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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.
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Item Description: | Originally produced as a motion picture in 1934. 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. The Criterion Collection: CC2221D. |
Physical Description: | 1 videodisc (75 min.) : sd., b&w ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 booklet ([16] p. : ill. ; 19 cm.) |
Format: | DVD, NTSC, fullscreen (1.33:1) presentation; PCM mono. |
Audience: | Not rated. |
Production Credits: | Photography, Curt Courant ; art direction, Alfred Junge ; editor, H.St.C. Stewart ; music, Arthur Benjamin ; musical director, Louis Levy. |
ISBN: | 9781604656800 1604656808 |
Participant or Performer: | Leslie Banks, Edna Best, Peter Lorre, Frank Vosper, Hugh Wakefield, Nova Pilbeam, Pierre Fresney, Cicely Oates, D.A. Clarke Smith, George Curzon. |
Language: | English dialogue with optional English subtitles. |