| Description |
4 videodiscs (approximately 1,620 min.) : sound, color & black and white ; 4 3/4 in. |
| System Details |
DVD; Dolby digital 2.0; full screen; Saboteur and Shadow of a doubt in b&w, Rope and Rear window in color. |
| Note |
Part of a 15 disc set. |
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Bonus features: Saboteur: Saboteur, a closer look; story boards: the statue of Liberty sequence; Alfred Hitchcock's sketches; production photographs; productions notes; theatrical trailer. Shadow of a doubt: Beyond doubt, the making of Hitchcock's favorite film; production drawings and photographs; theatrical trailer; production notes. Rope: Rope unleashed; production photographs; theatrical trailer; production notes. Rear window ethics, an original documentary ; conversation with screenwriter John Michael hayes ; production photographs ; theatrical trailer ; production notes ; re-release trailer narrated by James Stewart. |
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For specific features see interactive menu. |
| Contents |
Saboteur -- Shadow of a doubt -- Rope -- Rear window. |
| Performer |
Saboteur: Priscilla Lane, Robert Cummings, Norman Lloyd, Otto Kruger, Alan Baxter. Shadow of a doubt: Teresa Wright, Joseph Cotten, MacDonald Carey, Patricia Collinge, Henry Travers, Wallace Ford, Hume Cronyn. Rope: James Stewart, John Dall, Farley Granger, Sir Cedric Hardwicke, Constance Collier, Joan Chandler. Rear window: James Stewart, Grace Kelly, Wendell Corey, Thelma Ritter, Raymond Burr. |
| Credits |
Saboteur (1942): original screenplay by peter Viertel, Joan Harrison, Dorothy Parker ; Shadow of a doubt (1942): screenplay by Thornton Wilder, Sally Benson, Alma Reville from an original story by Gordon McDonell ; Rope (1948): screenplay by arthur Laurents from the play by Patrick Hamilton ; Rear window (1954): screenplay by John Michael hayes based on the short story by Cornell Woolrich; music score by Franz Waxman. |
| Summary |
Saboteur : Barry Kane (Robert Cummings) is a Los Angeles aircraft factory worker who witnesses a Nazi agent firebombing his plant. However, it is Barry who is accused of the fiery sabotage, and to clear his name he sets off on a desperate, action-packed cross-country chase that takes him from Boulder Dam to New York's Radio City Music Hall to the top of the Statue of Liberty. Hitchcock's first film with an all-American cast moves with breakneck speed toward its final heart-pounding confrontation, and remains a suspense classic. |
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Shadow of a doubt : Uncle Charlie (Joseph Cotten) is a seemingly charming man visiting his relatives in their small and peaceful hometown. But when his namesake niece, "Young Charlie" (Teresa Wright) 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. |
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Rope : 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. |
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Rear window : It only takes one witness to spoil the perfect crime in one of the most acclaimed suspense films of all time. Professional photographer L.B. "Jeff" Jeffries, becomes obsessed with watching the private dramas of his neighbors while confined to a wheelchair with a broken leg. When he suspects that a saleman may have murdered his nagging, invalid wife, Jeffries enlists the help of his stunning socialite girlfriend to investigate the suspicious chain of events. |
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Factories -- Drama -- Videodiscs.
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Sabotage -- Drama -- Videodiscs.
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Murderers -- Drama -- Videodiscs.
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Murder -- Drama -- Videodiscs.
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Photographers -- Drama -- Videodiscs.
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DVDs.
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| Genre |
Thrillers (Motion pictures)
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Feature films.
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| Added Author |
Hitchcock, Alfred, 1899-1980.
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Cummings, Robert, 1908-1990.
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Cotten, Joseph, 1905-1994.
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Stewart, James, 1908-1997.
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Granger, Farley.
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Dall, John, 1918-1971.
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Grace, Princess of Monaco, 1929-1982.
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| Added Title |
Saboteur (Motion picture : 1942)
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Shadow of a doubt (Motion picture)
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Rope (Motion picture)
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Rear window (Motion picture)
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| ISBN |
1417059168 (set) |
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9781417059164 (set) |
| Standard No. |
025192834622 (set) |
| Music No. |
17910 Universal |
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17909 (set) Universal |
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