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Hitchcock, Alfred, 1899-1980 (Added Author). McCrea, Joel, 1905-1990 (Added Author). Day, Laraine, 1920-2007 (Added Author). Marshall, Herbert, 1890-1966 (Added Author). Sanders, George, 1906-1972 (Added Author). Basserman, Albert, 1867-1952 (Added Author). Joel McCrea, Laraine Day, Herbert Marshall, George Sanders, Albert Basserman. (Cast).

Summary: 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.

Record details

ISBN: 9781604658248
ISBN: 160465824X
Physical Description: videorecording
videodisc
2 videodiscs (120 min.) : sd., b&w ; 4 3/4 in.
Edition: 1940 motion picture release.
Publisher: New York, NY : The Criterion Collection, 2014.

Content descriptions

General Note:	Includes booklet (12 pages, illustrations) featuring an essay by film scholar James Naremore. Originally released as a motion picture in 1940. 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.
Creation/Production Credits Note:	Music by Alfred Newman ; art direction, Alexander Golitzen ; director of photography, Rudolph Maté ; supervising editor, Otho Lovering ; film editor, Dorothy Spencer ; interior decoration, Julia Heron ; costumes, I. Magnin & Co.
Participant or Performer Note:	Joel McCrea, Laraine Day, Herbert Marshall, George Sanders, Albert Basserman.
System Details Note:	Region 1, NTSC, aspect ratio 1.37:1 widescreen presentation, Dolby Digital monoaural.
Language Note:	In English with optional English subtitles (SDH).