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The Secret History Of Hollywood

The Adventures Of Alfred Hitchcock: Chapter 14

The Secret History Of Hollywood

Adam Roche

Film History, Tv & Film

4.81.4K Ratings

🗓️ 11 May 2025

⏱️ 45 minutes

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Summary

The success of Alfred Hitchcock Presents has led to an all-new television venture, and kicks off with a Hitchcock-directed courtroom drama with a diabolical twist. Elsewhere, Hitchcock's determination to create his very own movie star in the shape of Tippi Hedren has begun to take a most troubling turn... To become a patron of the show, and to unlock every single story, sign up now at ⁠⁠https://www.patreon.com/attaboysecret Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:41.9

slash ataboy secret or follow the link in the show notes of this episode. To alleviate his

0:48.5

growing tension during the post-production work on the birds, Hitchcock took a week-long break to film his final effort

0:55.6

for television. By now, the Alfred Hitchcock Presents television show had become so successful

1:02.0

that it had been transformed into the Alfred Hitchcock hour, now occupying 50 minutes of television

1:08.3

time instead of 26.

1:19.6

The tale was named I Saw the Whole Thing and starred John Forsyth as a mystery writer who's accused of causing a fatal accident.

1:28.3

Defending himself at a trial, he proves that each eyewitness only saw what he wanted to see and is exonerated. In the final moments, he reveals that he was not in fact driving the car.

1:33.3

It was being driven by his pregnant wife, and fearing for her condition, he'd taken the blame

1:38.3

on her behalf.

1:41.3

The entire shoot ended up taking only four days, and Hitchcock practically left the entire post-production

1:47.3

to the crew, so disinterested had he become. His eye had once again been taken by a lady. This time,

1:55.8

one of the co-stars of the episode, Claire Griswold, the young wife of soon-to-be renowned director, Sydney Pollock.

2:03.7

On the third day of filming, he'd taken her aside and insisted that she'd join him for a private

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