Literary Tradition
Hitchcock Movies: Literary Source
Novel: 21
Play: 14
Story: 7
Original Script: 6
Theme/Idea: 2-3
Movies based on Novels (21)
Pleasure Garden, The
Manxman
39 Steps, The
Sabotage
Young and Innocent
Lady Vanishes, The
Jamaica Inn
Rebecca
Suspicion
Spellbound
Paradine Case, The
Under Capricorn
Strangers on a Train Rear Window
Rear Window
To Catch a Thief
Vertigo
Psycho
Marnie
Torn Curtain
Frenzy
Family Plot
Movies Based on Plays (14)
The Lodger
Downhill
Easy Virtue
Farmer’s Wife
Blackmail
June and the Peacock
Murder
Skin Game
Waltz of Vienna
Secret Agent
Rope
I Confess
Dial M for Murder
Number 17
Movies Based on Story (7)
Man Who Knew Too Much, The, 1934
Mr. and Mrs. Smith
Shadow of a Doubt
Lifeboat
Stage Fright
Man Who Knew Too Much, The, 1956
The Birds, 1963
Movies Based on Original Scripts (6)
Mountain Eagle
The Ring
Champagne
Foreign Correspondence
North by Northwest
Torn Curtain
Movie Based on Theme or Idea (2-3)
Pleasure Garden
The Lodger
The Ring
Downhill
Farmer’s Wife
Easy Virtue
Champagne
Blackmail
Manxman
Juno and Paycock
Murder!
Skin Game, The
Elstree Calling
Rich and Strong
Number 17
Walzes of Vienna
The Man Who Knew Too Much
The 39 Steps
Secret Agent
Sabotage
Young and Innocent:
The Lady Vanishes: Austria; London
Jamaica Inn: Cornwall, 1830s
Rebecca: Chateau; but film begins in the city
Foreign Correspondent: NYC
Mr. and Mrs. Smith: NYC
Suspicion:
Saboteur: LA to NYC
Shadow of a Doubt: Santa Rosa, CA
Lifeboat: WWII water
Spellbound:
Notorious: Miami, Florida, then Rio, Brazil
Paradine Case:
Rope: NYC (village)
Under Capricorn
Stage Fright: London
Strangers on Train: Washington DC; Maryland
I Confess: Quebec
Dial M: London
Rear Window: NYC, Village, 10th Street
To Catch a Thief: French Riviera
Trouble with Harry: Small Town
Man Who Knew Too Much, The: Morocco, then London (couple lives in Indianapolis)
Wrong Man: NYC
Vertigo: SF
North: NYC (Manhattan, Plaza Hotel), then Dakota (Mt. Rushmore)
Psycho: Phx, then CA
The Birds: SF, Bodega Bay, CA
Marnie: Pensylvania
Torn Curtain: Europe
Topaz: Paris, Cuba
Frenzy: London (Covent Garden)
Family Plot
