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 Taylor man whose town and home come under attack by menacing birds. Taylor then starred with Jane Fonda in the romantic comedy "Sunday in New York" (also 1963). During the mid-1960s, Taylor worked mostly for MGM. His credits including "The V.I.P.s" (1963), his first feature film role as an Australian, with Richard Burton, Elizabeth Taylor, and Maggie Smith; "Fate Is the Hunter" (for 20th Century Fox, 1964) with Glenn Ford and Suzanne Pleshette; "36 Hours" (1964) with James Garner; "Young Cassidy" (1965) with Julie Christie and Maggie Smith; "The Liquidator" (1965) with Jill St. John; "Do Not Disturb" (1965); and "The