5 More Movies Shockingly Not Directed by Alfred Hitchcock | Hitchcock Month 2024

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Ever sit down and watch a movie that you could've sworn was directed by Alfred Hitchcock? Yeah, same. Today I'm highlighting 5 more movies that are worthy of the Hitchcock label in this annual series of recognizing "Hitchcockian" films not directed by Alfred Hitchcock.
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Bette Davis
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[@OuterGalaxyLounge]

Morituri is an excellent film that doesn't get mentioned often enough. Glad to see it in the discussion.

[@Geronimo_Jehoshaphat]

M (1931) - Fritz Lang Gaslight (1940) - Thorold Dickinson Gaslight (1944) - George Cukor Laura (1944) - Otto Preminger The Stranger (1946) - Orson Welles Cloak & Dagger (1946) - Fritz Lang A Place In The Sun (1951) - George Stevens Bad Day At Black Rock (1955) - John Sturges Peeping Tom (1960) - Michael Powell Charade (1963) - Stanley Donen Wait Until Dark (1967) - Terence Young Duel (1971) - Steven Spielberg Obsession (1976) - Brian de Palma

[@Radentstwo]

Witness for the Prosecution by Billy Wilder is heavily similar to Hitchcock works, which also stars Charles Laughton, with a top-tier performance. Others including Peeping Tom by Michael Powell and The Baby by Ted Post.

[@maplestreetmovies]

@@Radentstwo I’ve included Witness I believe in my 2022 video, which is linked at the end of the video. I’ve seen Peeping atom and I’ll add The Baby to my watchlist! Thank you!

[@michaelstill5184]

I can't see three of my favourites. Charade, where Cary Grant sends up North by North West, The Last Embrace, even though it wears its Hitchcock references too obviously and State Secret which copies the hero on the run trope but is so much better than Torn Curtain, which it slightly resembles.

[@maplestreetmovies]

@@michaelstill5184 I mentioned Charade in my first video of this series (linked at the end). Thanks for the other two recommendations!

[@dr.crowsworld]

I would also recommend watching Cast a Dark Shadow.(1955). That movie felt like Psycho at times with a Norman Bates type as the male lead. The Chalk Garden (1964) is a psychological thriller that feels like an Alfred Hitchcock because the cast is British, and the story is similar to the Alfred Hitchcock film, 'Marnie' (Hayley Mills and her father John Mills act together in this, and it was very entertaining to watch.) Key Largo is an under-appreciated thriller that I would recommend to anyone who likes Alfred Hitchcock movies as well because the set-up just sounds like something Alfred Hitchcock would do. A group of people stuck in a hotel during hurricane season on Key Largo with a mobster. The closest comparison to an Alfred Hitchcock film is probably 'Shadow of the Doubt'. Different story, but similar themes of being trapped with evil. Honestly, you could probably make this into a series!!

[@emellestan]

Great choices, I’m a huge Hitch fan but also love the films you’ve chosen - I don’t know the last one , I must watch it. Really like your presenting style

[@maplestreetmovies]

@@emellestan thank you so much! Means a lot! Would love to hear your thoughts on Morituri if you end up checking it out!

[@BeeDub57]

I recommend all of the following to fans of Hitchcock: Abandon Ship! (1957) The Bird with the Crystal Plumage (1970) The Bride Wore Black (1968) Bunny Lake is Missing (1965) The Butcher (1970) The Collector (1965) The Conversation (1974) Dark Passage (1947) Elevator to the Gallows (1955) Experiment in Terror (1962) Eyes Without a Face (1960) The Fallen Idol (1948) The Great Manhunt (1950) Jewel Thief (1967) Leave Her to Heaven (1945) The Lodger (1944) The Manchurian Candidate (1962) Play Misty for Me (1971) Portrait of Jennie (1948) Scream of Fear (1961) Sisters (1973) Sorry, Wrong Number (1948) Sudden Fear (1952) Too Late for Tears (1949) The Wages of Fear (1953)

[@Brigitte333]

Shock (1946) Dangerous Crossing (1953) On Dangerous Ground (1951) All three of these give me those Hitchcock vibes. Shock is one of my favorites, starring Vincent Price.

[@maplestreetmovies]

@@Brigitte333 thank you so much!

[@samharpershow]

Absolutely love your channel! Every video is 💎

[@maplestreetmovies]

@@samharpershow so kind of you, thank you my friend!

[@kaykutcher2103]

Raw Deal (1948) and Pushover (1954). Both protagonists are the villains of the story. Pushover is akin to his Rope experiment as it is mostly told in real time and Raw Deal has that dramatic group dynamics going on.

[@j.martinez8282]

While not fitting in with your "HitchNot" criteria per se, I would heartily add and recommend "The Silent Partner" from 1978. Directed by Daryl Duke and starring Elliott Gould, Christopher Plummer, a young John Candy and Susannah York, this very suspenseful, cat-and-mouse thriller is very much in the later Hitchcock style and has you on the edge of your seat until the last scene.

[@maplestreetmovies]

@@j.martinez8282 oooh thank you so much!

[@OuterGalaxyLounge]

I saw it in a theater at the time. It's great.

[@j.martinez8282]

@@OuterGalaxyLounge Yeah, one of my all-time faves.

