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1. A woman is enjoying a shower when, suddenly, a figure lunges, stabbing her to death through the curtain. From which Alfred Hitchcock movie is this a memorable dramatic moment?

Answer: Psycho

Released in 1960, 'Psycho' stars Anthony Perkins, Janet Leigh and Vera Miles. As if the murder scene is not violent enough, the tension and horror are heightened by the shrieking violin accompaniment.
In the movie, Janet Leigh plays Marion Crane, a young office worker who runs away with $40,000 from her employer and drives across country to see her boyfriend. Tired from the drive, she stops off at the Bates Motel. She is greeted by Norman Bates (Perkins) who strikes her as being a nice young man, but little does she realise that his devotion to his mother is all-consuming. As she rests from her drive and takes a shower, an unidentified figure creeps into the bathroom and a sharp knife pierces the shower curtain, fatally wounding the young fugitive. More death follows as a Private Investigator (Martin Balsam) goes to the hotel seeking Marion. Eventually Marion's sister (played by Miles) goes to the hotel, and the true story of the Bates Hotel is revealed.
The 'shower scene' was placed at number 1 in a list of Hitchcock's most memorable movie scenes by film critics of 'The Times' in September 2008.

2. As a woman takes a break in a school playground, a lone crow watches her from a climbing frame. The crow is joined by another, then another, and another until the frame is covered by hundreds of them. In which Alfred Hitchcock movie is this scene a prelude to terror?

Answer: The Birds

'The Birds', released in 1963 and stars Tippi Hedren, Rod Taylor and Jessica Tandy. Melanie, a wealthy woman (played by Hedren) follows a man she has met (Taylor) to a small California seacoast town. She sneaks into his home and leaves two lovebirds as birthday present for his sister (Veronica Cartwright). On leaving, she is attacked by a seagull, the first of a series of attacks by the local bird population on Melanie and the people she associates with.

The 'climbing frame' scene was placed at number 9 in a list of Hitchcock's most memorable movie scenes by film critics of 'The Times' in September 2008.

3. A man confronts an enemy agent on top of one of America's most easily recognised tourist icons but the agent falls and dangles hundreds of feet in the air. The hero grabs him by the shirt sleeve and must surely pull him to safety, but the sleeve rips stitch by stitch... From which Alfred Hitchcock movie is this a memorable scene?

Answer: Saboteur

'Saboteur' was released in 1942 and the scene at the Statue of Liberty features Robert Cummings and Norman Lloyd.
This is the story of a Los Angeles aircraft factory worker (Cummings) who is wrongly accused of sabotage. He is determined to clear his name and follows the gang behind the attack all the way across America. He discovers that the gang are Fascists determined to bring America down. The final confrontation with the gang leader (Lloyd) takes place on one of New York's must easily-identifiable icons.
'The Statute of Liberty dangle' was placed at number 26 in a list of Hitchcock's most memorable movie scenes by film critics of 'The Times' in September 2008.

4. Which Alfred Hitchcock movie opens with a montage of a Canadian city at midnight showing streets deserted except for a lone figure of a man, and a series of signs that lead to an open window and a dead body?

Answer: I Confess

'I Confess' was made in 1953. The city is Quebec and the lone figure is played by Hitchcock. Montgomery Clift, Anne Baxter and Karl Malden lead the cast.
The movie tells of the almost-impossible position a Catholic priest (Clift) finds himself in after being falsely accused of murder. He knows who the real murderer is, but only because the killer admitted it in the sanctity of the confession box. The priest is acquitted at a trial, but few will believe him, and his only hope of recovering his reputation is if the real killer can be exposed by someone else who knows the truth.
The 'opening scene' was placed at number 47 in a list of Hitchcock's 50 most memorable movie scenes by film critics of 'The Times' in September 2008.

5. A man and a woman are chased across the presidents' heads at Mount Rushmore. They cling to the side and the man reaches out to pull the woman up and - suddenly - the scene shifts and he is actually pulling her into the upper bunk in a train's sleeping compartment. From which Alfred Hitchcock movie is this a scene?

Answer: North by Northwest

Cary Grant and Eva Marie Saint play the characters in the 1959 movie.
An innocent businessman (Grant) is mistaken for a secret agent and kidnapped. He is taken to meet the 'Mr Big' of the kidnap outfit (James Mason). He is unable to convince them they are wrong, and they decide to kill him by forcing drink on him and putting him behind the wheel of a car to go over a cliff. He recovers in time to escape and find refuge with the police. They, however, do not believe his story. His determination to clear his name takes him to the UN building in New York, where a man is killed. He goes on the run, picking up a beautiful accomplice (Eva Marie Saint) on the way. There then follows a cross-country chase - including that incredible scene in which Grant is chased by crop-dusting planes - before the final denouement.
The 'amazing denouement' was placed at number 11 in a list of Hitchcock's most memorable movie scenes by film critics of 'The Times' in September 2008.

