Hitchcock raises dry humour to the level of fine art.

Along with celebrating Hitch, let's also appreciate Dick Cavett for being a great interviewer who'll have people like Hitchcock on to discuss craft and filmmaking, but also just to shoot the shit.

This is a gift to be able to watch this. Elegance, intellect, and dry wit were the order of the day.

It makes me so happy that these relics of the past have been preserved. My 97 born ass wouldn't have ever experienced it otherwise.

The silhouette introduction is priceless!

I never tire of watching this. Alfred Hitchcock was brilliant. I especially love his sense of humour.

Alfred Hitchcock is pure genius and loves to poke fun at himself.

I truly miss a time where the host was intelligent enough to listen to his guest and treat him with respect! This is why Dick Cavett was very successful in his day! Wonderful to be able to see this again, first time I saw this I was a young man of 23 and thoroughly aware of Dick Cavett s amazing ability to listen as well as speak..Miss that cordiality 50 yrs ago, and Hitchcock's work more than speaks for itself. Certainly he is in the top ten of the best directors of all time!

Infinitely fascinating individual....Wow! What an incredible, creative, intelligent and vastly funny man. Genius

I've been binge watching cavett's broadcasts during our lovely pandemic, and I've never seen such an opening applause. Well deserved by Mr. Hitchcock. Never seen "The Lodger." Watching it now.

I Can listen to Alfred Talk All Night Such an Enjoyable Man..

"Someone wants to be ripped" - what a great start.

Hitchcock was a bona fide genius.i think he influenced most directors that came after him.a lot of people think that a director just points the camera and shoots but just listen to hitch and the way he makes films.and then films still stand up today

Listen to that crowd when Hitchcock shows up in profile, and then again when the lights go on and he is there looking exactly like...Alfred Hitchcock. They went crazy.

Cavett was so intelligent (probably still is). He was a pleasure to watch. In high school, I lived for his show each night.

Alfred Hitchcock like many British characters, and with great personalities, and have little problem with candid conversations. AH is spontaneous and often quite witty, and is not nervous but seems to have no problem describing any of his movies, as though fresh in his head, and he is happy to talk about them and enlighten the rest of us, and a real gentleman.

Ya godda love the guy. The best English dry wit ever. I loved the story of the blue dinner, and the dinner party he gave for his wife.

Love the fact that Dick Cavett is almost left speechless by Hitchcock’s responses to his questions, and he had to change the trend of the questions frequently. Hitchcock was having fun...

“What’s my best side?” “You’re sitting on it my dear” OUCH 🤣

You can tell how great Hitchcock was by the fact that Cavett is just ever so slightly nervous which happened in very few interviews.

Love Hitch, love Cavett. Great confident interview.

He was a brilliant dinner guest.

A true legend. Love his work. His dry sense of humor is funny as well

The master of suspense - Hitchcock's silent films are truly inspired.

I'm Irish. I only knew of Dick Cavett from his cameo in a 'The Simpsons' episode. It's a pleasure to watch his videos here. He's bright and quick witted, but he lets his guests speak and he quietly guides the discussion along in a relaxed and reassuring way. Very impressive.

Psycho and Rear window and vertigo are my favorite of Hitchcock's

That was so good I didn't want it to end. I can think of no better compliment.

I love true British humor, marvelous. RIP Sir Hitchcock.

Slow but exciting, endlessly interesting, classy, with a dark edge and full of sense of humor, Hitchcock was the physical embodyment of his films.

Absolutely Inspiring and Intelligent in Movie Making..Alfred was a Genius Yes Much Respect Very Smart Man,,

So excited to come across this interview of my favorite film director! I have 49 of his 54 movies on DVD or Blu-ray, some of them silents from the 1920's. I have also read a few biographies on his life. Such an interesting and unusual man and a uniquely gifted director, who also had a killer sense of humor. Really enjoyed this interview!

