Best of Alfred Hitchcock.

DVD 2008

A woman is invited to see an artist's studio; a train passenger vanishes during a woman's nap; a couple spend their inheritance on a cruise; a man leads a secret life as a terrorist; a novelist and a secret agent hunt a murderer; a man on vacation in England becomes a murder suspect; a detective pursues a gang of thieves; a couple on vacation learn a dangerous secret; a secretive man moves into a boarding house.

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Bennett, Charles, 1899-1995 Film and video adaptations

Collins, Dale, 1897-1956 Film and video adaptations

Crime Drama

Man-woman relationships Drama

Murder Drama

White, Ethel Lina Film and video adaptations

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Edition:

Collector's edition

Description:

3 videodisc's (809 mins.) : sound, silent, black and white ; 4 3/4 in
monochrome
digital
optical
surround
Dolby digital 5.1
video file
DVD video

Target Audience Note:

CHVR: Not rated

Other Title:

Blackmail (Motion picture : 1929)
Lady vanishes (Motion picture : 1938)
Rich and strange (Motion picture)

Notes:

"Blackmail" based on the play by Charles Bennett; "The lady vanishes" based on the novel "The wheel spins" by Ethel Lina White; "Rich and strange" based on the novel by Dale Collins; "Sabotage" based on the novel "The secret agent" by Josephy Conrad; "Secret agent" based on the novel "Ashenden" by W. Somerset Maugham; "The 39 steps" based on the novel by John Buchan; "Number 17" based on the novel by J. Jefferson Farjeon; "The lodger" based on the novel by Marie Belloc Lowndes
Originally released as motion pictures 1929-1938
Features: movie trailers, Alfred Hitchcock radio appearance, "About Hitchcock" featurette
Anny Ondra, Margaret Lockwood, Oscar Homolka, John Gielgud, Robert Donat
DVDs, Dolby digital 5.1 surround
For private home use only

Contents:

Blackmail (1929, 89 min.) ; The lady vanishes (1938, 105 min.) ; Rich and strange (1932, 98 min.) ; Sabotage (1936, 84 min.) ; Secret agent (1936, 86 min.) ; The 39 steps (1935, 91 min.) ; Number 17 (1932, 68 min.) ; The man who knew too much (1934, 78 min.) ; The lodger (1927, 98 min.)

Control Number:

3039989

UPC:

007779669128

Other Authors:

Bennett, Charles, 1899-1995
Collins, Dale, 1897-1956
Hitchcock, Alfred, 1899-1980
Lockwood, Margaret
Ondra, Anny
White, Ethel Lina. Wheel spins

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