What Might Have Been

Introduction

The page lists actors and actresses who, at one point or another, where attached to a Hitchcock film but who did not actually appear in the released version.

The role is shown first (in bold) along with the name of the person who eventually took the role (in brackets), followed by the people who were initially considered or announced for the role.

Marnie (1964)

• Marnie Edgar (Tippi Hedren)
  • Claire Griswold
  • Susan Hampshire
  • Grace Kelly
  • Vera Miles
  • Lee Remick
  • Eva Marie Saint

• Mark Rutland (Sean Connery)
  • Marlon Brando
  • Peter Finch
  • Cary Grant
  • Rock Hudson

• Lil Mainwaring (Diane Baker)
  • Elizabeth Montgomery

• Bernice Edgar (Louise Latham)
  • Jessica Tandy
  • Jo Van Fleet

Torn Curtain (1966)

• Professor Michael Armstrong (Paul Newman)
  • Cary Grant

Topaz (1969)

• André Devereaux (Frederick Stafford)
  • Sean Connery
  • Yves Montand

Frenzy (1972)

• Robert Rusk (Barry Foster)
  • Michael Caine - turned down the role

• Babs Milligan (Anna Massey)
  • Lynn Redgrave

Family Plot (1976)

• Fran (Karen Black)
  • Faye Dunaway

• Blanche Tyler (Barbara Harris)
  • Goldie Hawn
  • Liza Minnelli
  • Cybill Shepherd
  • Beverly Sills

• George Lumley (Bruce Dern)
  • Al Pacino

• Arthur Adamson (William Devane)
  • Burt Reynolds
  • Roy Thinnes - was replaced by Devane after 4 weeks of shooting