Themes and plot devices in Hitchcock films Clift at a dinner party around the filming of "I Confess" (1953) to swallow a carafe of brandy, which caused the actor to pass out almost immediately. In "Torn Curtain" and "Topaz", brandy is defined more closely as cognac. Melanie Daniels (Tippi Hedren) is offered a brandy by Annie Hayworth (Suzanne Pleshette), and after being attacked by the birds, drinks the brandy offered by Mitch (Rod Taylor). In "Rear Window", Lisa Fremont (Grace Kelly) is "just warming some brandy". In "Frenzy", Richard Blaney is sacked for supposedly stealing brandy, and can be seen in several sequences to be drinking brandy.
Rod Taylor (American football) Rod Taylor (American football) Rod Taylor (born October 26, 1994) is a guard for the Cincinnati Bengals of the National Football League (NFL). He played college football at Ole Miss, where he started every game at right tackle in 2017. Taylor was drafted by the Bengals in the seventh round with the 252th overall pick in the 2018 NFL Draft. Taylor was drafted by the Cincinnati Bengals in the seventh round, 252nd overall, of the 2018 NFL Draft. On the first day of training camp on July 27, 2018, Taylor was carted off the field with an apparent knee injury.