| Edition |
Dual format edition. |
| Description |
2 videodiscs (120 min.) : sound, black and white ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 booklet. |
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digital optical mono Dolby digital |
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NTSC rda |
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video file DVD video rda |
| Series |
Criterion collection ; 696 |
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Criterion collection (DVD videodiscs) ; 696.
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| System Details |
DVD, NTSC, full screen presentation; Dolby digital mono. |
| Cast |
Joel McCrea, Herbert Marshall, Laraine Day, George Sanders, Albert Basserman, Robert Benchley, Edmund Gwenn, Eduardo Ciannelli, Harry Davenport, Martin Kosleck. |
| Credits |
Music, Alfred Newman ; director of photography, Rudolph Maté ; editor, Dorothy Spencer ; special production effects, William Cameron Menzies. |
| Note |
Originally released as a motion picture in 1940. |
| Summary |
A full-throttle espionage thriller, starring Joel McCrea as a green Yank reporter sent to Europe to get the scoop on the imminent war. It's wall-to-wall witty repartee, head-spinning plot twists, and brilliantly mounted suspense set pieces, including an ocean plane crash climax with astonishing special effects. |
| Note |
Special features: New piece on the film's special effects by visual effects expert Craig Barron; Hollywood propaganda and World War II, a new interview with writer Mark Harris; interview with director Alfred Hitchcock from a 1972 episode of The Dick Cavett Show; radio adaptation of the film from 1946; "Have you heard?" the story of Wartime rumors; trailer; booklet. |
| Language |
Optional subtitles in English for the deaf and hard of hearing. |
| Subject |
Foreign correspondents -- Drama.
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Spies -- Drama.
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Fathers and daughters -- Drama.
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Man-woman relationships -- Drama.
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Fathers and daughters. (OCoLC)fst00921890
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Foreign correspondents. (OCoLC)fst00931759
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Man-woman relationships. (OCoLC)fst01007080
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Spies. (OCoLC)fst01129772
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| Genre/Form |
Spy films.
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Thrillers (Motion pictures)
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Fiction films.
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Feature films.
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Feature films -- United States.
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Video recordings for the hearing impaired.
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Drama. (OCoLC)fst01423879
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| Added Author |
Hitchcock, Alfred, 1899-1980, film director.
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Wanger, Walter, 1894-1968, film producer.
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McCrea, Joel, 1905-1990, actor.
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Day, Laraine, 1920-2007, actor.
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Marshall, Herbert, 1890-1966, actor.
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Newman, Alfred, 1901-1970, composer (expression)
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Criterion Collection (Firm), film distributor.
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| Note |
At head of title on container : Alfred Hitchcock's |
| Standard No. |
715515113717 |
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715515129312 |
| Music No. |
CC2335BDDVD-3 Criterion Collection (disc 2) |
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CC2335BDDVD-2 Criterion Collection (disc 3) |
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CC2420D-1 Criterion Collection (disc 1) |
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CC2420D-2 Criterion Collection (disc 2) |
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