The Girl (2012 TV film) Hitchcock), John Russell Taylor – author of the 1978 biography "Hitch" – said the film is "totally absurd". In an interview with London's "Evening Standard" in January 2013, Anthony Hopkins (who played the eponymous role in the 2012 Alfred Hitchcock biopic "Hitchcock") questioned "The Girl"s portrayal of the director and the need for a film about that period of Hitchcock's career: "I talked to Tippi Hedren one day ... and she never mentioned that ... Whatever his obsession was, she didn't want to dwell on it ... I don't think it's necessary to put all that into a movie." Speaking
Don Taylor (American actor and director) in Billy Wilder's "Stalag 17". His last major film role came in "I'll Cry Tomorrow" (1955). From the late 1950s through the 1980s, Taylor turned to directing movies and TV shows, such as "Alfred Hitchcock Presents", the short-lived "Steve Canyon", starring Dean Fredericks, and Rod Serling's "Night Gallery". One of his memorable efforts, in 1973, was the musical film "Tom Sawyer," which boasted a Sherman Brothers song score. Other films that Taylor directed are "Escape from the Planet of the Apes" (1971), "Echoes of a Summer" (1976), "The Great Scout & Cathouse Thursday" (also 1976), "The Island of Dr. Moreau"