It wasn't horror that made Hitchcock's films intriguing, it was suspense. He created the most out of unconventional circumstances.

I heard that he received a lot of complaints about Psycho and one guy wrote him and said his daughter refused to take a shower after watching it. His response: Run her through the car wash. I love Hitchcock!!!

I'm not old enough to have seen "Alfred Hitchcock Presents" when it originally aired but I saw it on the early years of Nick at Nite. Since then I've always thought of him as the 20th century's answer to Edgar Allen Poe.

Hitchcock had a good sense of humor

I could listen to him talk all day

Here’s a fun little fact, which, I feel, wonderfully encompasses his level of genius. The 9-stroke drawing of his silhouette was created by, him. He liked to draw, and just doodled it on paper. It’s so simple, and became his unmistakable trademark. How brilliant.

Hitchcock's just like "Here, let me stand here with no emotion or movement and manage to be the most fascinating geniuses in cinematic history"

I love Hitchcock, what a genius.

The intro to the program was PRICELESS! Great job! Hitch: (returning from stabbing clip with knife) "Mr. Cavett is indisposed....." Hilarious!

What I always found amazing about Hitchcock is that he would pretty much shoot the entire film in his head first before he got around to actually committing anything to film. Apparently there was very little for the editor to do at the end of the shoot. As for favourite movies, I'd choose 39 steps, The Lady Vanishes and The Man Who Knew Too Much from his British period and Strangers on a Train, Rear Window, North by Nortwest, and Psycho from his Hollywood movies.

Hitchcock's humor really made him stick out more than any other film-maker THEN and even NOW, because humor can bring out more than one emotion and Hitch was able to "pun" his way into many different levels and layers that not many film-makers could, or can, which speaks volumes for the kind of man he was. Greatness.

Alfred Hitchcock is an icon. A legend for all time. I always thought he would have made a great comedian too, since he has that deadpan look, which would crack people up. He had so many talents.

The intro is really creative and thrilling.... like a good Hitchcock scene.

The most influential director in cinema history

How he never won an Oscar is truly sad to me. Nominated 5 times. "Rebecca" (which was nominated for 11 Oscars) actually won for best picture in 1940 yet, though nominated for best director, Hitch didn't win. It's the only film since then to win best picture without having the director, any actor, or the writers win, too.

Absolutely golden on both accounts. We need more entertainers such as these today.

As a kid, I loved watching his show on A&E....every time he came on screen, I'd always say "Good evening" in sync with him, haha. A brilliant man.

I think it shows great generosity of spirit, and an impish sense of fun, that Hitchock demonstrates here that he doesn't take himself too seriously. How easy it might have been to just sit back, play up an auteur's mystique, and watch the billions roll in (cough - Andy W...). A true genius, but with a common touch.

BEST DOUBLE CHIN IN THE BUSINESS !

I was ten years old when this first aired,...trippy.

Hitch!!! You gotta love those lugubrious tones in their description of fear and suspicion and of course he was the master of re creating these emotions on film. With the limitations of what they could actually show back then throughout Hitch's career as a director its amazing, not just that his methods were effective, but that they still are and indeed films in the genre of vertigo and North by Northwest are classics that are still masterpieces. There was no one like Hitch!

yes, I was booed at by my mother ; she's dead now.

oh damn, this ended way too soon. Oh well.

6:21 Dick Cavett casually opens a momentary rift in spacetime.

Great interview, thanks!

I remember when my mother was living we use to sit and watch all of Hitchcock films

I was six days old when this originally aired.

Hitchcock: Good humour

One of the great showmen in the business besides his amazing understanding and mastery of the art of film. With his television show, Alfred Hitchcock Presents, he became the most well-known director of the time. This was way before directors became celebrities in their own right. The line sketch of his face that was used on the TV show was a self portrait.

Man, thank you for taking the time to upload these vids. Mucho Gracias!

Taped on my birthday and graduation year... Grew up on Hitchcock...much respect.

''....somebody wants to be ripped....'' lol

Mr. Cavett, thank you for these wonderful, in depth interviews that allow the personalities of the lumiaries shine as they should. So many people watch these shows and lament the lack of great stars today, but what I really think they should lament is the unique interview form that you used in order to engage these people in real and unguarded conversation. To me, it is far more insightful that, to use an example after you and still in the past, a Barbara Walters interview.

It great to see this cinema legend giving a interview. He was truly before his time, and still is. He was genuius in all aspects of movie making. Note: If any of you want to see some of his great work go to (Hulu) Alferd Hitchcock Hour.

I love his movies. We watched Psycho in an English class last year and I absolutely adored it. What a great film, just the way he could tell a story was just outstanding.

Great Video! Thank You

We laugh about the comment on his mother, but Hitchcock might have had some very serious mommy issues. His work reflects that- his doting on fear and attributing the pain of fear to all mother figures reflects that, too.

