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The Alfred Hitchcock Signature Collection (Strangers on a Train Two-Disc Edition / North by Northwest / Dial M for Murder / Foreign Correspondent / Suspicion / The Wrong Man / Stage Fright / I Confess / Mr. and Mrs. Smith)

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Director: Alfred Hitchcock
Actors: Cary Grant, Eva Marie Saint, Farley Granger, Robert Walker, Ray Milland
Studio: Warner Home Video
Category: DVD

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Avg. Customer Rating: 5.0 out of 5 stars

37 reviews
Sales Rank: 3277

Format: Box Set, Ntsc, Closed-captioned
Languages: Dutch (Original Language), English (Original Language), French (Original Language), Italian (Original Language), Spanish (Original Language), English (Subtitled), Spanish (Subtitled), French (Subtitled)
Rating: PG (Parental Guidance Suggested)
Number Of Items: 9
Running Time: 965
Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1
Shipping Weight (lbs): 1.7
Dimensions (in): 7.7 x 5.5 x 5.5

MPN: WARD39814D
ISBN: 0790797151
UPC: 085393981426
EAN: 9780790797151
ASIN: B0002HOES0

Theatrical Release Date: December 23, 1956
Release Date: September 7, 2004
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Studio: Warner Home Video Release Date: 01/25/2005 Rating: Nr

Customer Reviews: Read 32 more reviews...

4 out of 5 stars

good April 16, 2008
0 out of 4 found this review helpful

Has alot of good Hitchcock movies but not the most famous ones. For hardcore fans.

4 out of 5 stars

Great selection January 19, 2008
0 out of 2 found this review helpful

Good collection of Hitchcock movies!
We "killed them" all off, in just a little over a week!

5 out of 5 stars

Great Set January 15, 2008
1 out of 1 found this review helpful

I got this set for my father for Christmas. I don't think he has moved from in front of the TV since he opened them LOL. He LOVES all of them!

5 out of 5 stars

Love Hitch January 7, 2008
2 out of 2 found this review helpful

I can't get enough Hitchcock. He was a brillant director. If you are a fan this is a great collection. It also has a little book with interesting tid-bits. Almost as good as the movies are the extras, fantastic.

5 out of 5 stars

9 CLASSIC GEMS FROM THE MASTER OF SUSPENSE! September 17, 2007
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"Alfred Hitchcock: The Signature Collection" gathers nine classic films from the director best known for his suspense and film noir expertise!

"Strangers On A Train" (1951) (2 disc Special Ediiton)
Psychotic mother's boy Bruno Anthony (Robert Walker) meets famous tennis professional Guy Haines (Farley Granger) on a train. Guy wants to move into a career in politics and has been dating a senator's daughter, Ann Morton, (Ruth Roman) while awaiting a divorce from his wife, Miriam (Kasesy Rogers). Bruno wants to kill his father, but knows he will be caught because he has a motive. Bruno dreams up a crazy scheme whereby he and Guy exchange murders. Guy takes this as a joke, but Bruno is serious and takes things into his own hands. Classic Hitchcock suspense has everything that suspense fan could ask for- great script, perfect cast, and an over-the-top finale! It even co-starred Hitchcock's own daughter, Patricia Hitchcock as Ruth Roman's on screen sister, Barbara Morton. It's also nice to see Marion Lorne (Aunt Clara from TV's "Bewitched") playing Robert Walker's on screen Mother. Each performance here is solid and gives the film a true sense of believability as the tension builds in each scene. The film's finale takes place in an amusement park and is still one of the best ever!

"North By Northwest" (1959)
New York advertising executive Roger Thornhill (Cary Grant) is kidnapped by a gang of spies led by Philip Vandamm, (James Mason) who believes Thornhill is CIA agent George Kaplan. Thornhill escapes, but must find Kaplan in order to clear himself of a murder it is believed he committed. Following Kaplan to Chicago as a fugitive from justice, Thornhill is helped by beautiful Eve Kendall. (Eva Marie Saint) In Chicago, she delivers a message to Kaplan that almost costs Thornhill his life when a crop-dusting plane thrillingly chases him across a cornfield! One of the crown jewels of the Hitchcock suspense films and justly so, with standout performances by Cary Grant, Eva Marie Saint, and James Mason. The infamous "Mount Rushmore" chase scene is still quiet breathtaking to behold!

