HITCHCOCK'S AMERICA: Lifelong Learninbg Institute: Fall 2001

HITCHCOCK'S FILMS AND CAMEO APPEARANCES

British Films:

 

YEAR

 

FILM

 

APPEARANCE

1925

THE PLEASURE GARDEN

 

1926

THE MOUNTAIN EAGLE

 

 

THE LODGER

seen from the rear in an office scene;later, he is a member of the crowd during the arrest

1927

DOWNHILL

walks past a tennis court carrying a walking stick

 

EASY VIRTUE

 

 

THE RING

 

1928

THE FARMER'S WIFE

 

 

CHAMPAGNE

 

1929

HARMONY HEAVEN

 

 

THE MANXMAN

 

 

BLACKMAIL

reading a newspaper on the subway while a little boy bothers him

1930

ELSTREE CALLING

 

 

JUNO AND THE PAYCOCK

 

 

MURDER

passing by in the street

1931

THE SKIN GAME

 

1932

RICH AND STRANGE

 

 

NUMBER SEVENTEEN

 

1933

WALTZES FROM VIENNA

 

1934

THE MAN WHO KNEW TOO MUCH

 

1935

THE 39 STEPS

passing by in the street when Robert Donat leaves the Music Hall with "Annabella Smith"

1936

THE SECRET AGENT

 

 

SABOTAGE

a patron at the ticket window of the cinema?

1937

YOUNG AND INNOCENT

a frustrated photographer outside the courtroom

1938

THE LADY VANISHES

glimpsed at a London railway station

1939

JAMAICA INN

 

1944

BON VOYAGE

 

 

AVENTURE MALGACHE

 

American Films:

1940

REBECCA

near a phone booth from which George Sanders makes a call

 

FOREIGN CORRESPONDENT

reads a newspaper while passing Joel McCrea on the street

1941

MR. AND MRS. SMITH

passes Robert Montgomery on the street

 

SUSPICION

puts a letter in a mailbox in front of a bookstore

1942

SABOTEUR

at a news stand

1943

SHADOW OF A DOUBT

holds a full house in a card game on the train

 

LIFEBOAT

pictured in an ad in a newspaper read by William Bendix

1945

SPELLBOUND

gets off an elevator in the hotel

1946

NOTORIOUS

one of the party guests drinking champagne

1947

THE PARADINE CASE

carrying a cello case

1948

ROPE

walks along the sidewalk with a woman just after his director's credit fades from the screen

1949

UNDER CAPRICORN

at Governor's reception; later, on steps of Government House; AH's only cameo where he appears in period costume

1950

STAGE FRIGHT

turns back to look at Jane Wyman as she talks to herself on the street

1951

STRANGERS ON A TRAIN

boards a train carrying a double bass

1952

I CONFESS

crosses the top of a long outdoor staircase at the start of the film

1954

DIAL M FOR MURDER

pictured in the reunion photo that Ray Milland takes off the wall to look at

 

REAR WINDOW

winds a clock in the courtyard apartment of the songwriter

1955

TO CATCH A THIEF

sitting next to Cary Grant on the bus (not visible on non-letterboxed video)

1956

THE TROUBLE WITH HARRY

walks past John Forsythe's outdoor art exhibition

 

THE MAN WHO KNEW TOO MUCH

seen from the rear watching some acrobats in the Moroccan marketplace

1957

THE WRONG MAN

introduces the movie in the prologue

1958

VERTIGO

crosses the street outside Gavin Elster's office

1959

NORTH BY NORTHWEST

hustles to catch a bus and its doors slam in his face

1960

PSYCHO

stands on the sidewalk outside Janet Leigh's office wearing a big cowboy hat

1963

THE BIRDS

walks two dogs (his own) from the pet shop

1964

MARNIE

emerges from a room into the hotel corridor, looks at Tippi Hedren, and then looks at the camera

1966

TORN CURTAIN

sitting in the hotel lobby with a baby on his lap

1969

TOPAZ

in a wheelchair at the airport

1972

FRENZY

a spectator at the rally right after the credits, when a body floats in to shore

1976

FAMILY PLOT

in silhouette through the glass of the door at the Office of Vital Statistics

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