The man who knew too much [DVD] / Gaumont British Picture Corpn. Ltd. presents ; by Charles Bennett and D.B. Wyndham Lewis ; directed by Alfred Hitchcock.
Publisher number: CC2221D | The Criterion CollectionLanguage: English Original language: English Series: Criterion collection ; 643.Publication details: [Irvington, NY] : The Criterion Collection, 2013. Description: 1 videodisc (75 min.) : sd., b&w ; 4 3/4 in. + bookletISBN: 9781604656800; 1604656808Uniform titles: Man who knew too much (Motion picture : 1934) Subject(s): British -- Switzerland -- Drama | Espionage, British -- Drama | Conspiracies -- Drama | Attempted assassination -- DramaGenre/Form: Feature films. | Thrillers (Motion pictures)LOC classification: DVD: MANProduction credits: Cinematography, Curt Courant ; editor, Hugh Stewart ; music, Arthur Benjamin.Cast: Peter Lorre, Leslie Banks, Edna Best, Frank Vosper, Hugh Wakefield, Nova Pilbeam, Pierre Fresney, Cicely Oates.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.Item type | Current library | Class number | Status | Date due | Barcode | Item reservations |
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Originally produced as a motion picture in 1934.
Special features: New high-definition digital restoration; new audio commentary featuring film historian Philip Kemp; new interview with filmmaker 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 an essay by critic Farran Smith Nehme.
Cinematography, Curt Courant ; editor, Hugh Stewart ; music, Arthur Benjamin.
Peter Lorre, Leslie Banks, Edna Best, Frank Vosper, Hugh Wakefield, Nova Pilbeam, Pierre Fresney, Cicely Oates.
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.
Not rated.
DVD, NTSC, fullscreen (1.33:1) presentation; PCM mono.
English dialogue with optional English subtitles.