NOBODY forced Hitch to do anything at Universal. All he had to say was no and they would oblige him unless the expense was to great. Most especially where actors salaries are concerned as he hated paying them. Many actors would take a pay cut to work with him. Too often he got trapped in the bubble and squeak of his own success and listened to the men upstairs over too many steaks and martini's. The real truth behind his failures at this time was the fact that Alma couldn't help him as much if at all since suffering a stroke and eventually cancer.
I like this movie. In fact of all the Hitchcock made this is the one that could be made today.
NOBODY forced Hitch to do anything at Universal. All he had to say was no and they would oblige him unless the expense was to great. Most especially where actors salaries are concerned as he hated paying them. Many actors would take a pay cut to work with him. Too often he got trapped in the bubble and squeak of his own success and listened to the men upstairs over too many steaks and martini's.
The real truth behind his failures at this time was the fact that Alma couldn't help him as much if at all since suffering a stroke and eventually cancer.