I grew up on his genre of thriller, and Alfred comes off so cool here. Love his Bea Arthur School of Non-Reaction, and lines like "Somebody wants to be ripped.."

Mr.Cavatt must feel very privilaged having so many great people on his show!!

I love his sense of timing and deadpan humour. Genius.

yeah, I hear it. I used to have a recording of alfred that was something like "If I could escape from this picture tube, I would." A random thing I recorded off his tv show. I used it to start up my Mac with.

i couldn't have said it any better. you are so right; i watched this one twice: it's so loaded with subtext and nuance.

I'm reading Truffaut's book on HItchcock. Fascinating.

I love to listen to Capote and Hitchcock and these creative people.

I counted the applause, 23 seconds! From 4:18 to 4:41. That's pretty good.

I wish they still had talk shows like these.

My fave talk show host

Hitchcock's daughter,Pat, was in many of his movies and was a very good actress too. She just passed away in her 90s last year, I believe.

you have amazing observational skills!!!

being as it may, he's still a unique person with a significant particular appeareance

You know, I feel special. I'm only 13 years old, and yet I love classic films. I'm probably the only kid at my school that's even seen a Hitchcock film. I've seen Physco, The Birds, The Man Who Knew to Much, and The Number 17. I wish I could watch more like "North By North West" but classics are so hard to find nowadays. Well, at least we can watch this interview. Thanks for posting this.

I can totally visualize baby Hitchcock and that "boo" story. In fact I visualize him as a mini-sized version of how he looked here

out of all his films the birds scared me the most when i was a kid, so many creepy scenes in that film that i never forgot

after he says good evening, he looks like a cheeky little fellow

"The Lodger" was a great movie.

Hitchcock never needed words to show his brilliance.

Words of wisdom. Such an amazing mind and man!

LMAO I have no idea why Hitchcock's deadpan makes me laugh so much.

He´s so cute! and i love listening to him

Hitchcock was a genius with his film tricks.

More than anything, Hitch had an astonishingly fresh sense of humor. PSYCHO was an intentionally tongue-in-cheek shocker...most audiences realize that only after multiple viewings. THANK YOU FOR THIS!!!!!!

love hitchcock's films and him as a personality

Brilliant! What great time in the 70's!

My fear of mice came from my mother, she used to over exaggerate her fear of them so as a child I thought they were something to be afraid of. Their very presence still makes me nervous but the fear is still there.

He is truly wonderful 😊

To Catch a Theif is amongst his best CG in that is to die for !!

Richard Alva Cavett (/ˈkævɪt/; born November 19, 1936) is an American television personality, comedian and former talk show host. He appeared regularly on nationally broadcast television in the United States for five decades, from the 1960s through the 2000s.

Magnificent director, fascinating personality.

i think Alfred showed up in the back ground in all of his movies

The Man...The Legend!

Lucio Fulci and Alfred Hitchcock are the grand-daddy master-pieces of cinema!

Thanks!

6:54 I love Hitch’s smile!

I don't watch much television, especially now days seeing how far Hollywood and mainstream television has been selling out.

I miss these old times. This man reminds me of the quality of everything we once had

Date - (8 Jun. 1972)

As a kid my family and I went to the theatre and saw Psycho. I was traumatized for a long time after seeing that. Truly I wish my parents hadn't taken me to see that movie.

Rest in peace Alfred Hitchcock you did well.

Great silhouette openinglol

That is one of my favorites!

@TRUBADORtv Well articulated, I could not agree more.

Watching Alfred Hitchcock interviews give me more pleasure than these days' movies. R.I.P.

Best entrance ever on any TV show.

I love him! He's absolutely incredible and hilarious

LEGEND!!!

"good evening." Hitchcock: ....

What a great show !

alfred hitchcock knew what intrigued people, he knew what they wanted to see. he knew how to keep you, not waiting, but wanting to see what would happen next. that is why he's the greatest director ever if you ask me.

Oh! Hich just smiled. =)

I knew a guy who was killed by a lawnmower. It was a riding mower, he fell forward over the front of it and it ran him over.

I never thought I'd hear a worse impersonator of directors than Bogdanovich, but there you go. Thank you Mr. Cavett for teaching me something else new.

Oh, That's were the famous violin screach came from.

best silhouette in the business.

Hitchcock directed movies from 1922 to 1976. Amazing!

He seems like a funny guy. I wasn't expecting that.

Pure genius.

This is great! Hitchcock is a showman par excellence!

I love : "Somebody wants to be ripped !" and "Mr Cavet will be back with his... cutting marks, after our sponsor..."

So true Josh...

Alfred Hitchcock would of loved my mother Rose as everyone else who knew her did! My brother Michael loved Hitchcock's movies, especially Psycho among others.