Alfred Hitchcock loved San Francisco, and he gave "The City" a starring role in his 1958 movie Vertigo and a cameo role in The Birds (1963). Brimming over with Hitchcockian suspense, the films are quite different. Vertigo is mystery where an ex cop (Jimmy Stewart) falls in love with a reincarnated dead woman (Kim Novak), while Tippi Hedren and Rod Taylor star in the terrifying ecological tale The Birds, where our feathered friends are far from friendly.
The City
Displaying Style with a capital S, the San Francisco of that time was a low-keyed, cosmopolitan destination where men wearing hats safely escorted women wearing coats and gloves to almost every corner of the city. The skyline was low and friendly—thoughtfully built so as not to block a neighbor’s view. Citizens were as justifiably proud of their baseball stadium as their art museum or opera house and dining choices were the envy of the world.
The film opens with police detective Jimmy Stewart chasing a suspect across rooftops. After leaping across an alleyway, Stewart slips and slides down a tile roof. He manages to save himself from a multi-story fall by hanging from the metal rain gutter, but the policeman who comes to help, falls to his death. From then on, Stewart is so afraid of heights that he gets dizzy and faints when climbing a step stool. He leaves the force and reluctantly takes a job trailing the wife (Kim Novak) of a rich businessman.
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