Gaslight [videorecording] / Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer ; produced by Arthur Hornblow, Jr. ; directed by George Cukor. British (1940) version: British National Films, Ltd. ; produced by John Corfield ; directed by Thorold Dickinson.
American version originally released as a motion picture in 1944 ; British version originally released in 1940. Title from title screen. Based on the play "Angel Street" by Patrick Hamilton. Special features includes: scene selection; interactive menus; original 1940 British version starring Anton Walbrook and Diana Wynyard; 1944 version extras: reflections on 'Gaslight' (including Angela Lansbury), a reminiscence by Pia Landstrom about her mother Ingrid Bergman; 1944 Academy Award ceremonies newsreel; theatrical trailer. 1944 version: Charles Boyer, Ingrid Bergman, Joseph Cotten; 1940 version: Anton Walbrook, Diana Wynyard.
Contents:
side A: Gaslight (114 mins, 1944) -- side B: Gaslight (84 mins, 1940) and special features.
Summary:
A susceptible young woman marries a suave, romantic man never suspecting that he is a murderous scoundrel, obsessed with finding the jewels hidden in their London home. She becomes the helpless victim as slowly, insidiously, he drives her to the brink of insanity.
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