Director Alfred Hitchcock on his movie: “In the novel on which the movie is based, it’s only at the very end that both Scottie and the reader discover that Madeleine and Judy are one and the same woman. That’s the final surprise twist. In the screenplay, we used a different approach. At the beginning of the second part, when Scottie meets the brunette, the truth about Judy’s identity is disclosed, but only to the viewer. Though Scottie isn’t aware of it yet, the viewers already know that Judy isn’t just a woman who looks like Madeleine, but that she is Madeleine! Everyone around me was against this change; they all felt that the revelation should be saved for the end of the picture.”
Who do you think was right, Hitchcock or everyone around him?