Mystery

Cast: Cary Grant, Eva Marie Saint, James Mason, Martin Landau, Leo G. Carroll, Philip Ober, Josephine Hutchinson, Edward Platt, Adam Williams, Jessie Royce Landis, Edward Binns Director: Alfred Hitchcock Synopsis: Roger Thornhill (Cary Grant) finds himself in the wrong place at the wrong time. Suddenly, the hapless businessman is targeted as an American intelligence agent and set up as a killer. All of Thornhills attempts to straighten things out only make matters worse--and soon the desperate man is on the run from murderous foreign operatives, the CIA and the police.

Cast: Humphrey Bogart, Mary Astor, Gladys George, Peter Lorre, Barton MacLane, Lee Patrick, Sydney Greenstreet, Elisha Cook Jr., Ward Bond, Walter Huston, Jerome Cowan Director: John Huston Synopsis: Sam Spade (Humphrey Bogart) is a private eye who gets involved in the hunt for a statuette while searching for the murderer of his partner, Miles Archer (Jerome Cowan). His fellow treasure hunters include a sinister 'little and large' act (Peter Lorre and Sydney Greenstreet), a psychotic tearaway (Elisha Cook Jr), and the duplicitous femme fatale, Brigid O'Shaughnessy (Mary Astor).

Cast: Jon Finch, Barry Foster, Alec McCowen, Anna Massey, Barbara Leigh-Hunt, Billie Whitelaw, Bernard Cribbins, Vivien Merchant, Jean Marsh, Michael Bates, Clive Swift Director: Alfred Hitchcock Synopsis: London is terrorised by a vicious sex killer known as the neck tie murderer. Following the brutal slaying of his ex-wife, down-on-his-luck Richard Blaney is suspected by the police of being the killer. He goes on the run, determined to prove his innocence. Mixing black comedy and Hitchcock's most gruesome violence since Psycho, Frenzy covers classic Hitchcock territory of violent sexual deviance and the thin line between innocence and guilt.

Cast: William Powell, Myrna Loy, James Stewart, Elissa Landi, Paul Fix, Jessie Ralph, Joseph Calleia, Alan Marshal, Ernie Alexander, Sam Levene, Penny Singleton, William Law, George Zucco, Teddy Hart, George Guhl, Ward Bond Director: W.S. Van Dyke Synopsis: Now back in San Francisco after their holiday in New York, Nick and Nora find themselves trying to solve another mystery. It's New Year's Eve and they are summoned to dinner at Nora's elderly, and very aristocratic, family. There they find that cousin Thelma's husband Charles has been missing for three days. Nick reluctantly agrees to look for him but the case takes a twist when Charles is shot and Thelma is accused of murder. Several other murders occur but eventually Nick gathers everyone into the same room to reveal the identity of the killer.

Cast: Karen Black, Bruce Dern, Barbara Harris, William Devane, Ed Lauter, Cathleen Nesbitt, Katherine Helmond Director: Alfred Hitchcock Synopsis: Mrs. Julia Rainbird (Cathleen Nesbit) harbors strong feelings of guilt because, 40 years ago, she made a sister - who became pregnant while unmarried - abandon her child at birth. Now that she has passed away, she wants to find him to make him her heir. For this reason, she has sought the help of “psychic” Blanche Tyler (Barbara Harris), who, upon hearing that she is being offered ten thousand dollars to find the heir, teams up with her friend George Lumley (Bruce Dern) to try to perform the miracle.

Cast: Paul Newman, Julie Andrews, Lila Kedrova, Hansjörg Felmy, Tamara Toumanova, David Opatoshu, Ludwig Donath, Wolfgang Kieling Director: Alfred Hitchcock Synopsis: American rocket scientist Michael Armstrong (Paul Newman) and his assistant/fiancée Sarah Sherman (Julie Andrews) are attending a convention in Copenhagen. Michael is acting very suspiciously and Sarah follows him to East Germany when he apparently tries to defect to the other side.

Cast: Frederick Stafford, John Forsythe, Dany Robin, John Vernon, Karin Dor, Michel Piccoli, Philippe Noiret, Claude Jade, Michel Subor, Per-Axel Arosenius, Roscoe Lee Browne, Edmon Ryan, Sonja Kolthoff, Tina Hedström, John Van Dreelen, Donald Randolph Director: Alfred Hitchcock Synopsis: Hitchcock adapted this political thriller from Leon Uris's dense, complex spy novel. A Soviet scientist's defection sparks an international furor that extends way beyond the act itself: it seems there's a traitor in the entourage of French President De Gaulle, strange doings taking place in Cuba, and a mysterious, nefarious band of spies known as the Topaz Group readying itself for a big event.

Cast: Tippi Hedren, Sean Connery, Diane Baker, Martin Gabel, Louise Latham, Bob Sweeney, Milton Selzer, Mariette Hartley, Alan Napier, Bruce Dern, Henry Beckman, S. John Launer, Edith Evanson, Meg Wyllie Director: Alfred Hitchcock Synopsis: Marnie Edgar is an ice-cold habitual thief. She uses her looks to gain the confidence of her employers, robs them, and changes her identity. Her only loves are her horse and her mother, although she has problems with the latter relationship. Marnie applies for a job at Mark Rutland's Philadelphia publishing company. Mark recognises her since he is a client of her last employer, but instead of turning her in, he decides to watch her.

Cast: Anthony Perkins, Janet Leigh, John Gavin, Vera Miles, John McIntire, Martin Balsam, Simon Oakland, Patricia Hitchcock Director: Alfred Hitchcock Synopsis: Office worker Marion Crane is fed up with the way life has treated her. One Friday Marion is entrusted with $40,000 to take to the bank. Seeing the opportunity to keep the money and start a new life, Marion leaves town. Tired after the long drive and caught in a storm, she gets off the main highway and pulls into The Bates Motel. The motel Manager Norman Bates oddly seems to be dominated by his mother.

Cast: James Stewart, Kim Novak, Henry Jones, Barbara Bel Geddes, Tom Helmore, Raymond Bailey, Ellen Corby, Lee Patrick, Konstantin Shayne Director: Alfred Hitchcock Synopsis: San Francisco police detective Scottie Fergusson (James Stewart) develops a fear of heights and is forced to retire when a colleague falls to his death during a chase. An old college friend hires Scottie to watch his wife Madeleine (Kim Novak) who has reportedly become possessed by her ancestor's spirit named Carlotta. Scottie follows her around San Francisco and is drawn to Madeleine and her obsession with death. He unwittingly becomes a figure in a complex plot, and is determined to discover the truth behind it all.