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Robert Burks

Robert Burks, A.S.C. (4 July 1909 – 13 May 1968) was an American cinematographer known for being proficient in virtually every genre and equally at home with black-and-white or color. Burks began his career as a special effects technician in the late 1930s before becoming a director of photography...
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North by Northwest

North by Northwest is a 1959 American suspense film directed by Alfred Hitchcock, starring Cary Grant, Eva Marie Saint and James Mason, and featuring Leo G. Carroll and Martin Landau. The screenplay was written by Ernest Lehman, who wanted to write ...

Initial release date:

  • 1959

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Runtime:

  • 136 min (81.6 hs )

Estimated budget:

  • 4,000,000 (US$)

Screenplay by:

Rear Window

Rear Window is a 1954 suspense film directed by Alfred Hitchcock, written by John Michael Hayes based on Cornell Woolrich's 1942 short story "It Had to Be Murder". It stars James Stewart as photographer L. B. "Jeff" Jefferies, who spies on his...

Initial release date:

  • 1954

Directed by:

Runtime:

  • 112 min (67.2 hs )

Estimated budget:

  • 2,000,000 (US$)

Produced by:

Screenplay by:

Vertigo

Vertigo is a 1958 American psychological thriller directed by Alfred Hitchcock and starring James Stewart, Kim Novak and Barbara Bel Geddes. The film was written by Alec Coppel and Samuel A. Taylor and based on a novel by Boileau-Narcejac. In the...

Initial release date:

  • 1958

Directed by:

Runtime:

  • 128 min (76.8 hs )

Estimated budget:

  • 2,479,000 (US$)

Produced by:

Dial M for Murder

Dial M for Murder (1954) is a thriller film directed by Alfred Hitchcock starring Grace Kelly, Ray Milland and Robert Cummings and released by Warner Brothers. The film was based on the almost identical stage play of the same title by English...

Initial release date:

  • May 29, 1954

Directed by:

Runtime:

  • 105 min (63 hs )

Estimated budget:

  • 1,400,000 (US$)

Screenplay by:

To Catch a Thief

To Catch a Thief (1955) is a romantic thriller directed by Alfred Hitchcock and starring Cary Grant, Grace Kelly, Jessie Royce Landis and John Williams. The movie is set on the French Riviera, and was based on the 1952 novel of the same name by...

Initial release date:

  • Aug 5, 1955

Directed by:

Runtime:

  • 106 min (63.6 hs )

Produced by:

Marnie

Marnie (1964) is a psychological thriller directed by Alfred Hitchcock and based on the novel of the same name by Winston Graham. The film stars Tippi Hedren and Sean Connery. The original film score was composed by Bernard Herrmann. Marnie Edgar ...

Initial release date:

  • 1964

Directed by:

Runtime:

  • 130 min (78 hs )

Produced by:

The Birds

The Birds (1963) is a suspense film directed by Alfred Hitchcock based on the 1952 novella The Birds by Daphne du Maurier. It depicts a small town in the San Francisco Bay Area which is, suddenly and for unexplained reasons, the subject of a series...

Initial release date:

  • 1963

Directed by:

Runtime:

  • 119 min (71.4 hs )

Estimated budget:

  • 2,500,000 (US$)

Produced by:

Screenplay by:

The Trouble with Harry

The Trouble with Harry is an American black comedy film directed by Alfred Hitchcock, based on the novel by Jack Trevor Story. It was released in the United States on October 3, 1955 then rereleased once the rights were acquired by Universal...

Initial release date:

  • 1955

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Runtime:

  • 99 min (59 hs )

Produced by:

I Confess

I Confess (1953) is a film directed by Alfred Hitchcock. It stars Montgomery Clift as Fr. Michael William Logan, a Catholic priest, Anne Baxter as Ruth Grandfort, and Karl Malden as Inspector Larrue. This was the only film Hitchcock made with these...

Initial release date:

  • Mar 22, 1953

Directed by:

Runtime:

  • 95 min (57 hs )

Produced by:

The Wrong Man

The Wrong Man is a 1956 film by Alfred Hitchcock which stars Henry Fonda and Vera Miles. The film is based on a true story of an innocent man charged for a crime he did not commit, even though witnesses swear he is guilty. The story was based on the...

Initial release date:

  • 1956

Directed by:

Runtime:

  • 105 min (63 hs )

Produced by:

The Enforcer

The Enforcer is a black-and-white 1951 film noir starring Humphrey Bogart. Based on the Murder, Inc. trials, the film is largely a police procedural directed by Bretaigne Windust with uncredited help from Raoul Walsh, who shot most of the film's...

Initial release date:

  • Jan 25, 1951

Runtime:

  • 87 min (52 hs )

Screenplay by:

Beyond the Forest

Beyond the Forest (1949) is an American film, representative of the film noir genre. Rosa is the neglected wife of a small-town doctor. She grows bored and becomes infatuated with a visiting Chicago businessman. She extorts money from her husband's...

Initial release date:

  • Oct 21, 1949

Directed by:

Runtime:

  • 97 min (58 hs )

Produced by:

Screenplay by:

Task Force

Task Force is a military film made in 1949 Black and White and Color (Technicolor) about the development of U.S. aircraft carriers from the USS Langley (CV-1) to the USS Franklin (CV-13). The film stars Gary Cooper, Jane Wyatt, Walter Brennan, Wayne...

Initial release date:

  • 1949

Directed by:

Runtime:

  • 116 min (69.6 hs )

Produced by:

Hondo

Hondo is a 1953 3-D western film starring John Wayne. It is somewhat a retelling of Hamlet, in that Hondo kills a young boy's father, marries the boy's mother, and becomes a father figure for the boy. The screenplay is based on the novel by the same...

Initial release date:

  • Nov 27, 1953

Directed by:

Runtime:

  • 84 min (50 hs )

Produced by:

Screenplay by:

The Music Man

The Music Man is a 1962 film musical starring Robert Preston as Harold Hill and Shirley Jones as Marian Paroo. The film is based on the 1957 Broadway musical of the same name by Meredith Willson. The film was one of the biggest hits of the year and...

Initial release date:

  • Jun 19, 1962

Directed by:

Rating:

G (USA)

Runtime:

  • 151 min (90.6 hs )

The Fountainhead

The Fountainhead is a 1949 American drama film based on the best-seller book of the same name by Ayn Rand The movie stars Gary Cooper as Howard Roark, Patricia Neal as Dominique Francon, Raymond Massey as Gail Wynand, Robert Douglas as Ellsworth...

Initial release date:

  • 1949

Directed by:

Runtime:

  • 114 min (68.4 hs )

Produced by:

Screenplay by:

The Vagabond King

The Vagabond King is a 1956 musical film remake of the 1925 operetta The Vagabond King by Rudolf Friml. It starred Kathryn Grayson and Oreste Kirkop , with early roles for Rita Moreno and Leslie Nielsen. Cedric Hardwicke played a notable supporting...

Initial release date:

  • Aug 29, 1956

Directed by:

Runtime:

  • 86 min (52 hs )
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