Sardonic Shockers Selected by Alfred Hitchcock... The not so gentle man who knows all the angles (especially the sharp ones) and all the ropes (the hanging kind). From his deep-freeze of ingenious chillers—incredible only to the unimaginative and horrifyingly real to the shrewd and daring—the following fourteen tales of intrigue were cunningly chosen to startle as well as satisfy, while above all holding you in the clammy grasp of... SUSPENSE Contents The Birds by Daphne du Maurier Man with a Problem by Donald Honig They Bite by Anthony Boucher The Enemy by Charlotte Armstrong The Inexperienced Ghost by H.G. Wells Sentence of Death by Thomas Walsh Spring Fever by Dorothy Salisbury Davis The Crate at Outpost 1 by Matthew Gant My Unfair Lady by Guy Cullingford New Murders for Old by Carter Dickson Terrified by C.B. Gilford The Duel by Joan Vatsek Four O'Clock by Price Day Too Many Coincidences by Paul Eiden
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Sir Alfred Joseph Hitchcock KBE (1899-1980) was an iconic and highly influential film director and producer, who pioneered many techniques in the suspense and thriller genres. Following a very substantial career in his native Britain in both silent films and talkies, Hitchcock moved to Hollywood and became an American citizen with dual nationality in 1956, thus he also remained a British subject. Hitchcock directed more than fifty feature films in a career which spanned six decades, from the silent film era, through the invention of sound films, and far into the era of colour films. For a complete list of his films, see Alfred Hitchcock filmography. Hitchcock was among the most consistently recognizable directors to the general public, and was one of the most successful film directors during his lifetime. He continues to be one of the best known and most popular filmmakers of all time.
