| Release Date: | Mar 1963 |
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| Genres: | Thriller / Romance / Horror / Fantasy |
| Awards: | Nominated for Oscar. Another 2 wins & 3 nominations |
| Runtime: | 119 min |
| Cast: | Rod Taylor (Mitch Brenner), Jessica Tandy (Lydia Brenner), Suzanne Pleshette (Annie Hayworth), Tippi Hedren (Melanie Daniels) Veronica Cartwright (Cathy Brenner) Ethel Griffies (Mrs. Bundy, elderly ornithologist) Charles McGraw (Sebastian Sholes, fisherman in diner) Ruth McDevitt (Mrs. MacGruder, pet store clerk) Lonny Chapman (Deke Carter, cook in diner) Joe Mantell (Traveling salesman at diner's bar) Doodles Weaver (Fisherman helping with rental boat) Malcolm Atterbury (Deputy Al Malone) John McGovern (Postal clerk) Karl Swenson (Doomsayer in diner) Richard Deacon (Mitch's city neighbor) |
Spoiled socialite and notorious practical joker Melanie Daniels is shopping in a San Francisco pet store when she meets Mitch Brenner. Mitch is looking to buy a pair of love birds for his young sister's birthday; he recognizes Melanie but pretends to mistake her for an assistant. She decides to get her own back by buying the birds and driving up to the quiet coastal town of Bodega Bay, where Mitch spends his weekends with his sister and mother. Shortly after she arrives, Melanie is attacked by a gull, but this is just the start of a series of attacks by an increasing number of birds.
