The Birds (story) The Birds (story) "The Birds" is a horror story by British writer Daphne du Maurier, first published in her 1952 collection "The Apple Tree". It is the story of a farmhand, his family, and his community that are attacked by flocks of birds and seabirds in "kamikaze" fashion. The story is set in du Maurier's native Cornwall shortly after the end of the Second World War. By the end of the story it becomes clear that all of Britain is under aerial assault. The story was the inspiration for Alfred Hitchcock's film "The Birds", released in 1963, the same year
The Servant (1963 film) of power relations away from Tony towards Barrett.' Losey's other collaborations with Pinter, "Accident" and "The Go-Between", share a resemblance to "The Servant" in that they offer the same savage indictment of the waning English class system, a theme which British film-makers had not previously explored. The soundtrack, by John Dankworth, includes the song "All Gone", sung by Cleo Laine, which is used repeatedly in the film. Folk guitarist Davy Graham makes a brief cameo playing the song Rock Me Baby. The Servant (1963 film) The Servant is Harold Pinter's 1963 film adaptation of a 1948 novelette by Robin Maugham.