Saboteur (Motion picture : 1942) Shadow of a doubt (Motion picture) Rope (Motion picture) Rear window (Motion picture) Trouble with Harry (Motion picture) Man who knew too much (Motion picture : 1956) Vertigo (Motion picture : 1958) Psycho (Motion picture : 1960) Birds (Motion picture) Marnie (Motion picture) Torn curtain (Motion picture) Topaz (Motion picture : 1969) Frenzy (Motion picture : 1972) Family plot (Motion picture)
Notes:
Blu-ray of motion pictures originally released between 1942 and 1976. Special features: original trailers, feature commentaries by cast, crew, film historian, critics, documentaries, digipak featuring original poster art, anecdotes, etc. Program notes (15 p.) on Hitchcock, leading actors, costume designer Edith Head, film title designer Saul Bass, composer Bernard Herrmann, the macguffin, and Hitchcock cameos included. Priscilla Lane, Robert Cummings, Teresa Wright, Joseph Cotton, James Stewart, Grace Kelly, Raymond Burr, Edmund Gwenn, John Forsythe, Shirley MacLaine, Doris Day, Kim Novak, Barbara Bel Geddes, Anthony Perkins, Janet Leigh, Rod Taylor, Jessica Tandy, Suzanne Pleshette, 'Tippi" Hedren, Sean Connery, Paul Newman, Julie Andrews, Frederick Stafford, Jon Finch, Karen Black, Bruce Dern... [et al]
Contents:
[v. 1] Saboteur ; Shadow of a doubt -- [v. 2] Rope ; Rear window -- [v. 3] The trouble with Harry ; The man who knew too much -- [v. 4] Vertigo ; Psycho -- [v. 5] The birds ; Marnie -- [v. 6] Torn curtain ; Topaz -- [v. 7] Frenzy ; Family plot.
Summary:
Saboteur (1936, 109 mins., b&w) : A woman suspects her unassuming London theater owner husband of being a serial killer. Shadow of a doubt (1943, 108 mins., b&w) : Uncle Charlie is a seemingly charming man visiting his relatives in their small and peaceful hometown. But when his namesake niece, "Young Charlie" suspects that he may in fact be the psychopathic Merry Widow killer, Uncle Charlie must plot the death of his favorite relation in order to remain one step ahead of the law in this murderous game of cat-and-mouse. Rope (1948, 81 mins., col.) : Two thrill-seeking friends strangle a classmate and then hold a party for their victim's family and friends, serving refreshments on a buffet table fashioned from a trunk containing the lifeless body. When dinner conversation revolves around talk of "the perfect murder," their former teacher becomes increasingly suspicious that his proteges have turned his intellectual theories into brutal reality. Rear window (1954, 112 mins., col.) : A professional photographer becomes obsessed with watching the private dramas of his neighbors while confined to a wheelchair with a broken leg. When he suspects that a salesman may have murdered his nagging, invalid wife, the photographer enlists the help of his stunning socialite girlfriend to investigate the suspicious chain of events. The trouble with Harry (1955, 99 mins., col.) : Harry's dead, and while no one really minds, everyone feels responsible. Shirley Maclaine makes her screen debut in this New England romp that includes romance, humor ... and several unearthings of the corpse. The man who knew too much (1956, 120 mins., col.) : An innocent American couple is vacationing in Morocco with their young son. But their simple plans turn into a nightmare after a French spy dies in the man's arms at a Marrakesh market, and their son is kidnapped and taken to another country. A thrilling tale of international espionage, assassinations and terror. Vertigo (1958, 128 mins., col.) : A recently retired San Francisco police detective is hired to shadow a rich shipbuilder 's tragically suicidal wife. After the detective saves her from drowning in the San Francisco Bay, his interest in the beautiful but icy blonde shifts from business to romance. But when tragedy strikes again, he must overcome the vertigo that haunts his dreams in order to unravel the secrets of the past and find the key to his future. Psycho (1960, 109 mins., b&w) : An ill-fated female traveler, wanting only a hot shower and a warm bed, checks into the eerie Bates Motel, which is run by a troubled man who believes "a boy's best friend is his mother." The woman's journey ends sooner than she planned in the shocking scene that has haunted generations of movie-watchers. The tension and horror mount when a private detective and the woman's sister search for her and the identity of the mysterious Psycho. The birds (1963, 119 mins., col.) : A beautiful blonde arrives in Bodega Bay in pursuit of the handsome bachelor. But love is not the only thing in the air when thousands of birds descend upon the town, attacking and terrorizing its residents. The couple is soon fighting for their lives against a deadly, unexplainable force in this spine-tingling portrait of nature at its most powerful and ruthless. Marnie (1964, 128 mins., col.) : A compulsive thief and liar is caught. Her captor impulsively marries the frigid, disturbed girl in an attempt to discover the reasons for her ongoing anti-social behavior. Torn curtain (1966, 128 mins., col.) : An edge-of-your-seat Cold War thriller set behind the Iron Curtain. A renowned scientist attends an international physics conference in Copenhagen with his fiancee/assistant. She picks up a message intended for the scientist and discovers that he is defecting to East Germany ... or is he? Topaz (1969, 143 mins., col.) : An American CIA agent hires a French operative to travel to Cuba and investigate rumors of Russian missiles and a NATO spy. The inquiry soon spins into a life-threatening escapade of espionage, betrayal and murder. Frenzy (1972, 116 mins., col.) : The Necktie Murderer has the London police on red alert and an innocent man is on a desperate quest to find the real sex criminal and clear his name. Alternating heart-pounding tension with distinctive Hitchcock humor, the film marked the director's return to his native England after almost 20 years. Family plot (1976, 120 mins., col.) Suspense and humor are woven together in this tongue-in-cheek thriller about a wealthy woman who innocently hires a phony psychic to find her missing heir, a nephew given up for adoption. The psychic and her fellow con artist cross paths with another criminal couple who are involved in kidnapping for ransom.
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