I was watching quite a few Hitchcock movies as sort of a marathon, but can't watch them all perhaps. However, the ones I have seen so far, he never has the hero kill the villain in the end, or at least overpower them in the physical fight.
A lot of times in thrillers the hero is the one to do it and I think audiences prefer this, as it is a lot more common in thrillers.
At least in any of his I have seen, it's always the hero is helpless and the police or authority figures are the ones to save them, or the villain gets killed, not by the protagonist, but by convenient like in Shadow of a Doubt.
But what do you think? Is there a reason why Hitchcock seemed to prefer this type ending?
A lot of times in thrillers the hero is the one to do it and I think audiences prefer this, as it is a lot more common in thrillers.
At least in any of his I have seen, it's always the hero is helpless and the police or authority figures are the ones to save them, or the villain gets killed, not by the protagonist, but by convenient like in Shadow of a Doubt.
But what do you think? Is there a reason why Hitchcock seemed to prefer this type ending?