Edition |
DVD special edition. |
Description |
1 videodisc (75 min.) : sound, black and white ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 booklet (16 unnumbered pages : illustrations ; 19 cm). |
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digital optical mono rda |
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NTSC rda |
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video file DVD video region 1 |
Series |
The Criterion collection ; 643 |
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Criterion collection ; 643.
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System Details |
DVD; NTSC; region 1; Dolby digital mono. |
Note |
Full screen (1.33:1). |
Language |
English dialogue with optional English subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing. |
Cast |
Leslie Banks, Edna Best, Peter Lorre, Frank Vosper, Hugh Wakefield, Nova Pilbeam, Pierre Fresney, Cicely Oates, D.A. Clarke Smith, George Curzon, Henry Oscar. |
Credits |
Photography, Curt Courant ; art direction, Alfred Junge ; editor, H. St. C. Stewart ; music, Arthur Benjamin ; musical director, Louis Levy. |
Note |
Originally produced as a motion picture in 1934. |
Audience |
Not rated. |
Summary |
"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 fleet and 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. Besides affirming Hitchcock's genius, it gave the brilliant Peter Lorre his first English-speaking role, as slithery villain. With its tension and gallows humor, it's pure Hitchcock, and it set the tone for such films as The 39 steps and The Lady Vanishes."--Back of container. |
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Special features: New high-definition digital restoration; new audio commentary featuring film historian Philip Kemp; Interview with filmmaker Guillermo del Toro; The illustrated Hitchcock, an interview with Alfred Hitchcock from 1972; Audio excerpts from Francois Truffaut's legendary 1962 interviews with Hitchcock; Restoration demonstration; Booklet featuring an essay by critic Farran Smith Nehme. |
Subject |
British -- Switzerland -- Drama.
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Espionage, British -- Drama.
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Conspiracies -- Drama.
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Attempted assassination -- Drama.
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Kidnapping -- Drama.
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Attempted assassination. (OCoLC)fst00820785
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British. (OCoLC)fst00839044
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Conspiracies. (OCoLC)fst00875715
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Espionage, British. (OCoLC)fst00915390
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Kidnapping. (OCoLC)fst00987322
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Switzerland. (OCoLC)fst01205401
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Genre/Form |
Detective and mystery films. (OCoLC)fst01710476
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Drama. (OCoLC)fst01423879
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Feature films. (OCoLC)fst01710384
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Fiction films. (OCoLC)fst01710264
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Spy films. (OCoLC)fst01710340
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Thrillers (Motion pictures) (OCoLC)fst01726193
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Video recordings for the hearing impaired. (OCoLC)fst01710450
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Thrillers (Motion pictures)
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Action and adventure films.
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Detective and mystery films.
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Spy films.
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Fiction films.
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Feature films.
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Added Author |
Hitchcock, Alfred, 1899-1980, film director.
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Bennett, Charles, 1899-1995, screenwriter.
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Lewis, D. B. Wyndham (Dominic Bevan Wyndham), 1891-1969, screenwriter.
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Greenwood, Edwin, screenwriter.
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Rawlinson, A. R., screenwriter.
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Balcon, Michael, 1896-1977, film producer.
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Banks, Leslie, 1890-1952, actor.
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Best, Edna, 1900-1974, actor.
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Lorre, Peter, actor.
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Vosper, Frank, 1899-1937, actor.
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Wakefield, Hugh, 1888-1971, actor.
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Pilbeam, Nova, 1919-2015, actor.
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Fresnay, Pierre, 1897-1975, actor.
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Oates, Cicely, 1888-1934, actor.
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Clarke-Smith, D. A. (Douglas A.), 1888-1959, actor.
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Curzon, George, 1898-1976, actor.
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Oscar, Henry, 1891-1969, actor.
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Courant, Curt, cinematographer.
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Junge, Alfred, art director.
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Stewart, Hugh, 1910-2011, editor of moving image work.
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Benjamin, Arthur, 1893-1960, composer (expression)
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Levy, Louis, 1894-1957, musical director.
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Nehme, Farran Smith, writer of supplementary textual content.
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Janus Films.
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Janus Films, production company.
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ITV Studios, production company.
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Gaumont British Picture Corp., presenter.
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Criterion Collection (Firm), film distributor.
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ISBN |
9781604656800 |
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1604656808 |
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9786314913946 |
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6314913942 |
Standard No. |
715515101714 |
Music No. |
CC2221D Criterion Collection |
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