Writing with Hitchcock: The Collaboration of Alfred Hitchcock and John Michael Hayes

In spring 1953, the great director Alfred Hitchcock made the pivotal decision to take a chance and work with a young writer, John Michael Hayes. The four films Hitchcock made with Hayes over the next several years—Rear Window, To Catch a Thief, The Trouble with Harry, and The Man Who Knew Too Much—represented an extraordinary change of style. Each was distinguished by a combination of glamorous stars, sophisticated dialogue, and inventive plots, and resulted in some of Hitchcock’s most dist...