The Birds

The Birds

119 mins | Horror | March 28, 1963

Chic socialite Melanie Daniels enjoys a passing flirtation with an eligible attorney in a San Francisco pet shop and, on an impulse, follows him to his hometown bearing a gift of lovebirds. But upon her arrival, the bird population runs amok. Suddenly, the townsfolk face a massive avian onslaught, with the feathered fiends inexplicably attacking people all over Bodega Bay.

The Birds

119 mins | Horror | March 28, 1963

The Birds
Chic socialite Melanie Daniels enjoys a passing flirtation with an eligible attorney in a San Francisco pet shop and, on an impulse, follows him to his hometown bearing a gift of lovebirds. But upon her arrival, the bird population runs amok. Suddenly, the townsfolk face a massive avian onslaught, with the feathered fiends inexplicably attacking people all over Bodega Bay.
IMDb rating 7.6
Producers Alfred J. Hitchcock Productions
Original title The Birds
Directors Lois Thurman, James H. Brown, Alfred Hitchcock
Writers Evan Hunter, Daphne du Maurier

Cast

Tippi Hedren

as Melanie Daniels

Rod Taylor

as Mitch Brenner

Jessica Tandy

as Lydia Brenner

Suzanne Pleshette

as Annie Hayworth

Veronica Cartwright

as Cathy Brenner

Ethel Griffies

as Mrs. Bundy

Charles McGraw

as Sebastian Sholes

Ruth McDevitt

as Mrs. MacGruder

Lonny Chapman

as Deke Carter

Joe Mantell

as Traveling Salesman at Diner's Bar

Doodles Weaver

as Fisherman helping with Rental Boat

Malcolm Atterbury

as Deputy Al Malone

John McGovern

as Postal Clerk

Karl Swenson

as Drunken Doomsayer in Diner

Richard Deacon

as Mitch's City Neighbor

Elizabeth Wilson

as Helen Carter

Bill Quinn

as Sam

Doreen Lang

as Hysterical Mother in Diner

Alfred Hitchcock

as Pet Store Customer (uncredited)

Morgan Brittany

as Brunette Girl at Birthday Party (uncredited)

Darlene Conley

as Waitress (uncredited)

Betsy Hale

as Little Girl (uncredited)

Dal McKennon

as Sam the Cook (uncredited)

Mike Monteleone

as Gas Station Attendant (uncredited)

Renn Reed

as Girl at Birthday Party (uncredited)

Arnold Roberts

as Townsman (uncredited)

Jeannie Russell

as School Child (uncredited)

Rory Stevens

as Scared Boy in Diner (uncredited)