# Movie Anomalies By Directors? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [July 24, 2020, 2:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-anomalies-by-directors/916216 "2020-07-24T14:16:22Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 8\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![RealityChuck](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/realitychuck/32/195_2.png) [@RealityChuck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RealityChuck)\ **Post date:** [July 29, 2020, 1:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-anomalies-by-directors/916216/21 "2020-07-29T13:55:20Z")
> [@EinsteinsHund](#): > > Billy Wilder, “Witness For The Prosecution”, the best Hitchcock movie Hitch never made, from the master of comedies. Comedies like _Double Indemnity_, _Ace in the Hole_, _Stalag 17_, _The Lost Weekend_, and _Sunset Boulevard_? ---
**Author:** ![Bijou\_Drains](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bijou_drains/32/2814_2.png) [@Bijou\_Drains](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bijou_Drains)\ **Post date:** [July 29, 2020, 4:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-anomalies-by-directors/916216/22 "2020-07-29T16:08:39Z")
> [@Shoeless](#): > > “The Straight Story”. It’s almost surreal to see a title card that says > > “Walt Disney Pictures Presents” > > followed by > > “A Film By David Lynch” and it’s rated G ---
**Author:** ![silenus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/silenus/32/166_2.png) [@silenus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/silenus)\ **Post date:** [July 29, 2020, 4:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-anomalies-by-directors/916216/23 "2020-07-29T16:20:14Z")
Then you have directors like Michael Curtiz, who did everything from _The Adventures of Robin Hood_ to _Mildred Pierce_ to _Casablanca_ to _Yankee Doodle Dandy_ to _King Creole_. Og forbid someone telling **him** to stick to one genre! Sorry for the digression. ---
**Author:** ![EinsteinsHund](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/einsteinshund/32/8400_2.png) [@EinsteinsHund](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EinsteinsHund)\ **Post date:** [July 29, 2020, 4:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-anomalies-by-directors/916216/24 "2020-07-29T16:46:38Z")
> [@RealityChuck](#): > > Comedies like _Double Indemnity_ , _Ace in the Hole_ , _Stalag 17_ , _The Lost Weekend_ , and _Sunset Boulevard_ ? I know that he didn’t make comedies exclusively, but it’s the genre he’s most known for and had the most success with. ---
**Author:** ![RealityChuck](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/realitychuck/32/195_2.png) [@RealityChuck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RealityChuck)\ **Post date:** [July 29, 2020, 5:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-anomalies-by-directors/916216/25 "2020-07-29T17:02:05Z")
Best director Oscar, 1946: _The Lost Weekend,_ Billy Wilder Best director Oscar, 1951, _Sunset Boulevard_, Billy Wilder Best director nominations: _Double Indemnity_, _Stalag 17_, _Witness for the Prosecution_ Hard to say he’s most known for or had more success with comedies. ---
**Author:** ![EinsteinsHund](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/einsteinshund/32/8400_2.png) [@EinsteinsHund](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EinsteinsHund)\ **Post date:** [July 29, 2020, 5:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-anomalies-by-directors/916216/26 "2020-07-29T17:04:00Z")
Ok, I concur that my example wasn’t the best one possible. Content now? ---
**Author:** ![EinsteinsHund](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/einsteinshund/32/8400_2.png) [@EinsteinsHund](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EinsteinsHund)\ **Post date:** [July 29, 2020, 5:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-anomalies-by-directors/916216/27 "2020-07-29T17:09:53Z")
But I think I got a better one. Just like in my book, “Witness Of The Prosecution” is Billy WIlder’s “Hitchcock” movie, “The Trouble With Harry” is Hitch’s “Wilder” movie. And a Hitchcock comedy really is an outlier. ---
**Author:** ![RivkahChaya](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rivkahchaya/32/8919_2.png) [@RivkahChaya](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RivkahChaya)\ **Post date:** [July 29, 2020, 11:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-anomalies-by-directors/916216/28 "2020-07-29T23:19:54Z")
Actually, _Witness for the Prosecution_ was the antithesis of Hitchcock. Not sure how to do spoilers here, but the movie is pretty old, so suffice to say, Hitch liked doing movies about people **falsely** accused. He had a long string of them, and people otherwise falsely persecuted, like Iris, in _The Lady Vanishes_, who cannot convince anyone of what the audience knows is true-- that Mrs. Froy exists (and the audience knows she does, because we have seen her in scenes where Iris was not present), or Lila (Marion Crane’s sister), who cannot convince anyone she saw Norman’s mother in the house. _Witness for the Prosecution_ was not Hitchcock’s cup of tea at all. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-anomalies-by-directors/916216.md?page=1)