Focussing on his early career, this profile looks at director Alfred Hitchcock’s breakthrough in silent films, acclaimed thrillers such as “The 39 Steps” (1935) and the influences which prompted his departure for a new life in America in 1939. Featuring Hugh Stewart, editor of “The Man Who Knew Too Much” (1934).
David Lemon
Writer, Director

Roy Ward Baker
Self
Charles Barr
Self
David Bond
Narrator (voice)

Robert Donat
Self (archive footage)

Alfred Hitchcock
Self (archive footage)
Edward Joseph
Self (as Teddy Joseph)
John Kennedy Melling
Self
Hugh Stewart
Self
Hitchcock/Truffaut72%
Attack of the Hollywood Clichés!60%
Seduced and Abandoned62%
Jodorowsky's Dune78%
Corman's World70%
Making 'The Shining'71%
Spielberg75%
QT8: The First Eight72%
Lost in La Mancha70%
I Am Heath Ledger74%
Overnight63%
The Class of ‘9271%
Obi-Wan Kenobi: A Jedi's Return67%
De Palma70%
In the Realms of the Unreal71%
Never Sleep Again: The Elm Street Legacy78%
Tricked: The Documentary61%
The Cutting Edge: The Magic of Movie Editing70%
Directed by John Ford70%
Sherman's March67%