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Give them pleasure - the same pleasure they have when they wake up from a nightmare.

Alfred Hitchcock

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Alfred Hitchcock
Age: 80 †
Born: 1899
Born: August 13
Died: 1980
Died: April 29
Cinematographer
Director
Film Actor
Film Director
Film Editor
Film Producer
Screenwriter
Television Director
Television Producer
Alfred Joseph Hitchcock
Sir Alfred Hitchcock
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