![]() Lehman completed an outline of the first act of "In a Northwesterly Direction" in September 1957. When it finally became apparent that Hitchcock had no interest in Innes' book, the project was passed on to director Michael Anderson and screenwriter Eric Ambler. ![]() Apparently, MGM executives initially interpreted this to mean that Hitchcock and Lehman would return to adapting The Wreck of the Mary Deare afterwards. Īt the end of August, Hitchcock approached MGM and informed them that he was working on a story of "espionage and counter-espionage in the United States with locales in New York, Detroit, Mount Rushmore and Alaska, among others". In fact, Hitchcock had been discussing the potential of a filmed chase across Mount Rushmore with journalists as early as July 1951. The plot appealed to Lehman, who greatly admired Hitchcock's "innocent man" films, and the two began sketching out further ideas for the storyline. Hitchcock's plans for the film included an assassination at the United Nations, a chase across America, and a climax at Mount Rushmore. Hitchcock eventually purchased the story rights from Guernsey for $10,000. For several years, Hitchcock had been mulling over an idea he called "The Man on Lincoln's Nose", inspired by an story told to him by the journalist Otis Guernsey in the early 1950s about an innocent man who is mistaken for a master spy. ![]() īy early August, both Hitchcock and Lehman had their reservations about the project and their discussions turned instead towards creating an original screenplay. According to Lehman, it was composer Bernard Herrmann who had recommended him to Hitchcock. Initially, Alfred Hitchcock had planned to film The Wreck of the Mary Deare for MGM and, whilst continuing to work on Vertigo, he met sporadically during the summer of 1957 with screenwriter Ernest Lehman to discuss how to adapt Hammond Innes' book.
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