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Remakes Of Films By Alfred Hitchcock
A number of films directed by Alfred Hitchcock have been remade, with official remakes of ''Murder!'' and '' The Man Who Knew Too Much'' being directed by Hitchcock himself. ''North by Northwest'' and '' Saboteur'' are also considered by some scholars to be unofficial remakes of Hitchcock's English espionage thriller '' The 39 Steps''. This list does not include sequels (such as the films that followed the 1960 version of '' Psycho''), but it does include films based on the same original source materials as were used by Hitchcock (such as the multiple films based on Marie Belloc Lowndes's novel '' The Lodger''). Table Announced remakes After the success of '' Gone Girl'', in January 2015 it was announced that David Fincher would direct a remake of ''Strangers on a Train'' with Ben Affleck to star with a script penned by Gillian Flynn. In April 2024, it was reported that Netflix had greenlit the remake, now titled ''Strangers''. Fincher is also reportedly attached to remake ''Rop ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alfred Hitchcock
Sir Alfred Joseph Hitchcock (13 August 1899 – 29 April 1980) was an English film director. He is widely regarded as one of the most influential figures in the history of cinema. In a career spanning six decades, he directed over 50 feature films, many of which are still widely watched and studied today. Known as the "Master of Suspense", Hitchcock became as well known as any of his actors thanks to his many interviews, List of cameo appearances by Alfred Hitchcock, his cameo appearances in most of his films, and his hosting and producing the television anthology ''Alfred Hitchcock Presents'' (1955–65). His films garnered 46 Academy Award nominations, including six wins, although he never won the award for Academy Award for Best Director, Best Director, despite five nominations. Hitchcock initially trained as a technical clerk and copywriter before entering the film industry in 1919 as a title card designer. His directorial debut was the British–German silent film ''Th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Man In The Attic
''Man in the Attic'' is a 1953 American horror film directed by Hugo Fregonese and starring Jack Palance, Constance Smith and Byron Palmer. The screenplay was by Barré Lyndon and Robert Presnell Jr. based on the 1913 novel '' The Lodger'' by Marie Belloc Lowndes which fictionalizes the Jack the Ripper killings. It had been previously filmed by Alfred Hitchcock in 1927, by Maurice Elvey in 1932, by John Brahm in 1944; it was again filmed by David Ondaatje in 2009. Plot The story takes place in London in 1888. On the third night of the Jack the Ripper killings, Mr Slade, a research pathologist, arrives quite late at the home of Mr and Mrs Harley, looking to rent a room. Slade rents out a room and an attic, which he says he needs for his research work. Mrs Harley notices that Slade acts in a strange manner, for example turning several pictures of actresses to the wall, saying that he can feel their eyes on him. He also mentions that he is usually out late at night worki ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Once You Kiss A Stranger
''Once You Kiss a Stranger'' is a 1969 American thriller film directed by Robert Sparr and written by Norman Katkov and Frank Tarloff. The film stars Paul Burke, Carol Lynley, Martha Hyer, Peter Lind Hayes, Philip Carey, Stephen McNally and Whit Bissell. The film is a loose remake of '' Strangers on a Train'' and was released by Warner Bros.-Seven Arts on November 12, 1969. Plot Jerry is a professional golfer. When a woman named Diana recognizes how much Jerry hates a rival player, Mike, she offers to commit murder if Jerry will do likewise for her. The person she wants killed is Dr. Haggis, a psychiatrist who believes Diana to be dangerously disturbed and wants her institutionalized. Jerry doesn't take Diana seriously until she runs down Mike with a golf cart, then beats him to death with one of Jerry's clubs. Threatening to give the murder weapon to the police, Diana insists that Jerry now get rid of the doctor. He doesn't know what to do, consulting estranged wife Lee while ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Llewellyn Moxey
