Gary Cooper turned down the chance to work for director Alfred Hitchcock, who wanted him to play an innocent man on the run.

Alfred Hitchcock screen-tested the Broadway actor for the role of the spy.

Director Alfred Hitchcock sought Fonda to play the factory worker sent on the run when he's falsely accused of being a traitor.

The handsome star of "Lost Horizon" and "The Philadelphia Story" was unavailable to play for Alfred Hitchcock the head of a ring of dangerous right-wing fanatics.

Director Alfred Hitchcock wanted Barbara Stanwyck, who declined the role.

Alfred Hitchcock wanted the talented, sharp Sullavan to star with Henry Fonda as a couple on the run who unmask a ring of dangerous Fascists.