- Hitchcock allegedly bet someone who worked on his film set a weeks salary to spend the night chained up in a dark, empty studio. Before leaving, Hitchcock gave the man some brandy, but he laced it with strong laxatives. Lets just say, the man did not have a pleasant night.
- On one of his sets, Hitchcock let his daughter ride the ferris wheel, but he stopped it while she was on the top and turned off all the lights. Then he went to film elsewhere. He left her screaming for an hour before letting her down.
- Hitchcock sent a horse to Gerald Du Maurier's dressing room "just to see how he would react to inconvenience."
- During the filming of "The 39 Steps" Hitchcock handcuffed Robert Donat and Madeleine Carroll together and pretended for hours that he had lost the keys.
- Hitchcock would place whoopie cushions under the sofa cushions in his house when he had guests, and then he would act shocked at the noise when they sat down.
- When Hitchcock had guests, he would often serve fancy meals in the wrong order- starting from dessert.