1); m. Dimitri Tiomkin; ed. William H. Ziegler; ad. Ted…
Film Review – SUSPICION (1941)
SUSPICION (1941, USA) **** Mystery, Thriller dist. RKO Radio Pictures; pr co. RKO Radio Pictures; d. Alfred Hitchcock; w. Samson Raphaelson, Joan Harrison, Alma Reville (based on the novel “Before the Fact” by Anthony Berkeley (as Francis Iles)); pr. Harry E. Edington; ph. Harry Stradling (B&W. 35mm. Spherical. 1.37:1); m. Franz Waxman; ed. William Hamilton;…
Film Review Round-up – COWBOYS & ALIENS (2011); THE PURPLE ROSE OF CAIRO (1985) and REBECCA (1940)
Cowboys & Aliens (2011; USA; DeLuxe; 119m) ∗∗∗ d. Jon Favreau; w. Roberto Orci, Alex Kurtzman, Damon Lindelof, Mark Fergus, Hawk Ostby; ph. Matthew Libatique; m. Harry Gregson-Williams. Cast: Daniel Craig, Harrison Ford, Olivia Wilde, Abigail Spencer, Buck Taylor, Matthew Taylor, Cooper Taylor, Clancy Brown, Paul Dano, Chris Browning, Adam Beach, Sam Rockwell, Ana de…