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Marnie (1964) was a Mystery - Romance Film directed by Alfred Hitchcock and produced by Alfred Hitchcock.

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Hitchcock discovery Hedren (The Birds, 1963) plays a repressed kleptomaniac with a hidden past and Connery the insurance investigator whose obsessions with her dark secrets are nearly as troubled. Hitchcock returns to the theme of sexual obsession seven years after Vertigo. This is a psychologically intriguing film that remains in the mind. Featuring a young Dern in an important small role, and one of Herrmann's finest scores.

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Book Review: Scripting Hitchcock: Psycho, The Birds, and Marnie

By Devon Powell on Jul 9, 2014 From Hitchcock Master

Publisher: University of Illinois Press Release Date: October 1, 2011 Nominated for an Edgar Allan Poe Award from the Mystery Writers of America in the category of Best Critical/Biographical, 2012. Walter Raubicheck and Walter Srebnick?s Scripting Hitchcock explores the collaborative process between... Read full article


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Quotes from

Lil Mainwaring: How do you take your tea, Miss Taylor?
Marnie Edgar: Usually with a cup of hot water and a tea bag.


Mark Rutland: Atlantic City opens for races at the end of the month. We could drive out there next Saturday...
Marnie Edgar: All right. Are you fond of horses?
Mark Rutland: No, not at all.


Mr. Rutland: The best thing for the inside of a man or a woman is the outside of a horse.


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Facts about

Rutland has a phone conversation with a private investigator named Boyle; the film's production designer was Robert F. Boyle.
Alfred Hitchcock and Tippi Hedren had a major falling-out during the filming and there was a rumor that by the end he directed her through intermediaries. Although Hedren admits the she and Hitchcock's friendship ended during shooting, she denies the rumor that he didn't finish directing the film.
The company created for copyright purposes for the film, "Geoffrey Stanley," was named after Hitchcock's pet dogs.
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