John Michael Hayes (11 May 1919 – 19 November 2008) was an American screenwriter, who scripted several of Alfred Hitchcock's films in the 1950s, and subject of the book "Writing with Hitchcock" by Steven DeRosa.
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“Every time an ashtray is missing from a hotel, they dont come looking for you. But let a diamond bracelet disappear in France and they shout John Robie, the Cat. You dont have to spend every day of your life proving your honesty, but I do.”
—John Michael Hayes (b.1919)
“Lisa Fremont: Surprise is the most important element of attack. And besides, youre not up on your private eye literature. When theyre in trouble its always their girl Friday who gets them out of it.
L.B. Jeffries: Well, is she the girl who saves him from the clutches of the seductive show girls and the over passionate daughters of the rich?
Lisa Fremont: The same.
L.B. Jeffries: Thats the one, huh? But he never ends up marrying her, does he? Thats strange.”
—John Michael Hayes (b. 1919)
“The Forefathers dayPilgrim day. We are at the same high call here todayfreedom, freedom for all. We all know that is the essence of this contest.”
—Rutherford Birchard Hayes (18221893)