Alfred Hitchcock

 
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Alfred Hitchcock

Alfred Hitchcock has been the most well-known director to the general public since the 1940s-and he remains so in the 21st century, more than 25 years after his death. His name evokes instant expectations on the part of audiences around the world: of a memorable night of movie-watching highlighted by at least two or three great chills (and a few more good ones), some striking black comedy, and an eccentric characterization or two in virtually every one of the director's movies across a half-century-and usually laced with a comical cameo appearance by the director himself. Alfred Joseph Hitchcock was born into a devoutly Catholic family in London, and his religious upbringing-with its attendant...read more

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