[@isotopefeeney]

Extremely under-known gem. Anybody who's actually SEEN it appreciates just how good it is. Evidently (according to something I read online) it got buried by the studio as a tax write-off, got very limited distribution. Anyone following this thread should make an effort to check it out. You won't be disappointed. I got to see it in an actual movietheater (for the one week it ran!) based on a glowing review. Plummer (who evidently wanted to distance himself from his Sound Of Music candybox prince charming image, so purposely took edgier parts) is really disturbing as creepy badguy.

[@thomaskummer9968]

Nice video again❤ What about ,Midnight lace' with Doris Day?

[@maplestreetmovies]

@@thomaskummer9968 I checked that one out last year and I believe I included it in last year’s video as well! Linked at the end of this one :) thank you for watching!

[@thomaskummer9968]

​@@maplestreetmovies Thank you for this interesting Video, my friend 👍

[@jeffbassin630]

Bette Davis gave a performance in "The Letter" that certainly was Oscar-winning!

[@thomast.jensen8075]

The KZbin channel Moviewise declares in "How in the world isn't this film a classic?" that the movie "The Big Clock" (1948) by John Farrow is a true masterpiece that Hitchcock could have made. I have never seen it but the clips indicate a kind of hitcockian touch.

[@donbrown1284]

Excellent video -- you have a new subscriber in me. One low-budget film from the 40s has huge flaws but merits the "Hitchcockian" label -- DETOUR (1945).

[@maplestreetmovies]

@@donbrown1284 thank you Don!! Appreciate the recommendation! I’ve heard of that one but haven’t seen it.

[@donbrown1284]

@@maplestreetmovies In the public domain for years, you can watch it here. It was made for a nickel and a dime and it shows, but the performance by Ann Savage is a camp classic. Hitchcock's use of music as a leitmotif to link scenes is the most obvious throwback to his films in this case. THE THIRTY NINE STEPS, THE LADY VANISHES and STRANGERS ON A TRAIN use it most effectively. Enjoy! kzbin.info/www/bejne/qpLTZ2qBn8-Dq5o

[@donbrown1284]

@@maplestreetmovies This is fun AFTER you've watched the movie. 😂. kzbin.info/www/bejne/jZ7Lf5SsicyMetU

[@betterversionn]

the movie that feels MOST like a hitchocock film is Cape Fear. Did you include that on last year's video?

[@maplestreetmovies]

@@betterversionn yes :) it was either on last year’s or the year before, the videos are linked at the end of this one

[@Qred0122]

Taste of Fear (1961).

[@thomast.jensen8075]

"Homicidal" (1961) by William Castle is heavily inspired by "Psycho" (1960). Especially because of the transexual elements.

[@isotopefeeney]

Best part of this move for me = Wm. Castle onscreen intro, in which he purposely mispronounces the title as HOMO-cidal.

[@theprinceofsnj]

No Highway In The Sky is one of my favorites. Spoiler. The tail fell off.

[@frankbolger3969]

Not Charade? Very surprising.

[@maplestreetmovies]

@@frankbolger3969 please refer to my previous video: kzbin.info/www/bejne/bn2TemeCocZoY6Msi=VX3B5XQkMEYPsq1A

[@isotopefeeney]

One movie I expected to see on one of your Hitch-Not shoppinglists was Mr. Buddwing. James Garner wakes up on a park bench w. no memory, spends the whole movie (and 3 or 4 new instant girlfriends - - - it's GOOD to be James Garner) trying to figure out who the heck he is. I'm not recommending it, it's not a great movie; and (like in a lot of movies, including --- sacrilegious as it may be to say --- some Hitchcock efforts), when the payoff finally comes it is too wan and contrived to justify the previous 2 hours of perplexion. But the Spellbound amnesia vibe, plus James Garner playing a Cary Grant NxNW-type, give it the FEEL of something that Hitchcock might have done... if you didn't know who the actual director was (Delbert Mann, before anyone has to look it up).

[@sensitivedogs]

HITCHCOCK did not focus on the villains. So far the first two don't remind me of HITCHCOCK.

[@maplestreetmovies]

@@sensitivedogs 5 times he did: 1. Dial M for Murder 2. Psycho 3. Frenzy 4. Strangers on a Train 5. Shadow of a Doubt

[@hourofthewolf9159]

Rope?

[@AntonyRG1]

The Accused (1949) The Upturned Glass (1947) The Night Digger (1971) Term of Trial (1962) Return from the Ashes (1965) The October Man (1947) Time Without Pity (1957) The Naked Edge (1961) Wanted for Murder (1946) Dear Murderer (1947) Conflict (1945) Kiss the Blood Off My Hands (1948) The Night Visitor (1971) Scarlet Street (1945) The Last of Sheila (1973) Footsteps in the Fog (1955) Witness for the Prosecution (1957) The Big Clock (1948) The Boys (1962) Sorry, Wrong Number (1948) The Long Dark Hall (1951) So Long at the Fair (1950) Web of Evidence/Beyond This Place (1959) The Third Key/The Long Arm (1956) The Birthday Present (1957) Cast a Dark Shadow (1955) Across the Bridge (1957) 23 Paces to Baker Street (1956) The Wreck of the Mary Deare (1959) The Scapegoat (1959) For Them That Trespass (1949) The Walking Stick (1970) The Suspect (1944) Chase a Crooked Shadow (1958) Séance on a Wet Afternoon (1964) And Soon the Darkness (1970) Scandal Sheet (1952) The Collector (1965) Nowhere to Go (1958) Call Northside 777 (1958)

[@maplestreetmovies]

@@AntonyRG1 wooooow you’re amazing, thank you for giving me so much to work with!!