I have 2 brothers that are exactly 8 years apart from me, older and younger. We live in different parts of the country. The oldest is on the west coast, me in the mid-west and the youngest on the east coast. We get together once a year for a week. We exchange family stories, etc.. and watch old videos like these. Our favorite is the "Outer Limits" original series from the 60s. There are probably a total of 5 episodes that are really well written but the rest is pure sci-fi schlock. The effects are really cheesy. We get stoned or eat some shrooms and binge watch. This year I laughed so hard, I couldn't catch my breath, lost my balance, fell off the couch onto the coffee table and cracked 3 ribs. Still laughing and screaming in pain at the same time. Best week ever!

The first film that made me a huge fan of Hitchcocks films was The 39 Steps.

What a wonderful guy to listen too.. Sadly missed.

One of the greatest interviews I have ever watched and seen this is amazing and fascinating..

love alfred hitchcock!

Like Orson Welles he has an interesting combination of humility and ego. I wonder if they ever appeared together.

Loved this! You can tell that Dick Cavett is a true fan of Hitchcock.

I used to watch the Alfred Hitchcock Hour when I was just a lad in the 60s.🤣

I can barely remember this episode in my younger life..I quickly looked at the TV and Alfred Hitchcock was talking and I was amazed with his speaking of which I have never forgetton not until this very day. I even tried to mimick his facial movements. I think I was 6 or 7 maybe. I was born in 65.

He's hilarious! Years ahead of his time. Would never expect this type of personality from such a guy :)

So pleased I found this, what a great man..

I wasn't alive back then, but this is better than anything currently being produced on network TV... thanks for the upload.

What a great interview..

What a great man. So funny and kind in his own way

This man was interesting from beginning to end. It didn't seem like an hour. Great host and great guest. CLASSY INTELLIGENT INTERESTING PEOPLE BACK THEN. WE DON'T HAVE THAT TODAY.

WOW!....Magnificent interview of a grand time gone by....

It just amazes me how talented those people are in presenting their ideas and thoughts so effortlessly Purely genius

Interesting to see that the Creative Consultant for this show, as mentioned in the titles at the end, was Marshall Brickman. Brickman went on to write many exceptional works, including the screenplays for Sleeper and Annie Hall (with Woody Allen) and the book for Jersey Boys (about Frankie Valli and the Four Seasons).

A tremendous wit.

No doubt about, Hitchcock is the true thespian of film. Love 'im!

Im grateful to whomever is uploading these episodes . I would love it if the dates of these could be listed as well. It would help to give context to the interview and what was transpiring in the interviewee's lives and careers.

One of the best of Cavett shows

Thank you from a Hitchcock and Cavette fan for providing this.

I love this. I was just too young at the time. Hitchcock seems so ordinarily nice.

WOW. What a greeting from the audience. Hitchcock was a towering filmmaker. Also Dick Cavett towers over the interviewers of our sad era.

I never knew Hitchcock was such a troll, legend.

Alfred Joseph Hitchcock (Londres, 13 de agosto de 1899-Los Ángeles, 29 de abril de 1980) fue un director de cine, productor y guionista británico. Pionero en muchas de las técnicas que caracterizan a los géneros cinematográficos del suspenso y el thriller psicológico, tras una exitosa carrera en el cine británico en películas mudas y en las primeras sonoras, que le llevó a ser considerado el mejor director de Inglaterra,​ Hitchcock se trasladó a Hollywood en 1939.

The GOAT! Best director EVER

Hitch himself was, basically, a comedian in disguise. Very few directors are as witty, amusing, haughty tongue-in-cheek personality. In other words, he was a performer himself, as well as the world's greatest director, IMO. I also love his total self-assurance. He wasn't afraid to call a spade a spade, in other words, shamelessly aware of his insane talent for entertaining the masses. For me, seeing that sense of self-assurance is very inspiring. He was an egotist, but loved for it because he owned it. I never saw a "bad" Hitchcock film or episode in his tv series.

