ALFRED HITCHCOCK - THE MAN Behind the Myth

HOLLYWOOD’S MASTER OF SUSPENSE WAS INDEBTED TO THE REAL LEADING LADY IN HIS LIFE

The most difficult scene in Psycho for Janet Leigh required little acting. As water cascaded over her body in the shower, she only had to keep her eyes open and play dead. But when moisture caused the tape covering her breasts to come undone, she had to make a choice. “Did I spoil the difficult shot and move and be modest or did I hold still?” she recalled thinking. “I decided not to spoil the shot.”

The great director Alfred Hitchcock would always be a mystery to some, but the actors who knew him best would go to great lengths for him. “It was a great joy to work with Hitch. He was an extraordinary man,” said Cary Grant, who starred in four of the auteur’s films.