# |
Year |
Title |
Genre |
Mins
into film |
1 |
1926 |
The
Lodger |
Seated at a desk in a newsroom. |
3 |
2 |
1926 |
The
Lodger |
Wearing
a grey cap and leaning against an iron railing as a member
of a crowd watching an arrest. |
92 |
3 |
1927 |
Easy
Virtue |
Walking
past a tennis court with a walking stick. |
15 |
4 |
1929 |
Blackmail |
Reading
a book on the subway as a small boy annoys him. |
11 |
5 |
1930 |
Murder! |
Passing
the house of the murder scene. |
60 |
6 |
1935 |
The
39 Steps |
Littering
outside a theatre. |
7 |
7 |
1937 |
Young
and Innocent |
A
photographer outside the courthouse. |
15 |
8 |
1938 |
The
Lady Vanishes |
In
Victoria Station, wearing a black coat and smoking. |
90 |
9 |
1940 |
Rebecca |
Passing
the call box after the scene where George Sanders' makes his
call. |
123 |
10 |
1940 |
Foreign
Correspondent |
Outside
the hotel, walking towards the camera, reading a newspaper
and wearing a coat. |
11 |
11 |
1941 |
Mr.
& Mrs. Smith |
Passing
Robert Montgomery in front of his building. |
41 |
12 |
1941 |
Suspicion |
Posting
a letter at the village letterbox. |
45 |
13 |
1942 |
Saboteur |
In
front of the window of the shop 'Cut Rate Drugs'. |
60 |
14 |
1943 |
Shadow
of a Doubt |
Playing
cards on the train to Santa Rosa. |
17 |
15 |
1944 |
Lifeboat |
Pictures
of the model in the 'before' and 'after' advertisement for
'Reduco Obesity Slayer' in the newspaper being read by Gus. |
25 |
16 |
1945 |
Spellbound |
Leaving
the lift of the Empire Hotel, carrying a violin case and smoking. |
36 |
17 |
1946 |
Notorious |
Drinking
champagne and quickly leaving the party at Claude Rain's mansion. |
64 |
18 |
1947 |
The
Paradine Case |
Leaving
the train at Cumberland Station, carrying a cello. |
36 |
19 |
1948 |
Rope |
Silhouette
on the neon sign seen in the view from the apartment window.[1] |
52 |
20 |
1949 |
Under
Capricorn |
During
the parade at the town square, wearing a blue coat and brown
hat. |
3 |
21 |
1949 |
Under
Capricorn |
One
of the three men on the steps of Government House. |
14 |
22 |
1950 |
Stage
Fright |
Turning
to Jane Wyman who is disguised as the maid. |
38 |
23 |
1951 |
Strangers
on a Train |
Boarding
a train carrying a double bass fiddle as Farley Granger gets
off. |
10 |
24 |
1953 |
I
Confess |
Crossing
the top of the staircase. |
1 |
25 |
1954 |
Dial
M for Murder |
On
the left side of the school reunion dinner photograph on Ray
Milland's wall. |
13 |
26 |
1954 |
Rear
Window |
Winding
the clock on the mantelpiece in the songwriter's apartment. |
25 |
27 |
1955 |
To
Catch a Thief |
Sitting
on the bus beside Cary Grant. |
10 |
28 |
1955 |
The
Trouble with Harry |
Passing
the limousine of the elderly man looking at the painting exhibition. |
21 |
29 |
1956 |
The
Man Who Knew Too Much |
Watching
the acrobats at the Moroccan market with his back to the camera. |
25 |
30 |
1956 |
The
Wrong Man |
Prologue
narrator for the film. |
Opening of film |
31 |
1958 |
Vertigo |
Walking
past 'Elster's' shipyard carrying a musical instrument case. |
10 |
32 |
1958 |
'A Dip in the Pool' from the Alfred Hitchcock Presents
series |
Appears on the cover of a magazine that a passenger is reading.[2] |
|
33 |
1959 |
North
by Northwest |
Missing
the bus. |
2
(opening credits) |
34 |
1960 |
Psycho |
Seen
through Janet Leigh's office window, wearing a cowboy hat. |
7 |
35 |
1963 |
The
Birds |
Walking
out of Davidson's Pet Shop with two terriers as Tippi Hedren
enters. |
2 |
36 |
1964 |
Marnie |
Entering
the left side of the hotel corridor from a room as Tippi Hedren
passes by. |
5 |
37 |
1966 |
Torn
Curtain |
Sitting
in n the lobby of the Hotel d'Angleterre with a blond baby
on his lap. |
8 |
38 |
1969 |
Topaz |
Being
pushed in a wheelchair at LaGuardia Airport; he then gets
up, shakes hands with a man and leaves. |
28 |
39 |
1972 |
Frenzy |
Three
appearances amongst the crowd at a political rally. Firstly,
as the camera approaches the crowd, he is seen on the left
wearing a bowler. Next, his left profile is visible amongst
the crowd at the lower left corner of the frame. Finally,
he is shown amongst the same crowd watching a corpse floating
down the Thames. |
From 3 |
40 |
1976 |
Family
Plot |
In
silhouette seen through the door window of the Registrar of
Births and Deaths talking to a man. |
40 |
 |
Notes
1. Some sources state that the man crossing the
street during the opening credits is another AH cameo role.
2. AH's only cameo role in his television series.
Sources
McHugh, E. When? New York: Sterling Publishing Company,
Inc., 2005.
Van Heerden, B. Film and Television In-Jokes: Nearly 2,000
Intentional References, Parodies, Allusions, Personal Touches,
Cameos, Spoofs, and Homages. Jefferson, N.C.: McFarland,
1998.
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