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1 videodisc (75 min.) : sound, black and white ; 4 3/4 in
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Criterion collection #643
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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
Originally released as a motion picture in 1934
Release date: Jan. 15, 2013
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 and essay by critic Farran Smith Nehme
Peter Lorre, Leslie Banks, Edna Best, Frank Vosper
Rating: Not rated
DVD, fullscreen (1.33:1) presentation; PCM mono
English dialogue; English subtitles