Vertigo [videorecording] / Alfred J. Hitchcock Productions, Inc. and Paramount Pictures Corporation ; director-producer, Alfred Hitchcock ; screenplay by Alec Coppel and Samuel Taylor.
James Stewart, Kim Novak, Barbara Bel Geddes, Tom Helmore, Henry Jones. Cast for The case of Mr. Pelham: Tom Ewell, Raymond Bailey, Justice Watson. Originally produced as a motion picture in 1958. Based on the novel : D'entre les morts / by Pierre Boileau and Thomas Narcejac. Special features (disc 1): optional audio commentary with director and production team; optional audio commentary with film director William Friedkin; "foreign censorship" alternate ending (3 min.); "The Vertigo archives" production designs and sketches gallery; "production notes" production and film synopsis; original theatrical trailer (3 min.); restoration theatrical trailer (2 min.). Special features (disc 2): "Obsessed with Vertigo: new life for Hitchcock's masterpiece" restoration featurette (30 min.); "Partners in crime: Hitchcock's collaborators" featurette (55 min.); "Hitchcock / Truffaut" audio interview excerpts (14 min.); "Alfred Hitchcock Presents: The case of Mr. Pelham" television episode (26 min.).
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disc 2. Alfred Hitchcock Presents, The case of Mr. Pelham: (1955) Shamley Productions ; directed by Alfred Hitchcock ; teleplay by Francis Cockrell ; based on a story by Anthony Armstrong ; an Alfred Hitchcock production.
Summary:
San Francisco police detective Scottie Ferguson is forced to retire when a freak accident gives him a severe fear of heights. When a rich shipbuilder hires Scottie to follow his wife, who may be suicidal, Scottie finds himself falling in love with her. Eventually Ferguson becomes obsessed with the chance to re-create her in another woman.
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