: "I didn"t say actors are cattle. What I said was, actors should be treated like cattle." One of the most famous directors in the history of cinema, Alfred Hitchcock remains the acknowledged master of the thriller genre he virtually invented, a brilliant technician who deftly blended sex, suspense and dry, playful humor. This compilation features music from the soundtracks from the highly creative late forties / fifties period of his career "Spellbound", "Notorious", "Rope", "Rear Window", "Strangers on a Train", "To Catch a thief". All Blockbusters! These films are a lexicon of post-war Hollywood, Gregory Peck, Ingrid Bergmann, Cary Grant, James Stewart. Hitchcock remains popular everywhere. All the films are on DVD and shown regularly on television. His work is the subject for discussion by serious film students and there are societies all around the world.