1. (film) a plot element that catches the viewers' attention or drives the plot
   "the McGuffin was a key element of Alfred Hitchcock's films"
   - MacGuffin

Type of: plot element

Encyclopedia: McGuffin

• Saigon cinnamon
• sail
• sail through
• sailable
• sailboard
• sailboat
• sailcloth
• sailer
• sailfish
• sailing
• sailing boat
• sailing master
• sailing ship
• sailing vessel
• sailing warship
• sailing-race
• sailmaker
• sailor
• sailor boy
• sailor cap
• Sailor King
• sailor suit
• sailor's breastplate
• sailors choice
• sailplane