Cape Fear USA, 1962 Director: J. Lee Thompson Screenplay: James R. Webb (based on the novel The Executioners by John D. MacDonald) Genre: Thriller Soundtrack composer: Bernard Herrmann Editing: George Tomasini Production: Sy Bartlett Main cast: Gregory Peck (Sam Bowden) Robert Mitchum (Max Cady) Polly Bergen (Peggy Bowden) Lori Martin …
Strangers on a Train Director: Alfred Hitchcock USA, 1951 Screenplay: Raymond Chandler, Czenzi Ormonde, and Whitfield Cook (based on the novel by Patricia Highsmith). Genre: Psychological thriller. Soundtrack composer: Dimitri Tiomkin. Editing: William H. Ziegler. Production: Alfred Hitchcock. Main cast Farley Granger (Guy Haines) Robert Walker (Bruno Antony) Ruth Roman …
The Killing USA, 1956 Director: Stanley Kubrick Screenplay: Stanley Kubrick and Jim Thompson (based on the novel Clean Break by Lionel White). Genre: Noir Soundtrack composer: Gerald Fried. Editing: Betty Steinberg. Production: James B. Harris (Harris-Kubrick Productions). Main Cast Sterling Hayden (Johnny Clay) Coleen Gray (Fay) Elisha Cook Jr. (George …
Marnie USA, 1964 Director: Alfred Hitchcock Screenplay: Jay Presson Allen, based on the novel by Winston Graham Genre: Psychological thriller Soundtrack composer: Bernard Herrmann Editing: George Tomasini Production: Alfred J. Hitchcock Productions / Universal Pictures Cast Tippi Hedren (Marnie Edgar) Sean Connery (Mark Rutland) Diane Baker (Lil Mainwaring) Martin Gabel …
Suspicion USA, 1941 Director: Alfred Hitchcock Screenplay: Samson Raphaelson, Joan Harrison, Alma Reville Genre: Psychological thriller, romance Soundtrack composer: Franz Waxman Editing: William Hamilton Production: David O. Selznick (producer) Cast Cary Grant (Johnnie Aysgarth) Joan Fontaine (Lina McLaidlaw Aysgarth) Cedric Hardwicke (General McLaidlaw) Nigel Bruce (Gordon Cochran Thwaite, alias Beaky) …
The Lady Vanishes United Kingdom, 1938 Director: Alfred Hitchcock Screenwriters: Ethel Lina White, Sidney Gilliat, Frank Launder Genre: thriller, comedy Editing: H. J. Trever; Helen Lewis Production: Michael Balcon (executive producer), Gainsborough Pictures Cast Margaret Lockwood (Iris) Michael Redgrave (Gilbert) Paul Lukas (Doctor) C. Aubrey Smith (Inspector) Plot Many tourists …
Rebecca USA, 1940 Director: Alfred Hitchcock Screenplay: Robert E. Sherwood and Joan Harrison, based on the novel by Daphne du Maurier. Genre: Drama, suspense Music: Franz Waxman. Editing: Hal C. Kern. Production: David O. Selznick. Main cast: Laurence Olivier (Maxim de Winter) Joan Fontaine (The second Mrs. de Winter) Judith …
The Manchurian Candidate USA, 1962 Director: John Frankenheimer Screenwriter: George Axelrod (based on the novel by Richard Condon) Genre: Psychological and political thriller Soundtrack composer: David Amram Editing: Ferris Webster Production: John Frankenheimer and George Axelrod Main cast: Frank Sinatra (Major Bennett Marco) Laurence Harvey (Raymond Shaw) Angela Lansbury (Mrs. …
The desperate hours (V.O. The desperate hours) USA, 1955 Director: William Wyler Screenwriter: Joseph Hayes (based on his novel and play) Genre: Film noir, thriller, drama Soundtrack composer: Hugo Friedhofer Editor: Robert Swink Production company: William Wyler (producer), William Wyler Productions Main actors: Humphrey Bogart (Glenn Griffin) Fredric March (Daniel …
Psycho USA, 1960 Director: Alfred Hitchcock Screenplay writer: Joseph Stefano (based on the novel by Robert Bloch) Soundtrack composer: Bernard Herrmann Production company: Paramount Pictures Cast: Anthony Perkins (Norman Bates) Janet Leigh (Marion Crane) Vera Miles (Lila Crane) John Gavin (Sam Loomis) Martin Balsam (Private Investigator) Film Genre: Thriller, Psychological …
