The Birds: What You Need to Know:
Cast Dominated by Women
Rod Taylor as Mitch Brenner
Tippi Hedren as Melanie Daniels
Jessica Tandy as Lydia Brenner, mother of Mitch and Cathy
Veronica Cartwright as Cathy Brenner
Suzanne Pleshette as Annie Hayworth, school teacher
Ethel Griffies as Mrs. Bundy, ornithologist (studies birds)
Charles McGraw as Sebastian Sholes, fisherman
Lonny Chapman as Deke Carter, innkeeper
Karl Swenson as Christian preacher
Joe Mantell as Cynical Businessman
Ruth McDevitt as Mrs. MacGruder, owner of the bird shop
Malcolm Atterbury as Deputy Al Malone
Elizabeth Wilson as Helen Carter, Deke’s wife
Richard Deacon as Mitch’s neighbor in San Francisco
Hitchcock’s Cameo
Hitchcock makes his signature cameo appearance as a man walking dogs out of the pet shop at the beginning of the film. He exits the store as Melanie walks in, with his own Sealyham Terriers dogs, Geoffrey and Stanley.
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