The man who knew too much

DVD 1934

An ordinary British couple vacationing in Switzerland suddenly find themselves embroiled in a case of international intrigue when their daughter is kidnapped by spies plotting a political assassination. This gripping early thriller from the Master of Suspense, Alfred Hitchcock, was the first film the director made after signing to the Gaumont-British Picture Corporation.

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Explore Topics & Themes:

Attempted assassination Fiction

British Switzerland Fiction

Conspiracies Fiction

Espionage, British Fiction

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Feature films Fiction Thrillers (Motion pictures) Video recordings for the hearing impaired

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Criterion collection Criterion collection ; 643 Criterion collection ; 643 DVD

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ISBN:

9781604656800
9780778616146
1604656808
0778616142
0769416675

Edition:

DVD special edition

Description:

1 videodisc (75 minutes) : sound, black and white ; 4 3/4 inches + 1 booklet (16 pages : illustrations ; 18 cm)
polychrome
digital
optical
surround
Dolby Digital mono
full screen
NTSC
video file
DVD video
region 1

Target Audience Note:

Canadian Home Video Rating: PG

Notes:

Title from container
Originally released as a motion picture in 1934
Number of discs may vary
For specific added features see container or interactive features menu while viewing disc
Cinematography, Curt Courant ; editor, Hugh Stewart ; music, Arthur Benjamin
Peter Lorre, Leslie Banks, Edna Best, Frank Vosper, Hugh Wakefield, Nova Pilbeam, Pierre Fresney, Cicely Oates
DVD ; full screen presentation ; Dolby Digital mono
For private home use only
English dialogue; English subtitles

Control Number:

905329

UPC:

056775092498
715515101714

Other Authors:

Banks, Leslie, 1890-1952, actor
Benjamin, Arthur, 1893-1960, composer (expression)
Bennett, Charles, 1899-1995, screenwriter
Best, Edna, 1900-1974, actor
Clarke-Smith, D. A. (Douglas A.), 1888-1959, actor
Courant, Curt, director of photography
Criterion Collection (Firm), film distributor
Curzon, George, 1898-1976, actor
Fresnay, Pierre, 1897-1975, actor
Gaumont British Picture Corp., production company
Greenwood, Edwin, screenwriter
Hitchcock, Alfred, 1899-1980, film director
ITV Studios, production company
Janus Films, production company
Junge, Alfred, art director
Levy, Louis, 1894-1957, musical director
Lewis, D. B. Wyndham (Dominic Bevan Wyndham), 1891-1969, screenwriter
Lorre, Peter, actor
Nehme, Farran Smith, author
Oates, Cicely, 1888-1934, actor
Pilbeam, Nova, 1919-2015, actor
Rawlinson, A. R., screenwriter
Stewart, Hugh, 1910-2011, editor of moving image work
Vosper, Frank, 1899-1937, actor
Wakefield, Hugh, 1888-1971, actor

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