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Direction
Hitchcock's last under contract—he was already packing for Selznick.
Practical Effects
That plane crash? Miniatures and a full-scale water tank. No CGI, all nerve.
Cinematography
Windmill shadows and rain-soaked Dutch streets—pure noir poetry.

Director
Alfred Hitchcock
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