Hitchcock Pilfers a Plot

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Hitchcock took the ideas for many of his movies from novels and plays. This is a list of each of those movies, followed by the work it was based on.

In an interview, Hitchcock said he would usually read the book once and never consult it again while making the movie – which is probably why some of these films are extremely loosely based on the original.

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  1. 51.
    Stage Fright

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  2. 52.
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    Man Running
    by Selwyn Jepson

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  3. 53.
    Strangers on a Train

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  4. 54.
    Strangers on a Train
    by Patricia Highsmith

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  5. 55.
    I Confess

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  6. 56.
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    Nos Deux Consciences (play)
    by Paul Anthelme

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  7. 57.
    Dial M for Murder
    by Alfred Hitchcock

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  8. 58.
    Dial "M" for Murder: A Play in Three Acts
    by Frederick Knott

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  9. 59.
    Rear Window

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  10. 60.
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    "It Had to Be Murder" [aka "Rear Window"] (short story)
    by Cornell Woolrich

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  11. 61.
    To Catch a Thief

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  12. 62.
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    To Catch a Thief
    by David Dodge

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  13. 63.
    The Trouble With Harry

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  14. 64.
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    The Trouble with Harry
    by Jack Trevor Story

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  15. 65.
    The Wrong Man

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  16. 66.
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    The True Story of Christopher Emmanuel Balestrero
    by Maxwell Anderson

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  17. 67.
    Vertigo

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  18. 68.
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    Sueurs Froides (d'entre les Morts)
    by Boileau Narcejac

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  19. 69.
    Psycho (Collector's Edition)

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  20. 70.
    Psycho
    by Robert Bloch

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  21. 71.
    The Birds (Collector's Edition)

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  22. 72.
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    The Birds
    by Daphne DuMaurier

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  23. 73.
    Marnie

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  24. 74.
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    Marnie
    by Winston Graham

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  25. 75.
    Topaz

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  26. 76.
    Topaz
    by Leon URIS

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  27. 77.
    Frenzy

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  28. 78.
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    Goodbye Piccadilly, farewell Leicester Square
    by Arthur J La Bern

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  29. 79.
    Family Plot

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  30. 80.
    The Rainbird Pattern
    by Victor Canning

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Created by The Subjected Reader on Jan 18, 2007.
 

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