The man who knew too much

The man who knew too much Janus Films ; ITV Studios Global Entertainment ; Gaumont British Picture Corpn. Ltd. presents ; [story] by Charles Bennett and D.B. Wyndham Lewis ; directed by Alfred Hitchcock ; scenario, Edwin Greenwood and A.R. Rawlinson.

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 fir...

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Main Author: Nehme, Farran Smith (Author)
Corporate Authors: Janus Films, ITV Studios, Gaumont British Picture Corp, Criterion Collection (Firm)
Other Authors: Hitchcock, Alfred, 1899-1980 (Director), Bennett, Charles, 1899-1995 (Screenwriter), Lewis, D. B. Wyndham (Dominic Bevan Wyndham), 1891-1969 (Screenwriter), Greenwood, Edwin (Screenwriter), Rawlinson, A. R. (Screenwriter), Banks, Leslie, 1890-1952 (Actor), Best, Edna, 1900-1974 (Actor), Lorre, Peter (Actor), Vosper, Frank, 1899-1937 (Actor), Wakefield, Hugh, 1888-1971 (Actor), Pilbeam, Nova, 1919- (Actor), Fresnay, Pierre, 1897-1975 (Actor), Oates, Cicely, 1888-1934 (Actor), Clarke-Smith, D. A. (Douglas A.), 1888-1959 (Actor), Curzon, George, 1898-1976 (Actor), Courant, Curt (director of photography.), Stewart, Hugh, 1910-2011 (Film editor), Benjamin, Arthur, 1893-1960 (composer (expression)), Levy, Louis, 1894-1957 (Musical director)
Format: Video DVD
Language:English
Published: [New York] : The Criterion Collection, [2013]
Series:Criterion collection (DVD videodiscs) ; 643.
Subjects:
British > Switzerland > Drama.
Espionage, British > Drama.
Conspiracies > Drama.
Attempted assassination > Drama.
Videos > Music Library
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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.
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.

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