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<BODY bgcolor="#CCCCCC"> <font size="4"><p>The Art of Murder</font> <font size="2"><br>article by Iain Morrisson <p><b>B</b></font>efore the "shower scene" in <i>Psycho</i>, Alfred Hitchcock had directed only three other sustained murder sequences. The vast majority of murders in Hitchcock's movies occur either off-screen, or they are as brief as the flash of a gun. The three prolonged sequences prior to <i>Psycho</i> include the stabbing of Crewe in <i>Blackmail</i>, the stabbing of Swann in <i>Dial M for Murder</i>, and the strangling of Miriam in <i>Strangers on a Train</i>. <p><a href="default-nf.htm">Go to article</a></font> </body>