Edition |
Widescreen and fullscreen versions. |
Description |
6 videodiscs (640 min.) : sound, color & black and white ; 4 3/4 in. |
System Details |
DVD, Dolby digital, Dolby Surround. |
Note |
"Suspicion" was originally released as a motion picture in 1941 ; "Strangers on a train" was originally released as a motion picture in 1951 ; "I confess" was originally released as a motion picture in 1953 ; "Dial M for murder" was originally released as a motion picture in 1954 ; "The wrong man" was originally released as a motion picture in 1956 ; "North by northwest" was originally released as a motion picture in 1959. |
Language |
"Suspicion," "I confess": in English with optional subtitles in French or Spanish; "Strangers on a train," "Dial M for murder," "The wrong man": in English or French with optional subtitles in French or Spanish; "North by northwest": in English or French with optional subtitles in French. |
Note |
Closed captioned for the hearing impaired. |
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"Suspicion," "Strangers on a train," "I confess," and "Dial M for murder": fullscreen version ; "The wrong man" and "North by northwest": widescreen version. |
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"Suspicion": based on a novel by Francis Iles. |
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"I confess": based on a play by Paul Anthelme (i.e. Paul Bourde). |
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"Dial M for murder": based on Frederick Knott's play. |
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Special features: "Suspicion": Featurette "Before the fact: suspicious Hitchcock" ; Theatrical trailer ; "Strangers on a train": Commentary ; Theatrical trailer ; "I confess": Featurette "Hitchcock's confession: a look at 'I confess'" ; Premiere newsreel ; Theatrical trailer ; "Dial M for murder": "Hitchcock and Dial M" featurette ; "3D: a brief history" featurette ; Theatrical trailer ; "The wrong man": Featurette "Guilt trip: Hitchcock and the 'The wrong man'" featurette ; Theatrical trailer ; "North by northwest": Commentary. |
Cast |
"Suspicion": Cary Grant, Joan Fontaine ; "Strangers on a train": Farley Granger, Robert Walker ; "I confess": Montgomery Clift, Anne Baxter ; "Dial M for murder": Ray Milland, Grace Kelly ; "The wrong man": Henry Fonda, Vera Miles ; "North by northwest": Cary Grant, Eva Marie Saint. |
Credits |
"Suspicion": director of photography, director of photography, Harry Stradling ; editor, William Hamilton ; music, Franz Waxman -- "Strangers on a train": director of photography, Robert Burks ; editor, William H. Ziegler ; music, Dimitri Tiomkin -- "I confess": director of photography, Robert Burks ; editor, Rudi Fehr ; music, Dimitri Tiomkin -- "Dial M for murder": director of photography, Robert Burks ; editor, Rudi Fehr ; music, Dimitri Tiomkin -- "The wrong man": director of photography, Robert Burks ; editor, George Tomasini ; music, Bernard Herrmann -- "North by northwest": director of photography, Robert Burks ; editor, George Tomasini ; music, Bernard Herrmann. |
Summary |
"Suspicion": A shy young heiress marries a charming gentleman, and soon begins to suspect he is planning to murder her. "Strangers on a train": A psychotic socialite attempts to force a professional tennis star to prove a theory that two complete strangers can get away with murder. "I confess": A priest who comes under suspicion for murder cannot clear his name without breaking the seal of the confessional. "Dial M for murder": A tennis player frames his unfaithful wife for first-degree murder after she inadvertently hinders his plan to kill her. "The wrong man": In 1953, an innocent man named Christopher Emmanuel "Manny" Balestrero is arrested after being mistaken for an armed robber. "North by northwest": A hapless New York advertising executive is mistaken for a government agent by a group of foreign spies, and is pursued across the country while he looks for a way to survive. |
Contents |
Disc 1. Suspicion / RKO Radio Pictures, Inc. ; written by Samson Raphaelson, Joan Harrison, Alma Reville ; directed by Alfred Hitchcock. Disc 2. Strangers on a train / Warner Bros. Pictures ; written by Raymond Chandler, Czenzi Ormonde ; directed by Alfred Hitchcock. Disc 3. I confess / Warner Bros.-First National ; written by George Tabori, William Archibald ; directed by Alfred Hitchcock. Disc 4. Dial M for murder / Warner Bros. Pictures ; Warner Bros.-First National ; written by Frederick Knott ; directed by Alfred Hitchcock. Disc 5. Wrong man / Warner Bros. Pictures ; Warner Bros.-First Natonal ; produced and directed by Alfred Hitchcock ; written by Maxwell Anderson, Angus MacPhail ; story by Maxwell Anderson. Disc 6. North by northwest / M-G-M ; produced and directed by Alfred Hitchcock ; written by Ernest Lehman. |
Audience |
Not rated. |
Subject |
Husband and wife -- Drama.
