Hitchcock: The Early Years

This documentary covers Hitchcock's early British career, up to his move to America in 1940.

Cast

Roy Ward Baker

as Self

Charles Barr

as Self

David Bond

as Narrator (voice)

Robert Donat

as Self (archive footage)

Alfred Hitchcock

as Self (archive footage)

Edward Joseph

as Self (as Teddy Joseph)

John Kennedy Melling

as Self

Hugh Stewart

as Self

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