1969, 2nd enlarged hardcover edition, reprint, Castle Books, NY. 204 pages. B&W stills throughout. The author contends that Hitchcock should be seen as a Shakespeare of cinema. With this in mind, he focuses on some sensationally good hours of cinema, 8 films in all, Strangers on a Train, Rear Window, Vertigo, North by Northwest, Psycho, The Birds, Marnie, and Torn Curtain. Other films from the master are briefly considered.
