North by northwest (Motion picture) 808815 Strangers on a train (Motion picture) 827002 North by Northwest
Notes:
Title from container. Originally released as motion pictures in 1951 (Strangers on a train) and 1959 (North by northwest). Strangers on a train: Farley Granger, Ruth Roman, Robert Walker, Leo G. Carroll. North by Northwest: Cary Grant, Eva Marie Saint, James Mason, Martin Landau, Jesse Royce Landis. Special features: Strangers on a train: commentary by Peter Bogdanovich, Joseph Stefano, Andrew Wilson and more, theatrical trailer ; North by Northwest: behind-the-scenes documentary Destination Hitchcock: The making of North by Northwest, with host Eva Marie Saint, Martin Landau, screenwriter Ernest Lehman, Patricia Hitchcock and others; commentary by Lehman; stills gallery; music-only audio track showcasing Bernard Herrmann's score; Hitchcock trailer gallery; TV spot.
Contents:
North by Northwest (136 min.). North by Northwest (136 min.).
Summary:
Stranger on a train: A man jokes with a stranger about killing his wife. The stranger wants his own father dead. In theory, each could murder the other's victim. The problem is, the stranger takes the idea seriously. North by Northwest: An ad executive is mistaken for a spy by foreign agents.
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