The Three Hostages
From Alfred Hitchcock Wiki
Introduction
In 1964, Hitchcock re-read another Richard Hannay book, "The Three Hostages", with a mind to adapting it. Again, the rights were elusive. But also the story was dated, very much rooted in the 1930s, and the plot involved a villain whose blind mother hypnotizes the hero. Hitchcock had never thought that hypnosis worked on film.
Links
- Writing With Hitchcock - "The Return of Richard Hannay: Alfred Hitchcock & The Three Hostages"
- The Three Hostages - full text of the novel (PDF)