Hitchcock's Villains: Murderers, Maniacs, and Mother Issues

Contents......Page 5
Acknowledgments......Page 7
Introduction......Page 9
1 Karl Anton Verloc: Sabotage (1936)......Page 13
2 Hitchcock as His Villains......Page 25
3 Uncle Charlie: Shadow of a Doubt (1943)......Page 33
4 Authority Figures as Villains......Page 47
5 Alexander Sebastian: Notorious (1946)......Page 53
6 The Villainy of Ideas......Page 65
7 Brandon Shaw and Phillip Morgan: Rope (1948)......Page 71
8 Villainous Mothers......Page 83
9 Bruno Anthony: Strangers on a Train (1951)......Page 93
10 Villains as Innocents......Page 107
11 John “Scottie” Ferguson: Vertigo (1958)......Page 113
12 The Villainy of Nonvillains......Page 127
13 Phillip Vandamm: North by Northwest (1959)......Page 133
14 The Psychology of Hitchcock and His Villains......Page 145
15 Norman Bates: Psycho (1960)......Page 153
16 Cruel Women and Opportunistic Men (the Other Villains)......Page 167
17 Bob Rusk: Frenzy (1972)......Page 177
Selected Bibliography......Page 189
Index......Page 193
About the Authors......Page 197