In this original and indispensable book, Christine Madrid French reveals Hitchcock's relation to the built world was informed by an intense engagement with location and architectural form - in an era marked by modernism's advance - fueled by some of the most creative midcentury designers in film.

"This book connects the buildings represented in Alfred Hitchcock's films with the history and context of real buildings in the American cultural landscape, assessing the continued impact of his work on the representation of architecture on film"--