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A collection of films from English film director and producer Alfred Hitchcock. Includes; DIAL M FOR MURDER, STRANGERS ON A TRAIN and NORTH BY NORTHWEST.

Product Identifiers

ProducerAlfred Hitchcock

EAN5051892119375

eBay Product ID (ePID)168231140

Product Key Features

ActorRay Milland, Farley Granger, Ruth Roman, Martin Landau, Anthony Dawson, Patricia Hitchcock, Eva Marie Saint, Grace Kelly, Robert Cummings, Cary Grant, Robert Walker, Leo G. Carroll, James Mason

Film/TV TitleHitchcock Boxset (Box-Set)

DirectorAlfred Hitchcock

Release Year2012

FormatBlu-ray

LanguageEnglish

GenreHorror/Occult, General

Run Time333 Mins

Additional Product Features

Certificate12A/12

Country/Region of ManufactureUnited States of America

Number of Discs3

Additional InformationA collection of films from English film director and producer Alfred Hitchcock. Includes; DIAL M FOR MURDER, STRANGERS ON A TRAIN and NORTH BY NORTHWEST. DIAL M FOR MURDER - British tennis pro Ray Milland suspects that his wealthy wife Grace Kelly is fooling around with handsome American Robert Cummings. Milland blackmails a disgraced former army comrade (Anthony Dawson) into murdering Kelly and making it look like the work of a burglar.<br>STRANGERS ON A TRAIN - tennis pro Guy Haines (Farley Granger) chances to meet wealthy wastrel Bruno Anthony (Robert Walker) on a train. Having read all about Guy, Bruno is aware that the tennis player is trapped in an unhappy marriage to to wife Miriam (Laura Elliott) and has been seen in the company of senator's daughter Ann Morton (Ruth Roman). Baiting Guy, Bruno reveals that he feels trapped by his hated father (Jonathan Hale). As Guy listens with detached amusement, Bruno discusses the theory of 'exchange murders.'<br>NORTH BY NORTHWEST - While having lunch at the Plaza Hotel, advertising executive Roger O. Thornhill (Cary Grant) has the bad luck to stand up just as a 'George Kaplan' is being paged. From this point on, Thornhill's life is turned upside down. He is abducted by three mysterious men and whisked away to the palatial home of enemy spy Phillip Vandamm (James Mason).

ReviewsVillage Voice - [DIAL M FOR MURDER]It remains a fascinating investigation of a stillborn process from one of cinema's most dedicated inquisitors of structure., TV Guide - [DIAL M FOR MURDER] Diverting and sleek, with the climax early on.

ScreenwriterFrederick Knott

AuthorFrederick Knott

Sound sourceDolby Digital

Movie/TV TitleHitchcock Boxset (Box-Set)

Consumer AdviceContains mild bad language and violence