British director of suspense thrillers who mastered the art of psychological horror, best exemplified by classics such as Psycho, Vertigo and Rear Window. I have reviewed 8 of his films on the site so far.
Rating: 3.5★
There's a moment in The 39 Steps where Robert Donat finds himself handcuffed to Madeleine Carroll and the pair have to navigate a Scottish hillside together, bickering and stumbling, and it's genuinely charming. It's also the moment that best captures what this film is:
Genre Drama
★★½ — Sabotage (1936)
Genre Mystery
★★★ — Rebecca (1940)
Genre Mystery
★★★½ — Vertigo (1958)
Genre Thriller
★★★★ — Dial M for Murder (1954)
Genre Thriller
★★★★ — Rear Window (1954)
Genre Thriller
★★★ — The Man Who Knew Too Much (1934)
Genre Horror
★★★½ — Psycho (1960)
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