6. A terrorist mastermind sends his brother-in-law on a cross-town bus with a timed bomb in a parcel. The audience knows it is a bomb, the character does not, The journey is delayed and, as the tension mounts, the bomb explodes killing the messenger and destroying the bus. From which Alfred Hitchcock movie is this a scene?

Answer: Sabotage

'Sabotage' was made in 1936 and stars Sylvia Sidney, Oskar Homolka and Desmond Tester.
It tells the story of a group of foreign saboteurs working in London, with their boss posing as a cinema manager. With the police on their trail, things start to go wrong when the boss (Homolka) sends his wife's brother (Tester) with a bomb intended for the underground. It explodes prematurely, killing him. The wife (Sidney) suspects her husband. He confesses and blames the police. Another death follows, but who, and does the killer get away with it? You'll have to watch the movie to find out.
The 'London bus bombing' was placed at number 22 in a list of Hitchcock's most memorable movie scenes by film critics of 'The Times' in September 2008.

7. A private detective realises that his new lover is implicated in the death of his former girlfriend. He takes her up a bell tower where she confesses. He is about to forgive her when a shadowy figure emerges and the woman, in her fear, falls from the tower to her death. In which Alfred Hitchcock movie is this a scene?

Answer: Vertigo

'Vertigo' was made in 1958 and stars James Stewart as the detective and Kim Novak as Judy, his lover.
This is the story of a cop (Stewart) forced to retire on medical grounds after he develops a fear of heights. Starting work as private detective, he is hired to follow a woman called Madeline (Novak). He falls for her and saves her life when she attempts suicide. Later, they visit a tower and she climbs up. He is unable to follow and watches her apparently fall to her death. As time goes by, he meets another woman, Judy, [also played by Novak] who has a strong resemblance to Madeline. He learns, though, that all is not as it seems, and she confesses the ghastly secret of what happened to Madeline. They begin a troubled relationship until that fateful and fatal moment on the tower ends it.
'Judy falls to her death' was placed at number 7 in a list of Hitchcock's most memorable movie scenes by film critics of 'The Times' in September 2008.

8. A fragile heiress is not feeling well, so her money-grabbing husband offers to bring her a glass of milk. The camera lingers on him as he slowly walks upstairs carrying a glass of possibly poisoned milk on a tray. From which Alfred Hitchcock movie is this a scene?

Answer: Suspicion

'Suspicion' was made in 1941 and stars Joan Fontaine and Cary Grant. Fontaine won a Best Actress Oscar for her performance.
It is the story of an heiress (Fontaine) who meets a playboy gambler (Grant). They fall in love and marry. Gradually she learns he is a crook and she suspects that he murdered a business partner and what's more, that she is his next intend victim. Although she can no longer trust him and she is filled with dread when he brings her a nighttime glass of milk, she drinks it - knowing full well he had been reading detective novels about poisoning.
The 'glass of milk scene' was placed at number 45 in a list of Hitchcock's most memorable movie scenes by film critics of 'The Times' in September 2008.

9. A greedy husband bribes a petty crook to kill his wealthy wife but the plan goes badly wrong when she grabs a pair of scissors and plunges them into the back of the would-be-killer. From which Alfred Hitchcock movie is this a scene?

Answer: Dial M For Murder

'Dial M For Murder' was released in 1954 and stars Ray Milland, Grace Kelly and, in this scene, Anthony Dawson.
An ex-tennis pro (Milland) discovers that his wife (Kelly) has had an affair. He hires a small-time crook (Dawson) to kill her. She survives, but the husband decides he can still turn it to his advantage by making it look as if the wife had a motive for cold-blooded murder. Her ex-lover (Robert Cummings) turns up and he must try to save her.
The 'Margot's murder is badly botched' scene was placed at number 19 in a list of Hitchcock's most memorable movie scenes by film critics of 'The Times' in September 2008.

10. A plane is shot down by a gunboat and the resulting crash is captured by a camera inside the cockpit that records the plane hitting the sea and slowly filling up with water. From which Alfred Hitchcock movie is this a scene?

Answer: Foreign Correspondent

'Foreign Correspondent' was released in 1940 and stars Herbert Marshall and Laraine Day.
When a reporter called Johnny Jones (Joel McCrea) is sent to Europe to investigate a mediation plot between two warring countries, he falls for the mediator's daughter (Laraine Day). When the mediator is apparently killed, Jones endeavours to find out why and who did it. He discovers that all is not as it seems, but his efforts to convince the authorities fail, and he and his new girl flee by plane, with enemies on their trail.
The 'plane crash scene' was placed at number 32 in a list of Hitchcock's most memorable movie scenes by film critics of 'The Times' in September 2008.

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Memorable Hitchcock Movie Moments: Reel 1 Quiz

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