Alfred Hitchcock

I've recently discovered a trick through which you can detail the aspects of a director/auteur: imagine if they had created Highlander.

Now, Hitchcock didn't do much in the way of science fiction or supernatural powers, so that bit would need to be cut. Next, the main character would have to be lost, in over his head, and on the run from the law - a traditional Hitchcock hero. Let's throw in a blond femme-fatale and a convoluted plot for good measure.

Here's the story I've come up with:

Connor MacLeod wakes up in a small town hospital with no memory. Over the next few days, he is attacked by strange swordsmen and finds articles in the newspaper that describe him as an escaped murder suspect. Along the way are references to a mysterious "prize", a blond woman who needs his help, and an obsession with finding the witness named in the newspapers. The twist is that he is that witness, and the woman who "needed his help" was the real suspect. The people hunting him are playing a twisted game, and he's their prey. At the very end, he explains all this to a cop who is secretly holding a sword.

The plot has the second twist, the classic femme-fatale, the "wrong man", and the dark tone common in Hitchcock's films. There is no real physical confrontation, just the threat of one. To fit Hitchcock's style, big events would be shown indirectly through shots of the newspaper. I've included the conspiracy from 39 Steps, the minor betrayal from Vertigo, the memory loss from Spellbound, and the creepy small town atmosphere from Shadow of a Doubt. I kinda just threw them all together. Still, I think it would be interesting. I'd watch it, at least.