Q 01/05

In Psycho (1960), what crime has Marion Crane committed before her fateful stop at the Bates Motel?

A) Embezzlement

B) Bigamy

C) Arson

D) Blackmail

Answer · why

A) Embezzlement

Shot cheaply in black-and-white by the crew of Hitchcock's TV series for under $810,000, the film went on to earn about $50 million worldwide.

Q 02/05

In which film is a retired detective hired to follow a woman and then becomes obsessed with her?

A) Rear Window

B) Vertigo

C) Strangers on a Train

D) The Man Who Knew Too Much

Answer · why

B) Vertigo

It was the first film to use the dolly zoom, the in-camera effect that warps perspective to convey Scottie's fear of heights, a trick still nicknamed ...

Q 03/05

In which film does a photographer with a broken leg believe he witnesses a murder in the apartment opposite?

A) Rope

B) Dial M for Murder

C) Rear Window

D) Suspicion

Answer · why

C) Rear Window

Shot almost entirely from a single room, it cost $1 million and grossed $27 million on first release; Grace Kelly and Raymond Burr co-star with James ...

Q 04/05

In which film is a man mistaken for a government agent, pursued across the country and chased over Mount Rushmore?

A) The 39 Steps

B) Notorious

C) North by Northwest

D) Foreign Correspondent

Answer · why

C) North by Northwest

Ernest Lehman wrote it as 'the Hitchcock picture to end all Hitchcock pictures', and Saul Bass's opening credits were the first to make extended use o...

Q 05/05

In which 1963 film, based on a du Maurier story, is Bodega Bay attacked from the sky?

A) The Birds

B) Marnie

C) Rebecca

D) Psycho

Answer · why

A) The Birds

It marked Tippi Hedren's screen debut, and Ub Iwerks, the animator who co-created Mickey Mouse, was Oscar-nominated for its special effects.