
                         Roanoke Times
                 Copyright (c) 1995, Landmark Communications, Inc.

DATE: SATURDAY, May 20, 1995                   TAG: 9505240005
SECTION: SPECTATOR                    PAGE: S-15   EDITION: METRO 
SOURCE: MARTIE ZAD THE WASHINGTON POST
DATELINE:                                 LENGTH: Medium

ALFRED HITCHCOCK HITS STILL PACK THRILLS

Fourteen hit movies by Alfred Hitchcock, the master of suspense whose trademark stylish thrillers still influence filmmaking, are being released Tuesday by MCA Universal Home Video.

``The Alfred Hitchcock Collection'' encompasses a wide swath of Hitchcock's work. Director John Frankenheimer once said, ``Any American director who says he hasn't been influenced by Hitchcock is out of his mind.''

Titles ($14.98 each) in the collection:

``Rear Window'' (1954), with James Stewart, Grace Kelly, Thelma Ritter, Wendell Corey and Raymond Burr.

``The Birds'' (1963), Tippi Hedren, Jessica Tandy, Rod Taylor, Suzanne Pleshette.

``Psycho'' (1960), Anthony Perkins, Janet Leigh, John Gavin and Vera Miles.

``Vertigo'' (1958), James Stewart, Kim Novak and Barbara Bel Geddes.

``Rope'' (1948), James Stewart, Farley Granger and John Dall.

``Topaz'' (1969), John Forsythe, John Vernon and Philippe Noiret.

``Frenzy'' (1972), Jon Finch, Alec McCowen and Barry Foster.

``Torn Curtain'' (1969), Paul Newman and Julie Andrews.

``Family Plot'' (1976), Bruce Dern, Barbara Harris, William Devane and Karen Black.

``The Man Who Knew Too Much'' (1956), James Stewart and Doris Day.

``Marnie'' (1964), Tippi Hedren, Sean Connery and Diane Baker.

``Saboteur'' (1942), Robert Cummings and Priscilla Lane.

``Shadow of a Doubt'' (1943), Joseph Cotten, Teresa Wright and Hume Cronyn.

``The Trouble With Harry'' (1955), John Forsythe, Edmund Gwenn, Mildred Natwick and Shirley MacLaine.

by CNB