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 Dragon" (1973). The film was directed by Robert Clouse, who had also directed Taylor in the film "Darker than Amber" (1970). Taylor was supposedly deemed too tall for the part, and the role instead went to John Saxon. In 1973, Taylor was cast in "The Train Robbers" with John Wayne and Ann-Margret. The film was a box office success. Taylor also had some television roles: he starred in "Bearcats!" (1971) on CBS and in "The Oregon Trail" (1976) on NBC. He had a regular role in the short-lived spy drama series "Masquerade" (1983) and played one of the leads in