Hitchcock Chronology: Brian Moore

Entries in the Hitchcock Chronology relating to Brian Moore...

1965

March

• Hitchcock begins script meetings with writer Brian Moore to develop Torn Curtain.
• 26th - Brian Moore completes a 5-page synopsis for Torn Curtain.

May

• 19th - Brian Moore completes an initial treatment for Torn Curtain.
• 25th - Brian Moore submits the first fifteen pages of his initial draft of Torn Curtain to Hitchcock.

June

• 21st - Brian Moore completes his first draft of Torn Curtain.

July

• Brian Moore completes his third draft of Torn Curtain during the first week of August.
• Brian Moore completes his second draft of Torn Curtain.
• Hitchcock asks Brian Moore to make changes to his third draft of Torn Curtain towards the end of August, but the writer express his dissatisfaction with the entire project. Hitchcock begins looking around for a writer to replace Moore.

September

• 9th - Unhappy with the state of Brian Moore's screenplay for Torn Curtain, Hitchcock asks Peggy Robertson to draw up a list of skilled writers who might be able to salvage the script. Amongst the names, Robertson suggests John Michael Hayes. Unwilling to work with Hayes again, Hitchcock eventually selects the English writing team of Keith Waterhouse and Willis Hall.