Rear Window/The Birds/Vertigo

Triple bill Hitchcock compilation gives three of the best from the master of suspense. In 'Rear Window' (1954) Hitchcock playfully explores the role of the voyeur. After breaking his leg during a shoot, photo-journalist L.B. 'Jeff' Jeffries (James Stewart) is forced to spend a humid summer recuperating in his Greenwich Village apartment, peeping at his neighbours. His society girlfriend Lisa (Grace Kelly) is exasperated and then alarmed when Jeff becomes obsessed with the notion that he's seen a murder. In 'The Birds' (1963) spoiled socialite Melanie Daniels (Tippi Hedren) pursues lawyer Mitch Brenner (Rod Taylor) to his Bodega Bay home after they meet in a bird shop. Melanie sails across the bay to deliver the gift of a lovebird to Mitch's young sister, only to be attacked by a gull on her way back. Soon random attacks on humans are taking place all over as birds of all varieties mass in their thousands overhead. 'Vertigo' (1958) is the classic study in obsession. After his fear of heights indirectly causes the death of a colleague, 'Frisco cop Scottie (James Stewart) retires. He's subsequently hired by magnate Gavin Elster to follow his wife, Madeleine (Kim Novak), as Elster fears for her life. Scottie becomes bewitched by Madeleine, falling in love with her after saving her from a suicide attempt. Then, when Scottie's vertigo prevents him saving Madeleine a second time he becomes obsessed with recreating the dead woman's image.

Director: Alfred Hitchcock
Producer: Alfred Hitchcock
Writer: John Michael Hayes
Writer: Evan Hunter
Producer: Herbert Coleman
Music: Franz Waxman
Costumes: Edith Head
Cinematographer: Robert Burks
Writer: Alec Coppel
Actor: James Stewart
Writer: Samuel Taylor
Actor: Grace Kelly
Special FX A/V: Lawrence A. Hampton
Music: Bernard Herrmann
Actor: Wendell Corey
Actor: Thelma Ritter
Actor: Tippi Hedren
Actor: Kim Novak
Actor: Barbara Bel Geddes
Actor: Tom Helmore
Actor: Henry Jones
Actor: Raymond Bailey
Actor: Raymond Burr
Actor: Rod Taylor
Actor: Paul Bryar
Actor: Judith Evelyn
Actor: Suzanne Pleshette
Actor: Ellen Corby
Actor: Ross Bagdasarian
Actor: Jessica Tandy
Actor: Mollie Dodd
Actor: Georgine Darcy
Actor: Veronica Cartwright
Actor: Fred Graham
Actor: Sara Berner
Actor: Ethel Griffies
Actor: Lee Patrick
Actor: Frank Cady
Actor: Charles McGraw
Actor: Julian Petruzzi
Actor: Harris Davenport
Actor: Ruth McDevitt
Actor: William Remick
Actor: Marla English
Actor: Joe Mantell
Actor: Konstantin Shayne
Actor: Jesslyn Fax
Actor: Doodles Weaver
Actor: Sara Taft
Actor: Alan Lee
Actor: Irene Winston