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Suspicion -- Drama.
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Murder -- Investigation -- Drama.
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Murderers -- Drama.
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Railroad travel -- Drama.
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Strangers -- Drama.
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Priests -- Drama.
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Seal of confession -- Drama.
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Spouses -- Drama.
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Triangles (Interpersonal relations) -- Drama.
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Mistaken identity -- Drama.
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Judicial error -- Drama.
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Robbery -- Drama.
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Advertising executives -- Drama.
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Kidnapping victims -- Drama.
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Fugitives from justice -- Drama.
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Man-woman relationships -- Drama.
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Malicious accusation -- Drama.
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Film noir.
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Detective and mystery films.
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Thrillers (Motion pictures)
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Legal films.
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Action and adventure films.
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Romance films.
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Spy films.
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Film adaptations.
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Action and adventure films. (OCoLC)fst01721067
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Advertising executives. (OCoLC)fst00797853
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Detective and mystery films. (OCoLC)fst00891450
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Film adaptations. (OCoLC)fst00924250
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Film noir. (OCoLC)fst00924273
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Fugitives from justice. (OCoLC)fst00935947
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Husband and wife. (OCoLC)fst00964385
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Judicial error. (OCoLC)fst00984666
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Kidnapping victims. (OCoLC)fst00987328
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Legal films. (OCoLC)fst01716080
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Malicious accusation. (OCoLC)fst01006709
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Man-woman relationships. (OCoLC)fst01007080
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Mistaken identity. (OCoLC)fst01023960
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Murder -- Investigation.
(OCoLC)fst01029788
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Murderers. (OCoLC)fst01029821
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Priests. (OCoLC)fst01076268
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Railroad travel. (OCoLC)fst01088689
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Robbery. (OCoLC)fst01098945
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Romance films. (OCoLC)fst01747951
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Seal of confession. (OCoLC)fst01110275
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Spouses. (OCoLC)fst01130842
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Spy films. (OCoLC)fst01131033
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Strangers. (OCoLC)fst01134317
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Suspicion. (OCoLC)fst01139705
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Thrillers (Motion pictures) (OCoLC)fst01746079
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Triangles (Interpersonal relations) (OCoLC)fst01156439
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Genre/Form |
Drama. (OCoLC)fst01423879
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Added Author |
Hitchcock, Alfred, 1899-1980, direction.
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Raphaelson, Samson, 1896-1983.
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Harrison, Joan, 1907-1994.
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Reville, Alma.
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Chandler, Raymond, 1888-1959.
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Ormonde, Czenzi, 1906-2004.
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Tabori, George, 1914-2007.
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Archibald, William.
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Knott, Frederick.
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Anderson, Maxwell, 1888-1959.
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MacPhail, Angus, 1903-1962.
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Lehman, Ernest, 1915-2005.
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Grant, Cary, 1904-1986, cast.
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Fontaine, Joan, 1917-2013, cast.
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Granger, Farley, cast.
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Walker, Robert, 1918-1951, cast.
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Clift, Montgomery, cast.
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Baxter, Anne, cast.
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Milland, Ray, cast.
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Grace, Princess of Monaco, 1929-1982, cast.
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Fonda, Henry, 1905-1982, cast.
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Miles, Vera, cast.
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Saint, Eva Marie, 1924- cast.
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Stradling, Harry, 1901-1970.
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Burks, Robert.
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Hamilton, William, 1893-1942.
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Ziegler, William.
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Fehrr, Rudi.
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Tomasini, George.
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Waxman, Franz, 1906-1967.
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Tiomkin, Dimitri, 1894-1979.
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Herrmann, Bernard, 1911-1975.
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Iles, Francis, 1893-1971.
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Bourde, Paul, 1851-1914.
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Warner Home Video (Firm)
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RKO Radio Pictures.
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Warner Bros. Pictures (1923-1967)
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First National Pictures, Inc.
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Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer.
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Standard No. |
883929546343 |
Music No. |
300069964 Warner Home Video |