classic & typical hitchcock

Rating: 9/10 (11 March 2011)

This was one of Hitchcock's best. It was also one of his typical films-a am is framed for a crime (read:murder) and trapped by the circumstantial and other evidence. There were several classic scenes in this movie, like the chase scene on Mount Rushmore, the diner scene (watch for the little kid to plug his ears BEFORE Eva Marie Saint reaches into her purse pulls out her gun and shoots Cary Grant-classic mistake in a classic scene in a classic film), and the crop duster chase scene. I loved it when they dumped alcohol into him, made him drive, and when he returned they hid and staged everything. Pierce Brosnan referred to this in Remington Steele. Watch for Hitchcock's cameo at the very beginning. This was representative as to how Hitchcock did his films and how good filmmaking should be done, even if the camera-work and other stuff is obviously severely outdated. You will love this movie.
**** out of ****