The man who knew too much [videorecording] / Gaumont British Picture Corpn. Ltd. presents ; by Charles Bennett and D.B. Wyndham Lewis ; directed by Alfred Hitchcock.
Peter Lorre, Leslie Banks, Edna Best, Frank Vosper, Hugh Wakefield, Nova Pilbeam, Pierre Fresney, Cicely Oates. Originally released as a motion picture in 1934. Special features: audio commentary ; interview with Guillermo del Toro ; illustrated Hitchcock, an interview with Alfred Hitchcock from 1972 ; audio excerpts from Francois Truffaut's legendary 1962 interviews with Hitchcock ; restoration demonstration ; booklet featuring and essay by critic Farran Smith Nehme.
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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