Actually, she never really appears nude although the audience is teased and there is only implied violence and at no time does the knife ever penetrate her body, this has key importance to the film as it shows Hitchcock's brilliance for audience manipulation. ... In a close-up, Marion outstretches her hand toward the viewer, clutches onto the shower curtain and pulls it down from its hooks (one by one) upon herself as she collapses over the edge of the bathtub. ...

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