Sabotage (1936)

Sabotage (1936)

[7] Sylvia Sidney and Oskar Homolka star in this Alfred Hitchcock suspense yarn about a movie theater owner (Homolka) who is conspiring to set off a bomb in London. While a Scotland Yard detective (John Loder) tries to identify and arrest the…
Secret Agent (1936)

Secret Agent (1936)

[6] After the spirited spy hijinks of The 39 Steps, director Alfred Hitchcock followed up with another fun espionage adventure, Secret Agent, based on a pair of novels by W. Somerset Maugham. John Gielgud (Arthur) co-stars as a British novelist-turned-spy sent to…
The 39 Steps (1935)

The 39 Steps (1935)

[8] A Canadian man in London gives refuge to a female spy, but after she's knifed in the back he's accused of her murder. The only way to clear his name is to piece together the clues she left behind and prevent…
The Man Who Knew Too Much (1934)

The Man Who Knew Too Much (1934)

[7] After years of experimenting in various film genres, director Alfred Hitchcock finally committed to thrillers and suspense with his seventeenth feature, The Man Who Knew Too Much. A young teen girl (Nova Pilbeam) is kidnapped by spies after her parents (Leslie…
You and Me (1938)

You and Me (1938)

[7] Sylvia Sidney and George Raft star in this odd, romantic comedy from Fritz Lang (Fury, Metropolis). The two play ex-convicts who find gainful employment with a department store owner (Harry Carey) who believes in second chances. They fall in love and…
Waltzes from Vienna (1934)

Waltzes from Vienna (1934)

[6] Waltzes from Vienna, or Strauss' Great Waltz as it was retitled in America, is perhaps Alfred Hitchcock's least popular film, and one the director regarded as one of the lowest ebbs in his career. While it certainly falls outside the director's…
Number 17 (1932)

Number 17 (1932)

[5] In one of Alfred Hitchcock's weirdest movies, several characters converge at an empty house in the middle of the night. One character may or may not be a police detective, others may or may not be crooks. Only a Cockney tramp…
Rich and Strange (1931)

Rich and Strange (1931)

[5] This early Alfred Hitchcock movie certainly lives up to the latter half of its title. Henry Kendall and Joan Barry play Fred and Emily Hill, a bored suburban couple from London who are thrilled to receive an inheritance that allows them…
The Skin Game (1931)

The Skin Game (1931)

[5] In this middling, early Alfred Hitchcock film, the aristocratic Hillcrist family battles with the industrialist Hornblower family over a plot of land in a small English village. The Hornblowers want to build a factory and erect unsightly smoke stacks, while the…
Murder! (1930)

Murder! (1930)

[4] In this early Alfred Hitchcock film, an actress (Diana Baring) is found in a fugue state next to a bloody fire poker and a murdered acquaintance. She's sentenced to death for a crime she doesn't remember committing, but a skeptical juror…