Which Alfred Hitchcock film was his first international success?

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Master of suspense — Alfred Hitchcock Alfred Hitchcock's talent as both filmmaker and storyteller is abundantly evident in a film catalog that includes *Dial M for Murder*, *Vertigo*, *Psycho*, and *The Birds*.

Alfred Hitchcock's first international success was the 1934 thriller The Man Who Knew Too Much.1

While his earlier film The Lodger: A Story of the London Fog (1927) was his first hit and established his signature style, The Man Who Knew Too Much marked his breakthrough as an internationally recognized director after he signed with Gaumont-British.21