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Following a very substantial career in his native Britain in both silent films and talkies, Hitchcock moved to Hollywood and became an American citizen with dual nationality in 1956, thus he also remained a British subject.

Hitchcock directed more than fifty feature films in a career which spanned six decades, from the silent film era, through the invention of sound films, and far into the era of colour films. For a complete list of his films, see Alfred Hitchcock filmography.

Hitchcock was among the most consistently recognizable directors to the general public, and was one of the most successful film directors during his lifetime. He continues to be one of the best known and most popular filmmakers of all time.
]]> male Leytonstone, London, England 1899/08/13 1980/04/29 393601 0671604295 9780671604295 45 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1174409753m/393601.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1174409753s/393601.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/393601.Hitchcock_Truffaut 4.51 353 Rear Window ("I was feeling very creative at the time, the batteries were well charged"), his technical insight into Psycho's shower scene ("the knife never touched the body; it was all done in the [editing]"), and his ruminations on flops such as Under Capricorn ("If I were to make another picture in Australia today, I'd have a policeman hop into the pocket of a kangaroo and yell 'Follow that car!'"). This is one of the most delightful film books in print. --Raphael Shargel]]> 9420 3.98 1219 147 30022 4.37 621 67 1967 485558 0394412311 9780394412313 6 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1228577395m/485558.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1228577395s/485558.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/485558.Alfred_Hitchcock_Presents_Stories_That_Scared_Even_Me 3.98 50 Out of the Deeps, and 24 short stories by American or British authors, all written in the 20th century. Authors represented include T. H. White, Donald E. Westlake, Theodore Sturgeon, Thomas M. Disch, Ellis Peters, E. Phillips Oppenheim, Margaret St. Clair, Algis Budrys, and Gerald Kersh.]]> 9420 3.98 1219 147 36332 3.83 5158 468 453020 3.91 56 6 620801 4.10 245 28 50291 3.66 4266 175 67370 3.87 102 14 29998 3.75 1364 189 2911851 4.04 82 11 4046 3.97 11090 564 242857 3.94 254 28 2880815 3.97 95 9 426944 4.00 11746 977 12531 4.04 2618 246 533804 3.96 56 8 587740 3.93 57 7 3136485 3.98 50 6 30953 3.83 4485 543 109116 4.03 417 49 12539 3.88 223 30 172003 3.99 70 9 38689 3.68 109 17 126802 4.03 115 13 54469 4.07 202 30 23000 3.92 1862 129 86893 3.88 148 27 23001 3.90 4722 350 1967 87571 0394412273 9780394412276 3 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1254711132m/87571.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1254711132s/87571.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/87571.Alfred_Hitchcock_Presents_Stories_Not_for_the_Nervous 4.00 44 A Brief Message From Our Sponsor

The title of this volume is Stories Not for the Nervous. There are those who will argue that this title could apply to any of the various tomes of terror, sagas of suspense, or groupings of grue which I have, from time to time, gathered together for the delectation of my readers. And indeed the point is well taken.

For I am not a man to cater to the nervous. If you are in the habit of chewing your fingernails, jumping from your chair when a door slams, or swooning when someone playfully shouts "Boo!" in your ear, I have only two words of advice--pass on.

If, however, you have nerves which are under good control, nerves which are pleasantly tickled by a touch of terror or agreeably stimulated by a soupçon of suspense, then I invite you to join me.

Take a seat, any seat, and start wherever you wish. Break for an intermission whenever you choose and return when you are ready. Informality rules in your enjoyment of this smörgåsbord of stories. There is, I think, something for every taste.

Except, that is, for the nervous.

And now my sixty seconds are up.

-Alfred Hitchcock

In this collection:

