HitchPod - A Podcast About Alfred Hitchcock Movies

For our 46th episode, we take you step-by-step through what makes The 39 Steps a step above most other films. Topics covered include the smartphone version of Mr Memory, the reverse-Sean Connery, bumbling criminals becoming bumbling cops and a turducken MacGuffin. Patreon supporters will also get access to a bonus podcast in which we Hitchcockify Mission: Impossible. Find out how to access that se...

Dan and Cat study Hitchcock's final silent film, The Manxman. Which character was most like Chewbacca? Where would Hitchcock rank as a critic of Hitchcock movies? Is it ever funny to make jokes where you pretend that you're dead? Plus, bumbling Deemsters! Patreon supporters will also get access to a bonus podcast in which we Hitchcockify Bridget Jones's Diary. Find out how to access that segment b...

Dan and Cat do a careful analysis of Hitchcock's 1941 romcom Mr and Mrs Smith in a bid to determine the exact quantities of both rom and com in the film. Along the way, they discuss soup-eating cats, artificial intelligence, Idaho's breakout superstar Mr Deever and much more. Patreon supporters will also get access to a bonus podcast in which we Hitchcockify The Proposal from 2009 (plus a bonus bo...

Cat and Dan reveal a harrowing tale of how they came to podcast this episode on Hitchcock's short propaganda film Bon Voyage from 1944. But then, just as we're finishing up, a French intelligence officer reveals that not everything is as it seemed... Patreon supporters will also get access to a bonus podcast in which we Hitchcockify this very movie, expanding it into a full feature film. Find out...

Forgive us, listeners, for we have podcasted. Podcasted about 'I Confess' from 1953, to be precise. In this episode we discuss religious bicycle maintenance, buddy cop spin-offs, Cat's new stretch goal - CliftPod, and much, much more. Patreon supporters will also get access to a bonus podcast in which we Hitchcockify The Fugitive. Find out how to access that segment by going to https://www.hitchpo...

G'day mates! Here's a fair dinkum Aussie episode about an old Hitcho flick called Under Capricorn. Strewth! Crack open a tinnie and have a bloody good listen. Right. Enough of that. In this episode we are no more Australian than usual as we discuss Under Capricorn, including sloppy horsemanship, Monty Python skits, the perils of being an ex-convict and much, much more. Patreon supporters will also...

Dan's defected behind the iron curtain and Cat's followed him there to record this episode on 1966's Torn Curtain. While trying to escape back to the West, they discuss tractor exposition, makeshift farmhouse weaponry and the art of employing writers to distract Paul Newman. Patreon supporters will also get access to a bonus podcast in which we Hitchcockify The Sound of Music. Find out how to acce...

"Cat's just seen a movie about land pirates who hang out in a terrible inn." "Jamaica?" "No, she watched it of her own accord." But does she regret doing so? Find out in this episode, where she and Dan discuss Jamaica Inn from 1939. Patreon supporters will also get access to a bonus podcast in which we Hitchcockify Pirates of the Caribbean. Find out how to access that segment by going to https://w...

Give a man and a woman enough Rope and they'll podcast about it. That's exactly what we're doing here, talking about Hitchcock's 1948 film. We discuss prequel trailers, monogrammed hats, substitutes for cigarette cases and much, much more. Patreon supporters will also get access to a bonus podcast in which we Hitchcockify Love, Actually. Find out how to access that segment by going to https://www....

We've recorded our entire 37th episode in 3/4 time, because we're discussing Waltzes from Vienna from 1934. We cover all aspects of the film, including which of the Strausses might have unleashed a diss track on the other, the perils of playing a literal second fiddle, the differences between bakers and bankers and much more. Patreon supporters will also get access to a bonus podcast in which we H...

Here's episode 36 of HitchPod, in which we go all the way back to look at The Lodger. We discuss spontaneous lynch mobs, a secret Colgate sponsorship, human mannequins, Smokey and the Bandit and much, much more. Patreon supporters will also get access to a bonus podcast in which we Hitchcockify Mrs Doubtfire. Find out how to access that segment by going to https://www.hitchpodonline.com/support-hi...

It's the 35th episode of HitchPod and we're stammering and blushing and forgetting all our lines as we discuss Stage Fright, from 1950. Is this Hitchcock's best 'minor movie'? Can 2020 vision be applied to film techniques from seventy years earlier? And in what way does an actor from this movie remind us of an England cricket captain? All these questions and more are answered. In the bonus podcast...

