The masculine imposition of a movie’s director meets the unstoppable spirit of its lead actress in “Marnie.”
Hitchcock’s second collaboration with “Birds” star Tippi Hedren, who claimed that Alfred Hitchcock sexually assaulted her during both productions, “Marnie” is a psychological battleground of wills on and off screen.
It cannot be assumed that Hitchcock ever seriously would have been able to court then-Princess Grace (Kelly) to return to Hollywood for the lead part of Marnie. Beyond being just a scheming sociopath…