At 50, Hitchcock's Timeless 'Vertigo' Still Offers a Dizzying Array of Gifts

By DAVID STERRITT

Fifty years ago, Alfred Hitchcock's thriller Vertigo had its American premiere — in San Francisco, naturally, since that's where Hitchcock had filmed it. In his eyes, the city's timeless architecture and undulating streets were the perfect backdrop for a story of murder, treachery,...