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Whitbread Book Award for Biography recipient Ackroyd's (Charlie Chaplin: A Brief Life) succinct study of one of the most famous filmmakers of the 20th century takes a chronological approach to Hitchcock's life and films (e.g., Psycho; Rear Window). Starting with "Hitch's" birth and moving forward to directing, Ackroyd goes through Hitchcock's productions individually. Some films are covered in a paragraph, but the more noteworthy...Log In or Sign Up to Read More