Evan Hunter

I'd be in the middle of discussing a scene with him and he would say out of the blue, well, how long has she been in San Francisco now?

How long has she been in Bodega Bay?

And I would say, well, I don't know, two days.

And he'd say, well, has she called her father?

And I'd say, what?

He said, has she called her father?

I said, no, she hasn't.

He said, well, don't you think she should call her father?

Tell him where she is, you know?

And I said, sure.

So it's easy to do a phone call to Papa.

Or things like... I'll remember this always.

When I described the scene to him where she goes up to the attic, I don't know if you recall the movie where there's been a big bird attack on the house and...

They're all sitting around and Mitch is asleep in the chair and she's asleep in the other chair.

And she hears a sound.

And she looks up, she leans over to Mitch and he doesn't hear her because he's asleep.

And she grabs a flashlight and goes to investigate.

And I'm describing the scene to him.

And this to me, by the way, it didn't turn out to be this in the film itself.

But in the screenplay, when she opens the door to that attic...