| Description |
1 videodisc (96 min.) : sound, black & white ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 booklet. |
| Series |
Criterion collection ; 3 |
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Criterion collection (Blu-ray discs) ; 03.
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| Note |
Blu-ray release of motion picture originally released in 1938. |
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"Based upon the novel The wheel spins by Eithel Lina White." |
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"Copyright by Gaumont British Corporation of America, 1938." |
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Special features: audio commentary by film historian Bruce Eder; Crook's tour, a 1941 feature-length adventure film directed by John Baxter; excerpts from François Truffaut's 1966 audio interview with director Alfred Hitchcock; Mystery train, a video essay by Hitchcock scholar Leonard Liff; stills gallery. |
| Cast |
Margaret Lockwood, Michael Redgrave, Paul Lukas, Dame May Whitty, Cecil Parker. |
| Summary |
A nice, tweedy old English woman disappears from her compartment on a European train. A young woman who wonders why becomes frantic when everyone tells her there never was such a person. A young man comes to her aid and they solve a criss-cross puzzle of espoinage, counter-espionage and attempted assassination. |
| Audience |
Not MPAA rated. |
| System Details |
Blu-ray disc, region A, full screen (aspect ratio: 1.33:1); monaural; requires Blu-ray player. |
| Language |
In English; optional English subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing. |
| Subject |
Disappeared persons -- Drama -- Videodiscs.
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Railroad travel -- Europe, Eastern -- Drama -- Videodiscs.
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Espionage -- Drama -- Videodiscs.
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Detective and mystery films.
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Spy films.
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Fiction films.
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Feature films.
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Disappeared persons. |
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Espionage. |
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Railroad travel. |
| Genre |
Feature films.
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Fiction films.
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Comedy films.
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Spy films.
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Detective and mystery films.
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Film adaptations.
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Video recordings for the hearing impaired.
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Blu-ray discs.
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| Added Author |
Hitchcock, Alfred, 1899-1980, director, interviewee.
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Gilliat, Sidney, screenwriter.
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Launder, Frank, screenwriter.
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Lockwood, Margaret, performer.
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Lukas, Paul, 1894-1971, performer.
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Redgrave, Michael, performer.
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Whitty, May, Dame, 1865-1948, performer.
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Parker, Cecil, 1897-1971, performer.
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Truffaut, François, interviewer.
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Eder, Bruce, commentator.
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Baxter, John, 1896-1975, director.
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White, Ethel Lina.
Wheel spins.
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Gainsborough Studios, producer.
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Gaumont British Picture Corp.
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Janus Films.
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Criterion Collection (Firm)
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| Note |
Also known as: Dama desaparece |
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Also known as: Desaparecida! |
| Added Title |
Crook's tour.
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| ISBN |
9781604655285 |
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1604655283 |
| Standard No. |
715515090315 |
| Music No. |
CC2089B The Criterion Collection |
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