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Alfred Hitchcock: The Legend Begins

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Brett Alan Dewing
Oct 06, 2013
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After watching Alfred Hitchcock's first 20 films, here is my ranking in order of preference, from the sublime The Lady Vanishes to the shipwreck of Jamaica Inn (which are ironically the two most recent, 1938 and '39 respectively).


  1. The Lady Vanishes

  2. Sabotage

  3. The Lodger

  4. The Farmer’s Wife

  5. The Man Who Knew Too Much (1934)

  6. The 39 Steps

  7. Secret Agent

  8. Rich and Strange

  9. D…

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