Details

Edition

Widescreen and fullscreen versions.

Description

6 videodiscs (640 min.) : sound, color & black and white ; 4 3/4 in.

System Details

DVD, Dolby digital, Dolby Surround.

Note

"Suspicion" was originally released as a motion picture in 1941 ; "Strangers on a train" was originally released as a motion picture in 1951 ; "I confess" was originally released as a motion picture in 1953 ; "Dial M for murder" was originally released as a motion picture in 1954 ; "The wrong man" was originally released as a motion picture in 1956 ; "North by northwest" was originally released as a motion picture in 1959.

Language

"Suspicion," "I confess": in English with optional subtitles in French or Spanish; "Strangers on a train," "Dial M for murder," "The wrong man": in English or French with optional subtitles in French or Spanish; "North by northwest": in English or French with optional subtitles in French.

Note

Closed captioned for the hearing impaired.

"Suspicion," "Strangers on a train," "I confess," and "Dial M for murder": fullscreen version ; "The wrong man" and "North by northwest": widescreen version.

"Suspicion": based on a novel by Francis Iles.

"I confess": based on a play by Paul Anthelme (i.e. Paul Bourde).

"Dial M for murder": based on Frederick Knott's play.

Special features: "Suspicion": Featurette "Before the fact: suspicious Hitchcock" ; Theatrical trailer ; "Strangers on a train": Commentary ; Theatrical trailer ; "I confess": Featurette "Hitchcock's confession: a look at 'I confess'" ; Premiere newsreel ; Theatrical trailer ; "Dial M for murder": "Hitchcock and Dial M" featurette ; "3D: a brief history" featurette ; Theatrical trailer ; "The wrong man": Featurette "Guilt trip: Hitchcock and the 'The wrong man'" featurette ; Theatrical trailer ; "North by northwest": Commentary.

Cast

"Suspicion": Cary Grant, Joan Fontaine ; "Strangers on a train": Farley Granger, Robert Walker ; "I confess": Montgomery Clift, Anne Baxter ; "Dial M for murder": Ray Milland, Grace Kelly ; "The wrong man": Henry Fonda, Vera Miles ; "North by northwest": Cary Grant, Eva Marie Saint.

Credits

"Suspicion": director of photography, director of photography, Harry Stradling ; editor, William Hamilton ; music, Franz Waxman -- "Strangers on a train": director of photography, Robert Burks ; editor, William H. Ziegler ; music, Dimitri Tiomkin -- "I confess": director of photography, Robert Burks ; editor, Rudi Fehr ; music, Dimitri Tiomkin -- "Dial M for murder": director of photography, Robert Burks ; editor, Rudi Fehr ; music, Dimitri Tiomkin -- "The wrong man": director of photography, Robert Burks ; editor, George Tomasini ; music, Bernard Herrmann -- "North by northwest": director of photography, Robert Burks ; editor, George Tomasini ; music, Bernard Herrmann.

Summary

"Suspicion": A shy young heiress marries a charming gentleman, and soon begins to suspect he is planning to murder her. "Strangers on a train": A psychotic socialite attempts to force a professional tennis star to prove a theory that two complete strangers can get away with murder. "I confess": A priest who comes under suspicion for murder cannot clear his name without breaking the seal of the confessional. "Dial M for murder": A tennis player frames his unfaithful wife for first-degree murder after she inadvertently hinders his plan to kill her. "The wrong man": In 1953, an innocent man named Christopher Emmanuel "Manny" Balestrero is arrested after being mistaken for an armed robber. "North by northwest": A hapless New York advertising executive is mistaken for a government agent by a group of foreign spies, and is pursued across the country while he looks for a way to survive.

Contents

Disc 1. Suspicion / RKO Radio Pictures, Inc. ; written by Samson Raphaelson, Joan Harrison, Alma Reville ; directed by Alfred Hitchcock. Disc 2. Strangers on a train / Warner Bros. Pictures ; written by Raymond Chandler, Czenzi Ormonde ; directed by Alfred Hitchcock. Disc 3. I confess / Warner Bros.-First National ; written by George Tabori, William Archibald ; directed by Alfred Hitchcock. Disc 4. Dial M for murder / Warner Bros. Pictures ; Warner Bros.-First National ; written by Frederick Knott ; directed by Alfred Hitchcock. Disc 5. Wrong man / Warner Bros. Pictures ; Warner Bros.-First Natonal ; produced and directed by Alfred Hitchcock ; written by Maxwell Anderson, Angus MacPhail ; story by Maxwell Anderson. Disc 6. North by northwest / M-G-M ; produced and directed by Alfred Hitchcock ; written by Ernest Lehman.

Audience

Not rated.

Subject

Husband and wife -- Drama.

Suspicion -- Drama.

Murder -- Investigation -- Drama.

Murderers -- Drama.

Railroad travel -- Drama.

Strangers -- Drama.

Priests -- Drama.

Seal of confession -- Drama.

Spouses -- Drama.

Triangles (Interpersonal relations) -- Drama.

Mistaken identity -- Drama.

Judicial error -- Drama.

Robbery -- Drama.

Advertising executives -- Drama.

Kidnapping victims -- Drama.

Fugitives from justice -- Drama.

Man-woman relationships -- Drama.

Malicious accusation -- Drama.

Film noir.

Detective and mystery films.

Thrillers (Motion pictures)

Legal films.

Action and adventure films.

Romance films.

Spy films.

Film adaptations.

Action and adventure films.

Advertising executives.

Detective and mystery films.

Film adaptations.

Film noir.

Fugitives from justice.

Husband and wife.

Judicial error.

Kidnapping victims.

Legal films.

Malicious accusation.

Man-woman relationships.

Mistaken identity.

Murder -- Investigation.

Murderers.

Priests.

Railroad travel.

Robbery.

Romance films.

Seal of confession.

Spouses.

Spy films.

Strangers.

Suspicion.

Thrillers (Motion pictures)

Triangles (Interpersonal relations)

Genre/Form

Drama.

Added Author

Hitchcock, Alfred, 1899-1980,

Raphaelson, Samson, 1896-1983.

Harrison, Joan, 1907-1994.

Reville, Alma.

Chandler, Raymond, 1888-1959.

Ormonde, Czenzi, 1906-2004.

Tabori, George, 1914-2007.

Archibald, William.

Knott, Frederick.

Anderson, Maxwell, 1888-1959.

MacPhail, Angus, 1903-1962.

Lehman, Ernest, 1915-2005.

Grant, Cary, 1904-1986,

Fontaine, Joan, 1917-2013,

Granger, Farley,

Walker, Robert, 1918-1951,

Clift, Montgomery,

Baxter, Anne,

Milland, Ray,

Grace, Princess of Monaco, 1929-1982,

Fonda, Henry, 1905-1982,

Miles, Vera,

Saint, Eva Marie, 1924-

Stradling, Harry, 1901-1970.

Burks, Robert.

Hamilton, William, 1893-1942.

Ziegler, William.

Fehrr, Rudi.

Tomasini, George.

Waxman, Franz, 1906-1967.

Tiomkin, Dimitri, 1894-1979.

Herrmann, Bernard, 1911-1975.

Iles, Francis, 1893-1971.

Bourde, Paul, 1851-1914.

Warner Home Video (Firm)

RKO Radio Pictures.

Warner Bros. Pictures (1923-1967)

First National Pictures, Inc.

Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer.

Standard No.

883929546343

Music No.

300069964 Warner Home Video