Did you know one of, if not THE, greatest film directors of all time never won an Oscar for Best Director? Yep. That is the premise for this bonus episode… Join Adam “Tex” and Mark as we examine the glorious career of the legendary Sir Alfred Hitchcock and discuss how the Motion Picture Academy just never got around to awarding him its top prize.

Along the way we’ll dissect Hitchcock’s greatest known films, tell little-known behind the scenes stories, and identify some lesser-known, hidden gems among the 53 films he directed. And we’ll discover how even when the Academy did nominate him (including his one Best Picture win) they still got it wrong!

Hitchcock may have had a long and storied career telling crime stories — but the greatest crime of all may be the one the Academy committed against him! As always, thanks for listening!

Films Mentioned

(* Recommended)

*Dial M for Murder

*Rear Window

Three Coins in a Fountain

*The Lodger

*Blackmail

The Ring

*Murder!

*Rebecca

*Foreign Correspondent

*Grapes of Wrath

*The Letter

*Lifeboat

*Rope

*Double Indemnity

*Laura

Wilson

Going My Way

*The Lost Weekend

Anchors Aweigh

The Bells of St. Mary’s

*Mildred Pierce

Spellbound

*Rear Window

*Sabrina

The High and the Mighty

*The Country Girl

*On the Waterfront

*Gentleman’s Agreement

*The Graduate

*The Miracle Worker

*Psycho

*The Apartment

*Never on Sunday

Sons and Lovers

The Sundowners

*The Birds

*Jaws

*Notorious

*Suspicion

*To Catch a Thief

*Strangers on a Train

*The Lady Vanishes

*Shadow of a Doubt

*North by Northwest

*Vertigo

*The Man Who Knew Too Much (1934)

*The Man Who Knew Too Much (1956)

*The Wrong Man

*Marnie

*1941

*Birdman

*The Trouble With Harry

*Casablanca

*The 39 Steps

*Secret Agent

*Sabotage

The Paradine Case

Torn Curtain

*M

*Goodbye Mr. Chips

*Jamaica Inn

*The Best Years of our Lives

*Mrs. Miniver

I* Confess

*The Offence

*The Hill

Saboteur

Under Capricorn

Frenzy

*Topaz

Family Plot

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