Alfred Hitchcock : the early years of the master of suspense / StudioCanal ; Lions Gate Entertainment.
The ring: A local prizefighter loses everything after being defeated by a champion in the ring and embarks on a quest to set up a rematch-- and revenge. The manxman: After mistaken reports of a young sailor's death drive his fiancée into the arms of his best friend, the sailor returns home to face t...
| Uniform Title: | Rovi Media Collection. Movies.
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| Language: | English Spanish |
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English |
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English dialogue (all discs); English or Spanish subtitles, English closed-captioned (discs 2 and 3). |
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Santa Monica, Calif. :
Lionsgate,
[2007]
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| Edition: | 3-disc collector's edition. |
| Series: | Rovi Media Collection. Movies.
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| Physical Description: | 3 videodiscs (approximately 444 min.) : sound, black and white ; 4 3/4 in. |
| Format: | Video DVD |
| Summary: |
The ring: A local prizefighter loses everything after being defeated by a champion in the ring and embarks on a quest to set up a rematch-- and revenge.
The manxman: After mistaken reports of a young sailor's death drive his fiancée into the arms of his best friend, the sailor returns home to face those who betrayed him.
Murder!: An actress is sentenced to death after being convicted of murder, but an unconvinced juror sets out to find the real killer in time to save the innocent woman.
The skin game: A poor family must resort to blackmail to get their land back after a wealthy land developer buys the family estate at an auction.
Rich and strange: A newly rich couple with marital problems find themselves stranded at sea after being swindled and must rekindle their love to survive the trip home. |
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| Note: | Title from container. The manxman from a story by Sir Hall Caine. Murder! from the play Enter Sir John by Clemence Dane and Helen Simpson. The skin game from the play by John Galsworthy. Rich and strange from the story by Dale Collins. The ring originally released as a motion picture in 1928 ; The manxman originally released as a motion picture in 1930 ; Murder! originally released as a motion picture in 1930 ; The skin game originally released as a motion picture in 1931 ; Rich and strange originally released as a motion picture in 1931. Special feature: Disc 3: Bonus featurette: "Pure cinema: the birth of the Hitchcock style." Videorecording. |
| Call Number: | CP4 D0076776 VideoDVD |
| Audience: |
Not rated. |
| Credits: | The ring: Photographer, John J. Cox ; art director, C. Wilfred Arnold. The manxman: Photographer, Jack Cox ; art director, W. Arnold ; editor, Emile De Ruelle. Murder!: Photographer, Jack Cox ; art director, John Mead ; editor, Rene Harrison. The skin game: Photographer, Jack Cox ; editors, Rene Harrison, A. Gobett. Rich and strange: Photographers, Jack Cox, Charles Martin ; editors, Rene Harrison, Winifred Cooper. |
| System Details: | DVD, region 1, full screen (1.33:1) presentation; Dolby Digital stereo. (disc 1), Dolby Digital mono. (discs 2 and 3), digitally mastered. |
| Cast: |
The ring: Carl Brisson, Lillian Hall-Davies, Ian Hunter, Forrester Harvey, Harry Terry, Gordon Harker.
The manxman: Carl Brisson, Malcolm Keen, Anny Ondra, Randle Ayrton, Claire Greet.
Murder!: Herbert Marshall, Norah Baring, Phyllis Konstam, Edward Chapman, Miles Mander, Esme Percy, Donald Calthrop.
The skin game: Edmund Gwenn, Jill Esmond, John Longden, C.V. France, Helen Haye, Phyllis Konstam, Frank Lawton.
Rich and strange: Henry Kendall, Joan Barry, Betty Amann, Percy Marmont, Elsie Randolph. |