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Analyisis and comedic take on the 1934 version (original) The Man Who Knew Too Much, directed by Alfred Hitchcock. This movie opens on the ski slopes of San Moritz then goes to London for the finale. First to thwart an assasination attempt of of foriegn dignatary during a concert at Albert Hall and later save the life of a young girl, the daughter of the two protaganist. This film features dry British humor and the first English speaking role for Peter Lorre as the villian. Whern will Hitchcock make his cameo appearance? No Que Sera Sera.
Analysis and comedic take on Alfred Hitchcock's 1944 film Lifeboat. The movies opens with the sinking of a merchant ship torpedoed by a Uboat (German submarine). Tullulah Bankhead is shown as a survivor and the lone passenger on a floating lifeboat fashionably attired. One by one she picks up eight survivers including 4 crew members, 3 other passengers, and a German sailor from the Uboat sunk during the opening altercation. Tensions slowly rise as passengers go missing and the German sailor becomes increasingly aggressive. There were two sets designed for this film which contained identical life boats. One set was the boat drydocked and the other set was a large water tank with the boat floating. The podcast title "There's Hitch" refers to the identification of Hitchcock's cameo role in each examined film. Hitchcock's solution for doing a cameo on a small boat is his most ingenious and famous of all.
Analysis and comedic take on Alfred Hitchcock's 1948 film Rope starring Jimmy Stewart as a professor attending a party thrown by two former students portrayed by John Dall and Farley Granger who are haboring a sinister secret. "There's Hitch" refers to the identification of Hitchcock's cameo in each examined film. Special emphasis in this episode is on Hichcock's filming "Rope" to appear as a continuous one camera seamless shot by identifying the imaginative edits of reals some lasting over 10 minutes in length. Other party attenders include Edith Evanson, Douglas Dirk, Joan Chandler, Cedric Hardwicke, and Constance Collier. Oh, yes and a special cameo appearance by Dick Hogan in his most famous role.
Analysis and comic take on the 1927 film The Lodger: A Story of the London Fog, directed by Alfred Hitchcock. This is one of Hitchcock's silent films and the first instance in which Hitchcock does a cameo (a small role) in his own film. The plot follows a young upper class gentleman renting a room in a middleclass area of London who is suspected of being a serial strangler.
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