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12 Things You Didn’t Know About Alfred Hitchcock

8. Hitchcock Vs the Hays Code

Hitchcock spent a big portion of his directing career butting heads with the ruling film restrictions of the day, the Hays Code. In fact, as the director was making Psycho, several scenes were intended to directly contradict the Hays Code (toilets like the one in the classic shower scene were strictly off limits, normally). In order to get this footage past censors, he sent them scenes of graphic violence and nudity, knowing they’d be cut but that he’d be shown a little leniency from there on.

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