The Birds (1963)

Movie Details

Original Title The Birds

Original Language EN

Budget $2,500,000

Revenue $11,500,000

Status Released

Popularity 3.6

Cast

Tippi Hedren

Melanie Daniels

Popularity: 1.4

Rod Taylor

Mitch Brenner

Popularity: 1.1

Jessica Tandy

Lydia Brenner

Popularity: 1.7

Suzanne Pleshette

Annie Hayworth

Popularity: 1.8

Veronica Cartwright

Cathy Brenner

Popularity: 2.1

Ethel Griffies

Mrs. Bundy

Popularity: 1.6

Charles McGraw

Sebastian Sholes

Popularity: 4.0

Ruth McDevitt

Mrs. MacGruder

Popularity: 8.8

Lonny Chapman

Deke Carter

Popularity: 1.1

Joe Mantell

Traveling Salesman at Diner's Bar

Popularity: 0.6

Doodles Weaver

Fisherman Helping with Rental Boat

Popularity: 1.1

Malcolm Atterbury

Deputy Al Malone

Popularity: 1.2

Key Crew

Screenplay Evan Hunter

Director Alfred Hitchcock

Producer Alfred Hitchcock

Editor George Tomasini

Production

Alfred J. Hitchcock Productions

Videos & Trailers

60th Anniversary Spot

Teaser

How Hitchcock Uses Silence to Scare | The Birds (1963) - Scene | Hitchcock Presents

Featurette

The Crows Attack the School - Scene | The Birds (1963) | Hitchcock Presents

Clip

The Birds | Attack on Bodega Bay

Clip

The Final Flurry - 'The Birds" | Hitchcock Presents

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A Gathering Of Crows - The Birds (1963) | Hitchcock Presents

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Image Gallery

Backdrops

Posters

Keywords

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Reviews from TMDB

John Chard 8/10

Dec 9, 2018

Birds of a different feather do indeed flock together. The Birds is directed by Alfred Hitchcock and adapted to screenplay by Evan Hunter from the story of the same name written by Daphne du Maurier. It stars Rod Taylor, Tippi Hedren, Suzanne Pleshette, Jessica Tandy, Veronica Cartwright and Et ... Read more

JPV852 6/10

Sep 12, 2020

Certainly has some creepy imagery and the acting was mostly passable, and I guess it works as a B-movie horror-thriller, but I never really found the birds all that terrifying. Probably the lower end of the Hitchcock movies I've seen. **3.25/5**

RetroSpyGadget

May 16, 2021

Terrific horror film! Terrific film! But my impression is that The Birds is not really about the birds. To me this movie is all about the characters, their stories and finding something they didn't expect to find in each others. They felt real to me, they evolved and changed alongside their relation ... Read more