What 1959 American thriller directed by Alfred Hitchcock was used as the model for "The Bugs Bunny Mystery Special"?
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The Bugs Bunny Mystery Special The Bugs Bunny Mystery Special is an animated television special that was broadcast on CBS October 26, 1980. Presented as an Alfred Hitchcock-style whodunit, the plot is modeled after those of "North by Northwest" and "The Fugitive". Like most Looney Tunes specials of the time, this program consists of clips from classic cartoons with some new original animation holding them together.
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North by Northwest North by Northwest is a 1959 American thriller directed by Alfred Hitchcock and starring Cary Grant, Eva Marie Saint and James Mason. The screenplay was by Ernest Lehman, who wanted to write "the Hitchcock picture to end all Hitchcock pictures".
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The Mosquito (film) The Mosquito (German: Die Mücke) is a 1954 West German drama film directed by Walter Reisch and starring Hilde Krahl, Margot Hielscher and Gustav Knuth. It was entered into the 1955 Cannes Film Festival. It was shot at the Tempelhof Studios in Berlin. The film's sets were designed by the art director Rolf Zehetbauer.
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Eddie Parker (actor) Eddie Parker (December 12, 1900 – January 20, 1960) was an American stuntman and actor who appeared in many classic films, mostly westerns and horror films. Some of his more famous films and serials include the 1943 ""Batman"" (as Lewis Wilson's stunt double), "The Crimson Ghost", "Abbott and Costello Meet the Mummy" (as the Mummy), and "Rear Window" for Alfred Hitchcock as well as many classic Universal horror films. He appeared three times in the early television series, "Tales of the Texas Rangers", and also performed stunts for that program.
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Bugsy Bugsy is a 1991 American crime-drama film directed by Barry Levinson which tells the story of mobster Bugsy Siegel and his relationship with Virginia Hill. It stars Warren Beatty as Siegel and Annette Bening as Hill, as well as Harvey Keitel, Ben Kingsley, Elliott Gould, and Joe Mantegna. The screenplay was written by James Toback from research material by Dean Jennings' 1967 book "We Only Kill Each Other".
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Bugs Bunny's Overtures to Disaster Bugs Bunny's Overtures to Disaster is a 1991 Looney Tunes Television special directed by Greg Ford and Terry Lennon. In new animation, Jeff Bergman voiced Bugs, Daffy, Porky, Elmer and Sylvester.
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A Hare Grows in Manhattan A Hare Grows In Manhattan is a Warner Bros. cartoon in the "Merrie Melodies" series, released on March 22, 1947 and directed by Friz Freleng. It stars Bugs Bunny and a pack of bulldogs (one resembles Hector). Unlike many cases where "hare" is a pun on "hair", the title here is a pun on a then-recent book which figures into the climax of the cartoon (however, it does also contain a punning reference to what hair does: grow).
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The Rabbit Trap The Rabbit Trap is a 1959 American drama film directed by Philip Leacock based on a 1955 "Goodyear Television Playhouse" teleplay by JP Miller
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Hyde and Hare Hyde and Hare is a 1955 Looney Tunes Bugs Bunny cartoon, directed by Friz Freleng. The cartoon pits Bugs against Dr. Jekyll, who continues to turn into Mr. Hyde. The title is a play on the expression "neither hide nor hair."
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The Mask of Dimitrios The Mask of Dimitrios is a 1944 American film noir directed by Jean Negulesco and written by Frank Gruber, based on the 1939 novel of the same name written by Eric Ambler (in the United States, it was published as "A Coffin for Dimitrios"). Ambler is known as a major influence on writers and a developer of the modern thriller genre.
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Robert McKimson Robert Porter "Bob" McKimson, Sr. (October 13, 1910 – September 29, 1977) was an American animator, illustrator, and director best known for his work on the "Looney Tunes" and "Merrie Melodies" series of cartoons from Warner Bros., and later DePatie-Freleng Enterprises. He was also well known for defining Bugs Bunny's look in 1943.
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The Last Warning The Last Warning is a 1929 American mystery horror film directed by Paul Leni, and starring Laura La Plante, Montagu Love, and Margaret Livingston. It is a companion piece to Universal Pictures 1927 production of "The Cat and the Canary". The plot follows a producer's attempt to re-stage a play five years after one of the original cast members was murdered in the theater.
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The Trail of the Octopus The Trail of the Octopus is a 1919 American mystery film serial directed by Duke Worne.
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Me and Hitch Me and Hitch is a 1997 book that chronicles the relationship between writer Evan Hunter and director Alfred Hitchcock, beginning with their meeting in the summer of 1959 through April 1963. It focuses upon their successful collaboration on "The Birds", and their ill-fated collaboration on "Marnie".
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Blacque Jacque Shellacque Blacque Jacque Shellacque is a fictional cartoon character in the "Looney Tunes" cartoons. He was created by Robert McKimson and first appeared in the 1959 short "Bonanza Bunny".
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John Bunny John Bunny (September 21, 1863 – April 26, 1915) was an American actor and was one of the first comic stars of the motion picture era. Between 1909 and his death in 1915 Bunny was one of the top stars of early silent film, as well as an early example of celebrity. At one time he was billed as "the man who makes more than the president". His face was insured for $100,000 and his unexpected death made headlines around the world. Though quickly forgotten, Bunny paved the way for future plump comedians such as Fatty Arbuckle and Jackie Gleason.
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The Female Animal The Female Animal is a 1958 American CinemaScope film noir drama film directed by Harry Keller and starring Hedy Lamarr, Jane Powell, Jan Sterling and George Nader.
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The Unseen (1945 film) The Unseen is a 1945 America film noir mystery film directed by Lewis Allen that starred Joel McCrea. It was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Sound Recording (Loren L. Ryder), and is based on the novel "Midnight House" (US title: "Her Heart in Her Throat") by Ethel Lina White.
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Face in the Night Face in the Night is a 1957 British crime film directed by Lance Comfort and starring Griffith Jones, Lisa Gastoni and Vincent Ball. It was based on the novel "Suspense" by prolific crime writer Bruce Graeme. The film was known in the U.S. as "Menace in the Night".
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Tormented (1960 film) Tormented is a 1960 American horror film directed and produced by Bert I. Gordon for Allied Artists Pictures Corporation, and starring Richard Carlson. The film was featured in the fourth season of the television series "Mystery Science Theater 3000" ("MST3K").
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The Short Night The Short Night was a film planned by British-American director Alfred Hitchcock (1899–1980).
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The Revenge of Frankenstein The Revenge of Frankenstein is a 1958 British horror film made by Hammer Film Productions. Directed by Terence Fisher, the film stars Peter Cushing, Francis Matthews, Michael Gwynn and Eunice Gayson. In the US, it was released on a double bill with "Curse of the Demon".