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Reviewed by Erich Asperschlager
Quote: "It's important not only for being the culmination of lessons learned from working in the British film industry, but for establishing theme, plot, and character ideas the director would use for the rest of his career. Film snobbery aside, it's also great fun."

Reviewed by Mike Pinsky
Quote: "This not one of the more essential Hitchcock films that needs to be in your collection. But for what its worth, To Catch a Thief is one of Hitchcock's more purely romantic films, with nothing to apologize for in its validation of the glamorous life."

Reviewed by Diane Wild
Quote: "If you really look, you might see touches of classic Hitchcock. One almost-sinister scene shows Ann shaving David with straight razor while talking about trust. If you didn't know it was Hitchcock, you might get a mild chuckle out of the irony. As it is, you're almost disappointed that she doesn't slit his throat."

Reviewed by Dan Mancini
Quote: "Alfred Hitchcock's talents as a filmmaker were countless, but his ability to dictate -- almost at a moment's notice -- the character with whom his audience identifies, and his penchant for using that talent to express moral ambiguity by playing our emotional reactions to storytelling conventions against our ethical sensibilities, is perhaps the most singular and potent of them."

Reviewed by Maurice Cobbs
Quote: "The absolute best part, though -- the thrill spectacle of the year, if you will -- is the terrifying plane crash that occurs at the end of the movie. It is astounding how well the special effects sequence holds up against the slicker but not always convincing computer work that is being done today."

Reviewed by Paul Corupe
Quote: "Suspicion has the distinction of feeling like a Hitchcock of old, but with a better budget, star power, and solid visual imagery. Like several of his earlier British films, Suspicion is almost a pure exercise in tension, uncomplicated by political contexts and world events that would sometimes serve to draw the viewer away from the immediate action on screen."

Reviewed by George Hatch
Quote: "Bruno is obviously obsessed with Guy and knows all too much about his public and private life. If Guy hadn't walked into Bruno's car, Bruno would have stalked the train to find him. If Guy hadn't accidentally kicked his shoe, Bruno would have kicked his to start the flirtation. With a lot of admiring eye contact and ego-inflating comments, Bruno earns Guy's trust and moves to sit beside him, close enough to, literally, rub shoulders."

Reviewed by Amanda DeWees
Quote: "Minor Hitchcock? Perhaps. But Stage Fright is a skillfully crafted, well-acted, enjoyable film, and for my money it's more entertaining than some higher-profile Hitchcock works."