Skip to content
The Birds

The Birds

1963

adventure film, horror film, mystery film, natural horror film

Director
Alfred Hitchcock
Runtime
119 min

The Birds is a 1963 American natural horror film produced and directed by Alfred Hitchcock, released by Universal Pictures and starring Rod Taylor, Jessica Tandy, Suzanne Pleshette, and introducing Tippi Hedren in her film debut. Loosely based on the 1952 short story of the same name by Daphne du Maurier, it focuses on a series of sudden and unexplained violent bird attacks on the people of Bodega Bay, California, over the course of a few days. The screenplay is by Evan Hunter, who was told by Hitchcock to develop new characters and a more elaborate plot while keeping du Maurier's title and concept of unexplained bird attacks.

Read on Wikipedia (opens in new tab)

Your progress

Log in to track and review this title.

The Birds (1963) — Movies | 1001 Everything