Mr Hitckcock had perfect stage presence, he must have really thought out how to present himself as a serious filmmaker and making horror/thriller films. He never breaks character.

Love the assembly line story - unforgettable.

The master of suspense!!! Miss him.

As the English do...dark humour ..as we do.. satire ..he his the best at at that ...great

What a great interview with an amazing legend. Thanks!

What a beautiful man, Dick Cavett a great host

Supreme interviewer of all time, Mr. Dick Cavett. Mr. Hitchcock: enlightening, frightening, priceless.

Hitchcock Genius

I love how he hates the idea of having the camera shoot from behind the fire. 🤣🤣

This man was pure genius.

Iconic Alfred Hitchcock...

Quite simply the greatest director of all time. Vertigo, North by Northwest, Psycho, The Birds in sucksession? amazing even if can't spell

I love hitchcick,pure genius!

Wonderful interview, Hitchcock the Legend! The Birds is my favorite.

I'm very impressed with this man. Hitchcock was very intelligent. What a wonderful story teller.

Thank you for this!! Hitch was the most brilliant film maker ever. I still watch the movies & appreciate him so much!!! I hope people will continue to enjoy & appreciate his work!! ☮️💟💟💟💟

What a TREAT to have found this video. "Bloody" GENIUS in the Flesh. Thank you for posting it.

Great comedic timing.

This was aired on ABC on June 8, 1972.

Someone named cn 250 replied to me stating that Hitchcock didn't make silent films yet he most certainly did and they are some of his best works. Take for instance, Easy Virtue, The Pleasure Garden and The Lodger - 3 of my favorites. You can probably find them here on KZfaq!

What an intelligent and witty man.

thanx 4 uploading this

Brilliant! Totally brilliant!

Loved these 2 great men!🤗 God Continue to Bless their Rest🙏🏽💜

Really funny guy, what a legend.

What happened to this era? It has gone for ever . . Late night television today :(

ca. 13:30 Re. actress he found difficult, so he filmed all her close-ups, then filmed someone else cutting meat, shooting just hands; a prelude to a murder. By complete coincidence, I just watched that film twice. It's _Sabotage_ (1936). It also has the boy with the bomb scene.

The definitive term I was looking for to describe my biggest impact and impression of Hitch over the years is: COSMOPOLITAN. He probably was one of the best exponents of that persuasion WAY B4 such "aftermarket" buzz words and terms as "world-class" and "global" contextually came in to vogue and the fore.So early and long had he somewhat embraced Western/American culture[pop] that he, in some ways [counter] intuitively I suspect, became an American transplant of sorts, and certainly not limited to passport or visa privileges; and definitely not ensconced by Brit-v- US culture. He was a very understated "hipster" of sorts in manifold areas. Put a Beatles wig on Hitchcock, and in the arts, he'd be the biggest UK import B4 the Beatles if you ask me about pop culture icons of the 20 century, and a very piquant one at that. Thanks for this!

true cavett nervousness with the opening question to a master....what a star!....

I would have liked to see a collaboration of Alfred Hitchcock and Orson Wells

That someone that stole the idea of a body falling out of a car on an assembly line was Stephen King in "Christine".

A master class in direction...and talk show hosting.

Lovely people, both of them.

Right around the time this interview was being taped, I had the good luck to see Alfred Hitchcock having lunch by himself in the old Autopub restaurant, that was on the lower level of the General Motors Building on Fifth Avenue in Manhattan. Needless to say all the patrons in the restaurant were quietly gawking at seeing this unmistakable icon just feet away from them!

Oh so that where Steven Spielberg got the idea for the Lexus can in Minority Report

LOVE Hitchcock movies!!

Sick is the most amazing interviewer!!!

these are all amazing...

Classic. Hitchcock is an icon. What’s the date of this!?

Watching this, you wish the interview would go on and on, both the host and the guest are wonderful to listen to.