# The 1959 Audrey Hepburn and Alfred Hitchcock movie that never was: “I was so excited”

- URL: https://talkfuse.com/story/the-1959-audrey-hepburn-and-alfred-hitchcock-movie-that-never-was-i-was-so-excited/
- Published: 2026-11-06T22:45:00+00:00
- Updated: 2026-11-06T23:26:42+00:00
- Original publisher: Far Out
- Original article: https://faroutmagazine.co.uk/audrey-hepburn-alfred-hitchcock-movie-that-never-was/
- Topics: Entertainment, Film

## Key points

- Hepburn was set to star in Hitchcock’s *No Bail for the Judge*.
- She loved the script and asked for the contracts.
- The project fell apart for reasons never confirmed.

## Summary

In 1959, Alfred Hitchcock planned to adapt Henry Cecil’s novel *No Bail for the Judge* with Audrey Hepburn in the lead, but the film was never made. Their collaboration would have brought together a director at the height of his suspense career and one of Hollywood’s most popular stars, making its disappearance a notable “what if” in both careers.

Hepburn said she adored the script and was excited enough to ask Hitchcock to send over the contracts. She was to play a London barrister defending her father, a judge wrongly accused of murder, with Laurence Harvey cast as a crook who helps her gather evidence. The reason the project collapsed remains unconfirmed; suggested explanations include Hepburn’s pregnancy and a scene involving an attempted sexual assault.

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