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| The Short Night | |
|---|---|
| Directed by | Alfred Hitchcock |
| Screenplay by | James Costigan Ernest Lehman David Freeman |
| Based on | The Short Night (novel) by Ronald Kirkbride |
| Language | English |
The Short Night was a film planned by British director Alfred Hitchcock.[1]
The project was originally announced in the late 1960s at the time of Topaz and Hitchcock scouted locations in Finland.[2] A romantic suspense thriller with espionage elements, the script was based on both a same-titled novel by Ronald Kirkbride, and the non-fiction book documenting the case of real-life double agent George Blake titled The Springing of George Blake by Sean Bourke, the motion picture rights to both of which Hitchcock acquired.
- ^ "A Hitchcock thriller that never was: The Short Night • Cinephilia & Beyond". 2014-10-01. Retrieved 2022-12-21.
- ^ "Faces From The Week's New Films: Get Out Your Cloak and Dagger" By A. H. Weiler. The New York Times 14 Dec 1969: D23.