John Llewellyn Moxey (26 February 1925 – 29 April 2019) was an Argentine-born British film and television director. He was known for directing the horror film '' The City of the Dead'' (also known as ''Horror Hotel'', 1960) and directing episodes of '' The Saint''; '' Mission: Impossible''; '' Magnum, P.I.''; and ''Murder, She Wrote''. He was sometimes credited as John L. Moxey or John Moxey. Life and career Moxey was born in Argentina in 1925. His family operated a coal and steel business out of South America at the time. He attended Rose Hill School, Banstead, Ottershaw College, Bradfield College, and the Royal Military College, Sandhurst. Before entering the film industry, he served in the Second World War in the British Army's 53rd Division Reconnaissance Corps. Beginning his career as an editor, he subsequently went on to direct episodes of the British series '' London Playhouse'' and '' The Adventures of Tugboat Annie''. Moxey's feature film directorial debut was '' T ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ralph Thomas
Ralph Philip Thomas (10 August 1915 – 17 March 2001) was an English film director who directed the Doctor (film series), ''Doctor'' film series. Thomas cast the actor James Robertson Justice in many of his films. He often worked with the producer Betty Box, Betty E. Box, who was married to ''Carry On'' producer Peter Rogers. Early life Ralph Philip Thomas was born on 10 August 1915 in Kingston upon Hull, Hull, East Riding of Yorkshire. Thomas was a nephew of producer Victor Saville. He studied law at Middlesex University College. Career Early career Thomas entered the film business as a clapperboard, clapper boy at Shepperton Studios in 1932 during his summer vacation while at college. Following graduation, instead of becoming a lawyer he decided to enter the film industry, and became an apprentice at Shepperton Studios, working as a clapper boy and then in the editing room, the sound department and art department. From 1932 to 1934, Thomas worked predominantly on "Cinema ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The 39 Steps (1959 Film)
''The 39 Steps'' is a 1959 British thriller film directed by Ralph Thomas and starring Kenneth More and Taina Elg. Produced by Betty Box, it is a remake of the 1935 Alfred Hitchcock film, loosely based on the 1915 novel ''The Thirty-Nine Steps'' by John Buchan. In the film, diplomat Richard Hannay returns home to London, only to become inadvertently embroiled in the death of a British spy investigating the head of an organisation planning to sell the secret of a British ballistic missile. Hannay thus travels to Scotland to escape the police, and attempts to complete the spy's work. It is the first colour version of the Buchan tale, and, unlike the mainly studio-bound original, features extensive location shooting. Several large set pieces (such as Hannay's escape from the train on the Forth Bridge and the music hall finale) and much of the dialogue are taken from the original film. As with the Hitchcock version, the scenario was contemporary rather than the pre-Great War se ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Vincent Sherman
Vincent Sherman (born Abraham Orovitz, July 16, 1906 – June 18, 2006) was an American director and actor who worked in Hollywood. His movies include '' Mr. Skeffington'' (1944), '' Nora Prentiss'' (1947), and '' The Young Philadelphians'' (1959). He began his career as an actor on Broadway and later in film. He directed B-movies for Warner Bros. and then moved to directing to A-pictures. He was a good friend of actor Errol Flynn, whom he directed in '' Adventures of Don Juan'' (1949). He directed three Joan Crawford movies: '' The Damned Don't Cry'' (1950), '' Harriet Craig'' (1950), and '' Goodbye, My Fancy'' (1951). Early life Sherman was born Abraham Orovitz to Jewish parents. He was born and raised in the small town of Vienna, Georgia, where his father was a dry-goods salesman. Not long after graduating from Oglethorpe University in Atlanta, he became a professional actor. Career Sherman arrived in New York City to sell a play and soon became a stage director and actor. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
List Of 77 Sunset Strip Episodes
''77 Sunset Strip'' is a 1958-1964 American television private detective drama series created by Roy Huggins and starring Efrem Zimbalist Jr., Roger Smith, Richard Long (from 1960 to 1961) and Edd Byrnes (billed as Edward Byrnes). The character of detective Stuart Bailey, portrayed in the series by Zimbalist, was first used by writer Huggins in his 1946 novel ''The Double Take'', later adapted into the 1948 film '' I Love Trouble'' which was also written by Huggins. Series overview Episodes Season 1: 1958–59 Season 2: 1959–60 Season 3: 1960–61 Season 4: 1961–62 Season 5: 1962–63 Season 6: 1963–64 This season was approached in a film noir style, and it was essentially a different show, with no connection to the original series. Season 6 featured a private investigator named Stuart Bailey who was still played by Efrem Zimbalist, but he had a different personality and background. Bailey's office was located in a different building than before, although the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Boris Sagal
