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[United States] : The Criterion Collection, [2014]
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3 videodiscs (120 min.) : sound, black and white ; 4 3/4 in
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Criterion collection #696
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Originally released as a motion picture in 1940
A full-throttle espionage thriller, starring Joel McCrea as a green Yank reporter sent to Europe to get the scoop on the imminent war. It's wall-to-wall witty repartee, head-spinning plot twists, and brilliantly mounted suspense set pieces, including an ocean plane crash climax with astonishing special effects
Special features: New piece on the film's special effects by visual effects expert Craig Barron; Hollywood propaganda and World War II, a new interview with writer Mark Harris; interview with director Alfred Hitchcock from a 1972 episode of The Dick Cavett Show; radio adaptation of the film from 1946; "Have you heard? The story of wartime rumors"; trailer; booklet
Joel McCrea, Herbert Marshall, Laraine Day, George Sanders, Albert Basserman
DVD: aspect ratio 2.76:1 widescreen presentation, Dolby Digital, region 1
Blu-ray, region A, widescreen (16:9, 1.85:1) presentation; DTS-HD Master Audio 5.1; requires Blu-ray player
Subtitled for the deaf and hard of hearing