The Adventures Of Alfred Hitchcock: Chapter 9

The Secret History Of Hollywood

Adam Roche

Film History, Tv & Film

4.8 • 1.4K Ratings

🗓️ 8 April 2025

⏱️ 50 minutes

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In this episode, Hitchcock enters that most dangerous of territories - the remake... And alongside this, hear the curious tale of one of the most mysterious actors to have ever appeared in a Hollywood movie... 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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0:47.6	When filming began on to catch a thief in May of 1954, it was very much a party atmosphere.
0:56.0	Hitchcock and Alma were squarely in holiday mode.
0:58.7	John Michael Hayes and Carrie Grant would go for drives in between takes.
1:03.6	Alma, Grace Kelly and Jesse Royce Landis, who'd been cast as Kelly's mother in the film,
1:08.9	would spend long afternoons at the beach or in the boutiques.
1:13.3	And the ever-dependable John Williams,
1:15.9	who'd been brought back from Dialem for Murder,
1:18.3	shared many a gastronomic afternoon with Hitchcock
1:21.0	in the restaurants of Cannes and niece.
1:40.9	The entire company took up residence at the Carlton Hotel in Cannes, and a generous amount of time was taken up by not only shooting the location footage for the film, but by enjoying the dazzling Riviera atmosphere.
1:50.0	Hitchcock was particularly amused by the over-politeness of the largely French cast and crew.
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