The Birds (film) The Birds (film) The Birds is a 1963 American horror-thriller film directed and produced by Alfred Hitchcock, loosely based on the 1952 story of the same name by Daphne du Maurier. It focuses on a series of sudden, unexplained violent bird attacks on the people of Bodega Bay, California over the course of a few days. The film stars Rod Taylor and Tippi Hedren (in her screen debut), supported by Jessica Tandy, Suzanne Pleshette and Veronica Cartwright. The screenplay is by Evan Hunter, who was told by Hitchcock to develop new characters and a more elaborate plot while keeping du
Rod Lauren Rod Lauren Rod Lawrence Strunk (March 20, 1940 – July 11, 2007), popularly known as Rod Lauren, was an American actor and singer. As an actor, he worked mostly in television, appearing in single episodes of "Alfred Hitchcock Presents" and "Gomer Pyle, U.S.M.C." amongst others during the 1960s. Lauren's most notable film is "The Crawling Hand" (1963) which achieved latter-day notoriety when it was featured on "Mystery Science Theater 3000". As a singer, Lauren is a one-hit wonder who hit #31 on the "Billboard" Hot 100 chart with the song "If I Had a Girl" in 1960 and performed twice