Alfred Hitchcock's unrealized projects Alfred Hitchcock's unrealized projects The following is a partial list of unproduced Alfred Hitchcock projects, in roughly chronological order. During a career that spanned more than half a century, Alfred Hitchcock directed over fifty films, and worked on a number of others which never made it beyond the pre-production stage. This was to be Hitchcock's directorial debut, after working in the art department on twelve films previously, but budgetary problems canceled the production after only a few scenes were shot. Studio records indicate that its title was to be "Mrs. Peabody". British thriller writer Dennis Wheatley had been a guest
Things Aren't Simple Any More film the piece. The transmission of the game show "Who Wants to Be a Millionaire?" on rival channel ITV at the same time as the final series of "One Foot" led to the ratings that year being lower than for previous series. The broadcast of "Things Aren't Simple Any More" coincided with the broadcast of the first UK jackpot win on "Millionaire". The news of Judith Keppel's win, recorded the preceding Sunday, was leaked to the press; ITV announced Keppel's success at a press conference on the day of broadcast. Renwick was annoyed that this would take "audience interest" away