Lists of Bests: Hitchcock Pilfers a Plot http://www.listsofbests.com/list/24217 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. Wed, 02 Dec 2009 08:53:07 GMT en-us 0 50 80 50 0 The Pleasure Garden http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/574803 <div id="position">1</div><div class="place-image-placeholder"><span class="qm">*</span></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Alfred Hitchcock</div> The Pleasure Garden http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2607927 <div id="position">2</div><div class="place-image-placeholder"><span class="qm">*</span></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Oliver Sandys</div> The Lodger http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/574839 <div id="position">3</div><div class="place-image-placeholder"><span class="qm">*</span></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Alfred Hitchcock</div> The Lodger http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/290610 <div id="position">4</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/290610"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/0897332997.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_V1121187582_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Marie Belloc Lowndes</div> Downhill http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/574841 <div id="position">5</div><div class="place-image-placeholder"><span class="qm">*</span></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Alfred Hitchcock</div> Down Hill (Play) http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2607935 <div id="position">6</div><div class="place-image-placeholder"><span class="qm">*</span></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by David L'Estrange</div> Easy Virtue http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/574845 <div id="position">7</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/574845"><img src="http://ec2.images-amazon.com/images/P/B0009OL8BC.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div> Easy Virtue, A Play in Three Acts http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2607943 <div id="position">8</div><div class="place-image-placeholder"><span class="qm">*</span></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Noel Coward</div> The Farmer's Wife http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/128427 <div id="position">9</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/128427"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/B00000JNVG.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Alfred Hitchcock</div> The Farmer's Wife a Comedy in Three Acts http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2607951 <div id="position">10</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2607951"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/1417929804.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_V54477241_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Eden Phillpotts</div> Champagne http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/574929 <div id="position">11</div><div class="place-image-placeholder"><span class="qm">*</span></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Alfred Hitchcock</div> Champagne http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2607961 <div id="position">12</div><div class="place-image-placeholder"><span class="qm">*</span></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Walter C. Mycroft</div> The Manxman http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/230771 <div id="position">13</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/230771"><img src="http://ec2.images-amazon.com/images/P/B00000JQSM.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Alfred Hitchcock</div> The Manxman http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2607963 <div id="position">14</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2607963"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/1417943378.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_V60641595_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Hall Caine</div> Blackmail http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/492198 <div id="position">15</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/492198"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/B00062IZM2.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div> Blackmail (Play) http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2607972 <div id="position">16</div><div class="place-image-placeholder"><span class="qm">*</span></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Charles Bennett</div> Juno and the Paycock http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/575232 <div id="position">17</div><div class="place-image-placeholder"><span class="qm">*</span></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Alfred Hitchcock</div> Juno and the Paycock http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2607977 <div id="position">18</div><div class="place-image-placeholder"><span class="qm">*</span></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Sean O'Casey</div> Murder! http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/575254 <div id="position">19</div><div class="place-image-placeholder"><span class="qm">*</span></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Alfred Hitchcock</div> Enter Sir John http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2607980 <div id="position">20</div><div class="place-image-placeholder"><span class="qm">*</span></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Clemence & Simpson, Helen Dane</div> The Skin Game http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/118870 <div id="position">21</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/118870"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/B00000JQSB.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Alfred Hitchcock</div> The Skin Game http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2607981 <div id="position">22</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2607981"><img src="http://ec2.images-amazon.com/images/P/1406951625.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_V36370210_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by John Galsworthy</div> Number Seventeen http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/575256 <div id="position">23</div><div class="place-image-placeholder"><span class="qm">*</span></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Alfred Hitchcock</div> Number Seventeen (Play) http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2608002 <div id="position">24</div><div class="place-image-placeholder"><span class="qm">*</span></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by J. Jefferson Fargeon</div> The 39 Steps http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/63824 <div id="position">25</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/63824"><img src="http://ec2.images-amazon.com/images/P/B00000CQJZ.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div> The 39 Steps http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/753817 <div id="position">26</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/753817"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/B000EMW5HA.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by JOHN BUCHAN</div> Secret Agent http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/362129 <div id="position">27</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/362129"><img src="http://ec2.images-amazon.com/images/P/B00000JQSA.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Alfred Hitchcock</div> Ashenden Or: The British Agent http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/1812187 <div id="position">28</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/1812187"><img src="http://ec2.images-amazon.com/images/P/B000GJMTUY.01-A1OKS2YBYQOD3P._SCTHUMBZZZ_V47047675_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by W. Somerset Maugham</div> Sabotage http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/575259 <div id="position">29</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/575259"><img src="http://ec2.images-amazon.com/images/P/B0000640V7.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div> The Secret Agent (Oxford World's Classics) http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/43141 <div id="position">30</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/43141"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/0192801694.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Joseph Conrad</div> Young and Innocent http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/575262 <div id="position">31</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/575262"><img src="http://ec2.images-amazon.com/images/P/B00000FZPM.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div> A Shilling for Candles: An Inspector Alan Grant Mystery http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/786668 <div id="position">32</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/786668"><img src="http://ec2.images-amazon.com/images/P/1572701668.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Josephine Tey</div> The Lady Vanishes http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/95168 <div id="position">33</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/95168"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/B00000C0QO.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div> The Wheel Spins http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2608026 <div id="position">34</div><div class="place-image-placeholder"><span class="qm">*</span></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Ethel Lina White</div> Jamaica Inn http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/148705 <div id="position">35</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/148705"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/B00000JQSE.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_V1056650140_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Alfred Hitchcock</div> Jamaica Inn http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/9576 <div id="position">36</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/9576"><img src="http://ec2.images-amazon.com/images/P/0380725398.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Daphne Du Maurier</div> Rebecca http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/52490 <div id="position">37</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/52490"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/B00000K0EG.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div> Rebecca http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/76641 <div id="position">38</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/76641"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/1844080382.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_V42238246_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Daphne Du Maurier</div> Foreign Correspondent http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/376812 <div id="position">39</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/376812"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/B0002HOEQC.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div> Personal History http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/1878302 <div id="position">40</div><div class="place-image-placeholder"><span class="qm">*</span></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Vincent Sheean</div> Suspicion http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/176096 <div id="position">41</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/176096"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/B0002HOEOY.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div> Before the Fact (Pan Classic Crime) http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/1863136 <div id="position">42</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/1863136"><img src="http://ec2.images-amazon.com/images/P/0330373153.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Francis Iles</div> Lifeboat (Special Edition) http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/97320 <div id="position">43</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/97320"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/B000A9QK7I.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Alfred Hitchcock</div> Lifeboat (novella) http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2608048 <div id="position">44</div><div class="place-image-placeholder"><span class="qm">*</span></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by John Steinbeck</div> Spellbound http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/35807 <div id="position">45</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/35807"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/B00000K0EH.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div> Spellbound Originally Published As "The House of Dr. Edwardes" http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2608050 <div id="position">46</div><div class="place-image-placeholder"><span class="qm">*</span></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Francis Beeding</div> The Paradine Case http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/422010 <div id="position">47</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/422010"><img src="http://ec2.images-amazon.com/images/P/B00000K0EJ.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_V1056650727_.jpg" /></a></div> The Paradine Case http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2608052 <div id="position">48</div><div class="place-image-placeholder"><span class="qm">*</span></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Robert Hichens</div> Rope http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/41249 <div id="position">49</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/41249"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/B000055Y11.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div> Rope: A Play (Drama) http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/1098254 <div id="position">50</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/1098254"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/0094508607.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Patrick Hamilton</div>