For the 34th episode of HitchPod, we discuss Hitchcock's 1928 movie Champagne. Although, technically, it should only be called that if it was shot in the Champagne region of France. Otherwise, we're podcasting about Hitchcock's 1928 movie Sparkling Wine. In the bonus segment for our supporters, we Hitchcockify Titanic. Find out how to access that segment by going to https://www.hitchpodonline.com/...

In the 33rd regular episode of HitchPod, we go back 85 years to Sabotage, based on Joseph Conrad's novel The Secret Agent. Despite this, Sabotage has nothing to do with Hitchcock's movie Secret Agent (which we covered in episode 26). Nor should it be confused with Saboteur (covered in episode 13). Because it's much better than either of them. Honestly, much, much better. In the bonus segment for o...

Episode 32 is Topaz, in which Dan and Cat discuss Cuban missiles and crises thereof, hypothesise about the radioactivity of sexual tension and reminisce about the truncation of The Sound of Music and Raiders of the Lost Ark. In the bonus segment for our supporters, we Hitchcockify The Bourne Identity. Find out how to access that segment by going to https://www.hitchpodonline.com/support-hitchpod/,...

It's the 31st episode of HitchPod and we're taking a look at Marnie, a movie we've foolishly hired without checking its references. Will we pay for this colossal error in judgement? Almost certainly yes. Also, why can't Dan say the word 'zoological'? In the bonus segment for our supporters, we Hitchcockify Basic Instinct. Find out how to access that segment by going to https://www.hitchpodonline.c...

It's the 30th episode of HitchPod and we're in a frenzy, as we cover Hitchcock's penultimate film, Frenzy, from 1972. We discuss the joys of French cuisine, whether babies should be allowed to fly planes and the perils of imprisoning yourself in a potato truck. In the bonus segment for our supporters, we Hitchcockify Jaws. Find out how to access that segment by going to https://www.hitchpodonline....

Here's episode 29 of HitchPod, featuring Number 17. Your 2 regular hosts Cat and Dan spend 43 minutes going through the dozens of things they liked about this film from a 32 year old Hitchcock. Will it be their number 1 film? No. But will it crack the top 10? Let's call it 50-50. In the bonus segment for our supporters, we Hitchcockify Avengers: Infinity War and Avengers: Endgame. Find out how to...

What direction is this podcast heading? It's heading North by Northwest, as Cat and Dan discuss identity confusion, reveal Batman-inspired plot hole corrections and have brief and unsettling flashbacks to Family Plot. In the bonus segment for our supporters, we Hitchcockify Star Wars Episode IX - The Rise of Skywalker. Find out how to access that segment by going to https://www.hitchpodonline.com/...

We know what kind of podcasts you listen to, and unless you buy us a cigar, we're going to tell the authorities all about. Yes, it's Blackmail from 1929. We talk about museum safety, how to set appropriate blackmailing goals and pinpoint the precise moment that Hitchcock's genius was proven.

Back to 1936 for a movie set in 1916. We're keeping an eye out for secret agents, who seem to be everywhere in Secret Agent. Some of the people who seem to be secret agents are secret agents. Some aren't. Some are, but don't want to be. Some shouldn't be, but are. We discuss all the variants in this episode.

It's Family Plot from 1976, Hitchcock's final film. But not, unless something goes terribly wrong, our final podcast. In this episode, we discuss seances, millionaire bishops and the comic merits of cars with no brakes. All while sneaking in cameo name drops for our Patreon subscribers.

Dial H for HitchPod! We're back,looking at the 1954 film Dial M For Murder. In this one, we discuss the method acting of Grace Kelly, key plot points involving keys and when we can expect a Hitchcock remake featuring Aragorn, son of Arathorn

It's Episode 23 and Cat and Dan are trapped in a podcast together, discussing Lifeboat. We talk about leading ladies' underwear (or the lack thereof), livetweeting one's shipwreck and whether or not you should let Nazi POWs take charge of your survival.

Episode 22 has us watching the second version of The Man Who Knew Too Much. We compare and contrast the films of overly knowledgable men, focusing in particular on mansplaining, fights with stuffed animals and the number of verses in Que Sera Sera