Boris Sagal (October 18, 1923 – May 22, 1981) was an American television Television (TV) is a telecommunication medium for transmitting moving images and sound. Additionally, the term can refer to a physical television set rather than the medium of transmission. Television is a mass medium for advertising, ... and film director. Early life and career Born in Yekaterinoslav, Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic, Ukrainian SSR (modern Dnipro, Ukraine) to a Russian family of Jewish descent, Sagal immigrated to the United States. Sagal's TV credits include directing episodes of ''The Twilight Zone (1959 TV series), The Twilight Zone'', ''T.H.E. Cat'', ''Alfred Hitchcock Presents'', ''Night Gallery'', ''List of Columbo episodes#Season 3, Columbo: Candidate for Crime'', ''Peter Gunn'', and ''The Man from U.N.C.L.E.''. He also directed the 1972 television adaptation of Percy MacKaye's play ''The Scarecrow (play), The Scarecrow'', for PBS. He was nominated for four Primet ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dial M For Murder
''Dial M for Murder'' is a 1954 American crime thriller film directed by Alfred Hitchcock, starring Ray Milland, Grace Kelly, Robert Cummings, Anthony Dawson, and John Williams. Both the screenplay and the successful stage play on which it was based were written by English playwright Frederick Knott. The play premiered in 1952 on BBC Television, before being performed on stage in the same year in London's West End in June, and then New York's Broadway in October. Originally intended to be shown in dual-strip polarized 3-D, the film played in most cinemas in ordinary 2-D owing to the loss of interest in the 3-D process (the projection of which was difficult and error-prone) by the time of its release. The film earned an estimated $2.7 million in North American box office sales in 1954. Plot Tony Wendice, a retired English professional tennis player, is married to wealthy socialite Margot, who has been having an affair with Mark Halliday, an American crime-fiction writer. U ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Harry Keller
Harry Keller (February 22, 1913 – January 19, 1987) was an American film editor, producer and director, who made a number of Western (genre), westerns and worked for many years at Republic Pictures and Universal Pictures. In 1958, Keller was tasked by Universal Pictures with directing re-shoots and additional scenes on the Orson Welles film ''Touch of Evil''. Select Credits * ''The Witness Vanishes'' (1939) editor *''Inside Information (1939 film), Inside Information'' (1939) * ''Mystery of the White Room'' (1939) *''Black Hills Express'' (1943) editor *''Days of Old Cheyenne'' (1943) editor *''Sheriff of Sundown'' (1944) editor *''Northwest Outpost'' (1947) editor *''Moonrise (film), Moonrise'' (1948) editor *''The Blonde Bandit'' (1949) director *''The Red Menace (film), The Red Menace'' (1949) editor *''The Arizona Cowboy'' (1950) editor *''Tarnished'' (1950) director *''Fort Dodge Stampede'' (1951) assoc. producer *''Desert of Lost Men'' (1951) associ. producer *''Belle L ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Shadow Of A Doubt
''Shadow of a Doubt'' is a 1943 American psychological thriller film noir directed by Alfred Hitchcock, and starring Teresa Wright and Joseph Cotten. Written by Thornton Wilder, Sally Benson, and Alma Reville, the film was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Story for Gordon McDonell. The story follows Charlotte "Charlie" Newton and her family who live in very quiet Santa Rosa, California. An unexpected visit by Charles Oakley, her charming and sophisticated Uncle Charlie, brings much excitement to the family and the small town. That excitement turns to fear as young Charlie slowly begins to suspect that her uncle may be concealing a dark secret. In 1991, the film was selected for preservation in the United States National Film Registry by the Library of Congress, being deemed "culturally, historically, or aesthetically significant". Hitchcock's favorite of all his films, ''Shadow of a Doubt'' was also the one he enjoyed making the most. Plot Charles Oakley spots two de ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
