The Birds Released Date, Rating, Genre, Cast

IMDb

Released Date

March 28, 1963

Distributor

Universal Pictures

Genre

Horror

Rating

PG-13

Worldwide Gross

Domestic Gross + International Gross = Worldwide Gross
$53,647 + $0 = $53,647

Cast

Tippi Hedren, Jessica Tandy, Suzanne Pleshette, Rod Taylor, Veronica Cartwright

Tippi Hedren

as Melanie Daniels

1909-1994

Jessica Tandy

as Lydia Brenner

1937-2008

Suzanne Pleshette

as Annie Hayworth

1930-2015

Rod Taylor

as Mitchell

Veronica Cartwright

as Cathy Brenner

About The Birds

A wealthy San Francisco socialite pursues a potential boyfriend to a small Northern California town that slowly takes a turn for the bizarre when birds of all kinds suddenly begin to attack people.

About

Alfred Hitchcock classic about a San Francisco socialite who is caught in the middle of strange bird attacks in Northern California. The film marked the big screen debut for actress Tippi Hedren.

Trivia

The Birds was based on a novelette of the same name by Daphne du Maurier, which was published in 1952. The film was Hitchcock's follow-up to his 1960 classic Psycho.