
Part One: Alfred Hitchcock: The Director Who Randomly Tortured People
Behind the Bastards
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Hitchcock's Nickname Cocky
Hitchcock was described at the time by other kids in his primary school as being different from the beginning. One of his schoolmates later described him as a lonely fat boy who smiled and looked at you as if he could see straight through you. His biographer also thinks that this had a major impact on the content of his movies. Hitchcock became a notorious per loinor of eggs from the priest's hen house on the forbidden side of the Presbyterian garden. He loved to steal the eggs and throw them on the windows of the Jesuit residence.
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