Tippi Hedren's subtle portrayal of the troubled and complicated Marnie, a habitual thief, may have earned her an Oscar - but she claims her nomination was blocked by Hitchcock after she refused ...

Only the music (by Bernard Herrman, composer of Vertigo and five other Hitchcocks), and a few shots (for example, the early close-up of the suitcase, from Marnie) recall specific Hitchcock films ...

which also inspired a film by Alfred Hitchcock. Mezzo-soprano Isabel Leonard sings the enigmatic Marnie, and baritone Christopher Maltman is the man who pursues her—with disastrous results.