and we call it the 'MacGuffin.'
It is the mechanical element
that usually crops up in any story.
In crook stories it is most always
the necklace and in spy stories
it is most always the papers."
-- Alfred Hitchcock
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"[We] have a name in the studio, and we call it the 'MacGuffin.' It is the mechanical element that usually crops up in any story. In crook stories it is most always the necklace and in spy stories it is most always the papers." -- Alfred Hitchcock |
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