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The Secret History Of Hollywood

The Adventures Of Alfred Hitchcock: Chapter 17

The Secret History Of Hollywood

Adam Roche

Film History, Tv & Film

4.81.4K Ratings

🗓️ 1 June 2025

⏱️ 34 minutes

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With his film career behind him, Alfred Hitchcock and Alma are learning to live once again. But Hollywood has not quite finished with them yet... 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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Throughout 1976 and early 1977, Hitchcock retreated to his home to be with Alma, who had

1:02.0

by now become the victim of several more minor strokes that had left her exhausted and weak.

1:08.0

The alarming and rapid deterioration of his companion caused Hitchcock to throw

1:12.6

his remaining energies into a project that he hoped would lift them both from their state of decay.

1:21.7

Calling in the services of writer David Freeman, he laid out plans for another movie to be entitled The Short Night,

1:30.3

an espionage thriller based on the real-life exploits of double agent George Blake.

1:36.3

Their work days began in the late morning when Freeman would arrive at Hitchcock's offices

1:43.3

and patiently await the director,

1:44.9

who would make his way with great difficulty and with the use of a cane to his chair, where

1:50.5

several hours of story planning would take place.

1:55.4

He wanted to talk generally about espionage and prison escapes, said Freeman, and his talk

2:00.6

was wide-ranging,

2:01.9

gossipy and reflective, and spiced with anecdotes about his past films and his past life.

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