Hitchcock, Alfred 1899-1980

Vertigo ( Visual )
95 editions published between 1958 and 2010 in 8 languages and held by 2,546 libraries worldwide
Scottie Ferguson, a San Francisco police detective is forced to retire when a freak accident gives him a severe case of acrophobia. Ferguson is hired by a rich shipbuilder to follow his wife who is behaving suspiciously and might be planning suicide. He falls in love with her, she is later murdered and Ferguson becomes demonic in his desire to re-create her in another woman.

The birds ( Visual )
55 editions published between 1962 and 2006 in 4 languages and held by 2,254 libraries worldwide
When Melanie Daniels rolls into Bodega Bay in pursuit of eligible bachelor Mitch Brenner, the small California town is inexplicably attacked by thousands of birds.

Alfred Hitchcock's North by northwest ( Visual )
12 editions published between 1982 and 2010 in English and held by 2,180 libraries worldwide
Enemy agents mistake a New York City advertising executive for an American spy.

Alfred Hitchcock's rear window ( Visual )
15 editions published between 1984 and 2008 in English and held by 2,132 libraries worldwide
As a photographer with a broken leg, Stewart takes up the fine art of spying on his Greenwich Village neighbors during a summer heat wave. Things really begin to get hot when he suspects a salesman may have murdered his nagging wife and buried the body in a flower garden. He actively enlists the help of his girlfriend to investigate the highly suspicious chain of events. Events that ultimately lead to one of the most memorable and gripping endings in film history.

Hitchcock by François Truffaut ( Book )
87 editions published between 1966 and 2010 in 14 languages and held by 1,975 libraries worldwide
Entretien qui modifia l'opinion des critiques américains même si le célèbre cinéaste était au sommet de sa créativité et de son succès dans les années 1950 et 1960. [SDM].

The man who knew too much ( Visual )
182 editions published between 1934 and 2011 in 7 languages and held by 1,704 libraries worldwide
Story of an Englishman touring Morocco with his wife and child who accidentally becomes involved in an anarchist plot to assassinate a foreign diplomat in London.

Alfred Hitchcock's Psycho ( Visual )
10 editions published between 1960 and 2008 in English and held by 1,687 libraries worldwide
Horror melodrama in which a woman disappears after spending the night in an isolated motel which adjoins an eerie Victorian mansion, inhabited by a disturbed young man and his mother.

The lady vanishes ( Visual )
170 editions published between 1938 and 2011 in 5 languages and held by 1,626 libraries worldwide
A young woman on a train, enroute back to England from Switzerland, meets a charming older lady who promptly disappears. The other passengers deny ever having seen her, leading the young woman into a complex web of mystery and high adventure.

Rebecca ( Visual )
97 editions published between 1940 and 2009 in 6 languages and held by 1,607 libraries worldwide
A young bride is brought by her new husband to his manor house in England. There she finds that the memory of her husband's first wife haunts her, and she tries to discover the secret of that mysterious woman's death.

North by Northwest ( Visual )
79 editions published between 1959 and 2009 in 8 languages and held by 1,449 libraries worldwide
A chase thriller in which a businessman is mistaken for a spy.