Hitchcock

American  

[hich-kok] / ˈhɪtʃ kɒk /

noun

1. Sir Alfred (Joseph), 1899–1980, U.S. film and television director and producer, born in England.

2. Thomas, Jr. Tommy, 1900–44, U.S. polo player.

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Hitchcock British  

/ ˈhɪtʃˌkɒk /

noun

1. Sir Alfred ( Joseph ). 1899–1980, English film director, noted for his mastery in creating suspense. His films include The Thirty-Nine Steps (1935), Rebecca (1940), Psycho (1960), and The Birds (1963)

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Hitchcock

He produced David Lynch’s 1980 drama “The Elephant Man,” while Alfred Hitchcock’s 1960 horror classic “Psycho” inevitably calls to mind Brooks’ 1977 Hitchcock spoof “High Anxiety.”

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 21, 2026

“A Century of Hitchcock” is “not a biography in the traditional sense,” writes Mr. Moral, the author of four previous books on Hitchcock.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 31, 2026

Audiences had accepted Hitchcock in the role he had created for himself.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 31, 2026

A romantic Hitchcock using lyrical camera movements in an atmospheric, haunting adaptation of Daphne du Maurier’s 1938 novel.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 31, 2026

Aside from their blinding brightness, there was another odd thing about Milton’s home movies: like Hitchcock, he always appeared in them.

From "Middlesex: A Novel" by Jeffrey Eugenides