"To the Future" by Ray Bradbury
"River of Riches" by Gerald Kersh
"Levitation" by Joseph Payne Brennan
"Miss Winters and the Wind" by Christine Noble Govan
"View from the Terrace" by Mike Marmer
"The Man with Copper Fingers" by Dorothy L. Sayers
"The Twenty Friends of William Shaw" by Raymond E. Banks
"The Other Hangman" by Carter Dickson
"Don't Look Behind You" by Fredric Brown
"No Bath for the Browns" by Margot Bennet
"The Uninvited" by Michael Gilbert
"Dune Roller" by Julian May
"Something Short of Murder" by Henry Slesar
"The Golden Girl" by Ellis Peters
"The Boy Who Predicted Earthquakes" by Margaret St. Clair
"Walking Alone" by Miriam Allen deFord
"For All the Rude People" by Jack Ritchie
"The Dog Died First" by Bruno Fischer
"Room with a View" by Hal Dresner
"Lemmings" by Richard Matheson
"White Goddess" by Idris Seabright
"The Substance of Martyrs" by William Sambrot
"Call for Help" by Robert Arthur
"Sorry, Wrong Number" by Lucille Fletcher and Allan Ullman]]> 9420 3.98 1219 147 75528 3.87 55 5 2359233 4.00 46 4 239740 4.06 47 3 131375 3.61 274 28 51503 4.02 873 103 312921 4.00 44 3 146739 3.81 195 20 12539 3.88 223 30 4046 3.97 11090 564 242857 3.94 254 28 126802 4.03 115 13 2359231 4.00 46 4 99538 4.01 87 7 824087 4.00 51 5 8726 3.80 15962 2595 3028562 4.00 44 3 2880815 3.97 95 9 50291 3.66 4266 175 23284 3.79 4674 190 297606 3.95 63 7 8734 3.96 18836 1550 1630 3.92 149369 7561 54469 4.07 202 30 20597 4.07 74 7 1895193 3.91 109 11 1965 774548 0394413466 9780394413464 3 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1259256677m/774548.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1259256677s/774548.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/774548.Alfred_Hitchcock_Presents_Stories_for_Late_at_Night 4.00 42 The Iron Gates (1945) by Margaret Millar. Other authors represented include William Hope Hodgson, Frank Belknap Long, Evelyn Waugh, Ray Bradbury, M. R. James, Roald Dahl, John Collier, C. L. Moore, and Jerome Bixby.]]> 9420 3.98 1219 147 1961 80140 0883657104 9780883657102 7 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1170978691m/80140.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1170978691s/80140.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/80140.Tales_of_Terror_58_Short_Stories_Chosen_by_the_Master_of_Suspense 3.88 43 </div>]]> 9420 3.98 1219 147 2004 696336 0440149495 9780440149491 0 http://www.goodreads.com/images/nocover-111x148.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/images/nocover-60x80.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/696336.Alfred_Hitchcock_Presents_Stories_to_Be_Read_With_the_Lights_on 4.21 33 Contents:
Alfred Hitchcock, Introduction
Mary Barrett, Death Out of Season
Fredric Brown, Witness in the Dark
Robert Colby, Shadows on the Road
Zena Collier, Mr. Mappin Forecloses
Ron Goulart, Granny
Roald Dahl, The Landlady
Harold R. Daniels, Three Ways to Rob a Bank
Miriam Allen deFord, No Loose Ends
James Gores, Pin Money
Robert J. Higgins, Social Climber
Edward D. Hoch, I'd Know You Anywhere
John Keefauver, The Pile of Sand
Warner Law, Payoff on Double Zero
Dana Lyon, The Bitter Years
Dee Stuart, Man's Best Friend
William P. McGivern, Killer on the Turnpike
Robert McGrath, Payment Received
Barry N. Malzberg, Agony Column
Rose Million Healey, Guessing Game
Harold Q. Masur, The $2,000,000 Defense
Berkely Mather, The Man in the Well
Ardath Mayhar, Crawfish
William F. Nolan, The Strange Case of Mr. Pruyn
David Montross, Ludmila
Al Nussbaum, The One Who Got Away
Bill Pronzini, It's a Lousy World
Joan Richter, Only So Much to Reveal
Jack Ritchie, Who's Got the Lady?
Harold Rolseth, Hey You Down There
William Sambrot, Too Many Sharks
Nancy C. Swoboda, Christopher Frame
Paul Theridion, Obituary
Jeffrey M. Wallmann, Random Demand
Betty Ren Wright, The Mother Goose Madman
Waldo Carlton Wright, The Green Fly and the Box
Mitsu Yamamoto, The Blue Rug]]> 9420 3.98 1219 147 1973 87607 0394473035 9780394473031 1 http://www.goodreads.com/images/nocover-111x148.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/images/nocover-60x80.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/87607.Alfred_Hitchcock_Presents_Stories_to_Stay_Awake_By 4.19 26 9420 3.98 1219 147 1971 677560 034024268X 9780340242681 2 http://www.goodreads.com/images/nocover-111x148.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/images/nocover-60x80.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/677560.Alfred_Hitchcock_Presents_Stories_to_Be_Read_with_the_Door_Locked 4.20 25 9420 3.98 1219 147 1975 87609 0394412168 9780394412160 1 http://www.goodreads.com/images/nocover-111x148.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/images/nocover-60x80.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/87609.Alfred_Hitchcock_Presents_Stories_That_Go_Bump_in_the_Night 3.96 25 9420 3.98 1219 147 1940 15080 0883656442 9780883656440 3 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1166669915m/15080.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1166669915s/15080.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/15080.The_Best_of_Mystery_63_Short_Stories_Chosen_by_the_Master_of_Suspense 3.57 23 ]]> 9420 3.98 1219 147 1980