How The Hays Code Almost Ruined The Ending Of Alfred Hitchcock's Vertigo
The Hays Code nearly forced Alfred Hitchcock to include an additional scene that would've undermined Vertigo's incredibly evocative, tragic ending.
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The Hays Code nearly forced Alfred Hitchcock to include an additional scene that would've undermined Vertigo's incredibly evocative, tragic ending.
Coronado Island Film Festival invites you to venture into the weird and wondrous world of the late, great Alfred Hitchcock and his 1958 psychological thriller “Vertigo.” As part of its
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Vertigo, American psychological thriller film, released in 1958, that is considered one of director Alfred Hitchcock’s most complex movies. Although it received a lukewarm reception upon its release, Vertigo is now commonly ranked among the greatest movies ever made. (Read Alfred Hitchcock’s 1965 Britannica essay on film production.) Detective John (“Scottie”) Ferguson (played by James Stewart) has retired from the police force because he developed a paralyzing fear of heights after a rooftop chase that resulted in a colleague’s death. He comes out of retirement, however, at the beh...
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