Film director Hitchcock discusses his life and career in long talks with Pia Lindstrom (newscaster and daughter of Hitchcock star Ingrid Berman) and with film historian William Everson. Excerpts from several films illustrate these interviews. Discussion topics include: what is fear?, method acting vs. film acting, the difference between the usual "Who Done It" mystery and what he considers to be real suspense. His choice of leading ladies and why (Bergman, Baxter, Kelly, Marie Saint, Leigh, etc.).

Excerpted parts of interviews conducted by Pia Lindstrom (daughter of Hitchcock actress Ingrid Bergman) and William Everson for a 2 Part episode of the TV series Camera Three called The Illustrated Hitchcock. Subjects include working with actors, acting styles, techniques of suspense, casting choices and the making of various films

Captain Celluloid battles the evil Master Duper and his criminal gang, the League of Film Pirates, who plan to hijack copies of classic films, copy them and sell them to desperate film collectors all over the world.