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Rear Window (1954) FR #51 | Movie | Mystery, Thriller | USA, Germany | English, German
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Director Alfred Hitchcock
Writer John Michael Hayes, Cornell Woolrich
Cast James Stewart, Grace Kelly, Wendell Corey
Plot A bored photographer recovering from a broken leg passes the time by watching his neighbors and begins to suspect one of them of murder.
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The Man Who Knew Too Much (1956) FR #1143 | Movie | Crime, Drama | USA | English, Arabic
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Director Alfred Hitchcock
Writer John Michael Hayes, Charles Bennett, D.B. Wyndham-Lewis
Cast James Stewart, Doris Day, Brenda De Banzie
Plot An American doctor and his wife, a former singing star, witness a murder while vacationing in Morocco, and are drawn into a twisting plot of international intrigue when their young son is kidnapped.
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To Catch A Thief (1955) FR #1641 | Movie | Mystery, Drama | USA, Russia | French, English
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Director Alfred Hitchcock
Writer John Michael Hayes, David Dodge, Alec Coppel
Cast Cary Grant, Grace Kelly, Jessie Royce Landis
Plot A retired jewel thief sets out to prove his innocence after being suspected of returning to his former occupation.
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The Trouble With Harry (1955) FR #2667 | Movie | Comedy, Mystery | USA | English
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Director Alfred Hitchcock
Writer John Michael Hayes, Jack Trevor Story
Cast John Forsythe, Shirley Maclaine, Edmund Gwenn
Plot Harry's dead and, while no one really minds, everyone feels responsible. After Harry's body is found in the woods, several locals must determine not only how and why he was killed but what to do with the body.
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The Children'S Hour (1961) FR #3165 | Movie | Romance, Drama | USA | English, French
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Director William Wyler
Writer Lillian Hellman, John Michael Hayes
Cast Audrey Hepburn, Shirley Maclaine, James Garner
Plot A schoolgirl ruins her two headmistresses with a scandalous lie.
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Editorial Best Movies/TV Shows Written by (or adapted from) John Michael Hayes collects the writer’s most important, popular and top regarded work. This list is built from the cataogue of 25000 core titles provided on FlickRatings, and showcases most important movies and TV shows as ordered by our score generated using public metadata. Combine this with our weekly updated OTT information to shortlist your next watch.
