| Edition |
Special edition ; standard format (1:33:1). |
| Description |
2 videodiscs (106 min.) : sound, black and white and color ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 guide (12 pages : illustrations ; 19 cm.). |
| Series |
Criterion collection ; 325538 |
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Criterion collection (DVD videodiscs) ; 325.
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| System Details |
DVD; region 1; Dolby digital mono. |
| Cast |
Dennis Price, Valerie Hobson, Joan Greenwood, Alec Guinness, Audrey Fildes, Miles Malleson, Clive Morton, Cecil Ramage, John Penrose. |
| Credits |
Director of photography, Douglas Slocombe ; editor, Peter Tanner ; music played by The Philharmonia Orchestra, conductor, Ernest Irving. |
| Note |
Based on the novel: Israel Rank / by Roy Horniman. |
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Originally released as a motion picture in 1949. |
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Special features (disc 1): American ending (3 min.); theatrical trailer; costume and portraits stills gallery; production and publicity stills gallery. |
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Special features (disc 2): "Made in Ealing" BBC Omnibus documentary on the history of Ealing Studios (76 min.) ; "Parkinson meets Alec Guinness" interview featuring Guinness with BBC television host Michael Parkinson (69 min.). |
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Guide includes an essay, by film historian Philip Kemp, ("Ealing's shadow side") . |
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"New, restored high-definition digital transfer" - Container. |
| Summary |
Louis Mazzini seeks to avenge his mother's disinheritance by ascending to her family's dukedom. To do this, he must kill eight of his relatives in the d'Ascoyne family. |
| Language |
Closed captioned. |
| Note |
GMD: videorecording. |
| Subject |
Guinness, Alec, 1914-2000 -- Interviews.
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Disinheritance -- England -- Drama.
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Serial murders -- England -- Drama.
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Ealing Studios -- History.
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| Genre/Form |
Feature films.
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Comedy films.
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Video recordings for the hearing impaired.
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| Added Author |
Rank, J. Arthur, 1888-1972.
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Hamer, Robert, 1911-1963.
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Dighton, John, 1909-1989.
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Balcon, Michael, 1896-1977.
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Price, Dennis, 1915-1973.
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Hobson, Valerie, 1917-1998.
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Greenwood, Joan, 1921-1987
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Guinness, Alec, 1914-2000.
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Fildes, Audrey, 1922-1997.
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Malleson, Miles.
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Morton, Clive, 1904-1975.
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Ramage, Cecil, 1895-1988.
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Penrose, John, 1914-1983.
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Slocombe, Douglas, 1913-2016
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Horniman, Roy, 1874-1930.
Israel Rank.
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Parkinson, Michael, 1935-2023
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Kemp, Philip, 1943-
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Studio Canal.
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Ealing Studios.
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General Film Distributors.
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Criterion Collection (Firm)
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| Added Title |
Ealing's shadow side.
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| ISBN |
1559409673 |
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9781559409674 |
| Standard No. |
715515016926 |
| Music No. |
CC1619D Criterion Collection |
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