"I've only seen the trailer,it looks like the master of suspense done it again."
--- WEBMASTER
Plot:
Hitchcock's classic about a woman and mass bird attacks that follow her around
isolated California community.
Hitchcock topped himself in 1960, basically inspiring all modern horror pictures with
PSYCHO, a new kind of fright flick never seen before. 3 years later, he made a foray
into the supernatural with THE BIRDS. If you have not seen the film and do not think a
bunch of gulls and sparrows can hold you in suspense, think again.The great thing about
a Hitchcock movie is that you always know you are about to enter a world where all is not
right.This 'world' usually involves an innocent man wrongly accused, eventually on the
run. The world of THE BIRDS has none of this. Nature has run amok and the characters,
paper-thin as they are, will go through a truly terrifying ordeal.
If you are claustrophobic,I would avoid THE BIRDS.Like Janet Leigh in the PSYCHO shower
scene, Tippi Hedren is caught in a phone booth in one of many tight situations,shot from
overhead. Otherwise, let Sir Alfred play you like a piano, like he so often has before!
Cast and Crew:
Directed by:
Alfred Hitchcock
Rod Taylor .... Mitch Brenner
Jessica Tandy .... Lydia Brenner
Suzanne Pleshette .... Annie Hayworth
Tippi Hedren .... Melanie Daniels
Veronica Cartwright .... Cathy Brenner
Ethel Griffies .... Mrs. Bundy
Charles McGraw .... Sebastian Sholes
Ruth McDevitt .... Mrs. MacGruder
Lonny Chapman .... Deke Carter
Joe Mantell .... Traveling Salesman
Doodles Weaver .... Fisherman
Malcolm Atterbury .... Al Malone
John McGovern .... Postal Clerk Karl Swenson .... Drunk
Richard Deacon .... Man in Elevator
Run Time: 119 minutes
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