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.
Scout Taylor-Compton In 2009, Taylor-Compton starred alongside Helen Mirren and Joe Pesci in "Love Ranch". Then she appeared in the film "Obsessed" alongside Beyoncé Knowles. Taylor-Compton respised her role as Laurie Strode in "Halloween II" (2009), a sequel to the Rob Zombie's 2007 film. In 2010, she appeared in "The Runaways", where she played Lita Ford, alongside Kristen Stewart, Dakota Fanning and Stella Maeve. In 2001, Taylor-Compton provided voice overs for "I Am Sam", and continued with voice over work with appearances in "The Core" (2003) and "" (2004). The following year, she provided voice over work for the teen hero comedy