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Men with pocketbooks

posted 15 years ago by c7c7c7r
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In Hitchcock's films, there are a number of scenes where a male character holds a woman's handbag: Robert Cummings in Dial M, Jimmy Stewart in Rear Window, Rod Taylor in The Birds, and as Bruce Dern crawls out of the car, there's Blanche's bag around his shoulder. That whole scene is hilarious. I'm glad Hitch ended his career with this droll charmer.
Any other 'handbag scenes' come to anyone?

[–] socorso 14 years ago

great post..!
I just noticed....near the end of Family Plot, William Devane, holding Karen Black's pocketbook, puts a gun into it......!
I'll be on the lookout for more.

[–] moosefeathers 12 years ago

Psycho?

Swing away, Merrill....Merrill, swing away...

[–] PinkIcicle 11 years ago

Don't forget Jimmy Stewart in The Man Who Knew Too Much. He reached into Doris Day's purse to get something to write on after Louis Bernard's murder in the marketplace.

[–] moosefeathers 10 years ago

Raymond Burr, Rear Window.

Swing away, Merrill....Merrill, swing away...

[–] dlynch843 9 years ago

Sean Connery in 'Marnie'.