Alfred Hitchcock based his 1939 film 'Jamaica Inn' and his 1940 film 'Rebecca' on novels by daphne du Maurier. He based his 1963 film 'The Birds' on one of her short stories.
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The movie Psycho was released in the year 1960, it was produced and directed by Alfred Hitchcock based on the novel Psycho by Robert Bloch. The movie starred: Anthony Perkins, Janet Leigh, Vera Miles.
John Steinbeck did NOT write a film script for Alfred Hitchcock. He wrote a treatment/story. The film script was written by Jo Swerling, In fact, Steinbeck was not happy with the film and wanted his name taken from the ads and promotion pieces. Herb Behrens
The 1955 romantic thriller movie "To Catch a Thief" was directed by Alfred Hitchcock from a screenplay by John Michael Hayes that was loosely based on a novel of the same name.
The character was based upon the eponymous character of Kurtz in Joseph Conrad's book "Heart of Darkness" .
The film Apocalypse Now is not based on any works of Joseph Conrad.
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The movie Psycho was released in the year 1960, it was produced and directed by Alfred Hitchcock based on the novel Psycho by Robert Bloch. The movie starred: Anthony Perkins, Janet Leigh, Vera Miles.
The 1963 film directed by the late great Alfred Hitchcock was loosley based on a short story "the birds" written by Daphne Du Maurier.
Alfred Hitchcock based the killer on Jack The Ripper, and because the Ripper was never caught, I don't think Hitchcock would have revealed his serial killer either.
There are many movies about killer bees, however Alfred Hitchcock did not direct any of them. Hitchcock did direct a movie called "The Birds" which could possibly be what you are thinking of and there are many movies about killer bees based off of this movie.
Robert silverberg wrote a novella based on Conrad's story and also called it 'The Secret Sharer.
It's from the book "Heart of Darkness" by Joseph Conrad. It's this book that the movie "Apocalypse Now" is based on.
The movie The Birds is actually based on the book The Birds by Alfred Hitchcock.
John Steinbeck did NOT write a film script for Alfred Hitchcock. He wrote a treatment/story. The film script was written by Jo Swerling, In fact, Steinbeck was not happy with the film and wanted his name taken from the ads and promotion pieces. Herb Behrens
No, "Lifeboat" was not based on a book written by John Steinbeck. The movie was directed by Alfred Hitchcock and written by John Steinbeck, but the screenplay was an original work by the author, not based on a pre-existing book.
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