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- 1963
- Alfred Hitchcock
- 113 mins
- X
Summary
Classic horror starring Tippi Hedren and Rod Taylor. A chance meeting in a San Francisco pet shop impels wealthy playgirl Melanie Daniels to track down lawyer Mitch Brenner at his mother's home in Bodega Bay, 70 miles away. As a gift, she takes a pair of lovebirds with her. This seemingly innocuous act unleashes the forces of nature in an unexpected and terrifying way as Bodega Bay becomes prey to "the Birds".
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A star rating of 5 out of 5.
Alan Jones
A black comedy moonlighting as a genuinely unsettling, horrific allegory, this Hitchcock classic somehow strayed from favour for a while, yet in the realm of popular mythology it is now rivalled only by Vertigo or Psycho. Set in the remote California coastal town of Bodega Bay, the story concerns a small group of unsatisfied creatures. Two women and a young girl are all fixed on one man (Rod Taylor), and when a fourth (Tippi Hedren) arrives from San Francisco with a certain determination in her heart, a menacing populace of birds descends on the town, wreaking terror and havoc, right up until the film's inscrutable ending. But, as ever, Hitchcock is also having a laugh.
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rolenameMitch BrennerRod TaylorMelanie DanielsTippi HedrenLydia BrennerJessica TandyAnnie HayworthSuzanne PleshetteCathy BrennerVeronica CartwrightMrs BundyEthel GriffiesSebastian SholesCharles McGrawMrs MacGruderRuth McDevittTraveling salesmanJoe MantellHysterical womanDoreen LangDeputy Al MaloneMalcolm AtterburyDrunkKarl SwensonHelen CarterElizabeth WilsonDeke CarterLonny ChapmanFishermanDoodles WeaverPostal clerkJohn McGovernMan in elevatorRichard Deacon
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rolenameDirectorAlfred Hitchcock
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Theatrical distributor
Rank Film Dists Ltd
Languages
English | Latin
Guidance
Violence.
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video, DVD and Blu-ray
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Colour
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