A Companion to Alfred Hitchcock

When I first looked at the dust jacket of A Companion to Alfred Hitchcock and saw the excellent photograph of Hitchcock in his typical pose known to TV viewers and film goers alike, I formed an instant impression of the book. I just knew it was going to be one of those cosy books which would go through each of the master's films from Blackmail onwards, full of film stills and pictures of the well‐known actors and actresses with whom he worked. How wrong I was! There is not a single photograph in this large (624 pages) book and any...