"Dial `M' For Murder" (1954)
Tony Wendice (Ray Milland) learns that his wife, Margo (Grace Kelly) had an affair but even though it's over, he decides to kill her but chooses to bid his time. He waits until Mark Halliday, (Robert Cummings) his wife's lover, returns to town. He then begins to put his plan into play. He summons a man, who he is sure, will carry out his plan, for he recalls him from his college years. Explaining what he believes to be `the perfect murder,' he gets the man to agree to kill his wife. The night of his wife's murder is played out brilliantly and the suspense factor goes from 0 to 100 as Margo fights for her life and in the struggle takes the life of her would-be-killer! Tony, trying to cover everything up, decides then to make it appear that Margo had an ulterior motive for killing the man. And it appears to be working except Halliday doesn't believe she's guilty and the police uncover a few anomalies. Truly one of the underappreciated Hitchcock classics with Milland, Kelley, and Cummings in top form! The leading Scotland Yard Detective Hubbard, is played brilliantly by British actor John Williams, who gives "Dial M For Murder" an extra shot of class! It's really clever how each piece of the murder puzzle is discovered throughout the film and makes you want to see it again, just to see it all unfold once more!

"Foreign Correspondent" (1940)
Johnny Jones (Joel McCrea) is an action reporter on a New York newspaper. The editor appoints him European correspondent because he is fed up with the dry, reports he currently gets. Johnny's first assignment is to get the inside story on a secret treaty agreed between two European countries by the famous diplomat, Mr. Van Meer. (Albert Bassermann) An assassination of a foreign government official begins the spiraling espionage that Johnny finds himself submerging in, taking the viewer along for the ride! Johnny enlists the help of a young woman, Caroll Fisher (Laraine Day) to help track down a group of spies as the story progresses into one of Hitchcock's best espionage adventures!

"Suspicion" (1941)
Johnny Aysgarth (Cary Grant) is a handsome gambler who seems to live by borrowing money from friends. He meets shy Lina McLaidlaw (Joan Fontaine) on a train whilst trying to travel in a first class carriage with a third class ticket. He begins to court Lina and before long they are married. It is only after the honeymoon that she discovers his true character and she starts to become suspicious when Johnny's friend and business partner, Beaky (Nigel Bruce) is killed mysteriously. The story builds with suspense as you keep guessing, along with Lina, could Johnny truly be a cold-hearted murderer or am I just imagining things? "Suspicion" is Joan Fontaine's second Hitchcock film, following her brilliant performance in 1939's "Rebecca." Cary Grant is, as always, suave and debonair, bringing his character to the front as either cunningly evil or simply misunderstood. Joan Fontaine had a quality about her that made you want to protect her from the menaces on the screen, and I believe that this is what endured her to movie audiences in films like "Rebecca" and `Suspicion." Another great suspense film from the master of suspense, however, I would have preferred the original ending to "Suspicion," as I'm sure Mr. Hitchcock would have preferred as well.

"The Wrong Man" (1956)
The true story of Manny Balestrero (Henry Fonda), a musician unjustly accused of armed robbery. In classic Hitchcock form, Balestrero vehemently protests his innocence but acts thoroughly guilty, leading a host of policemen and witnesses to finger him as the thief. The trial goes badly for Manny, but life is worse for his wife, Rose (Vera Miles), who falls apart under the strain of his ordeal. With intense and heartbreaking performances from both Fonda and Miles, "The Wrong Man" is more of a testament to what can happen when a person is submerged in a case of "mistaken identity." Hitchcock brings Manny's story to life with great camera angle shots and the b&w cinematography is top notch throughout. Not your typical Hitchcock suspense film, but essential for its star's performances and Hitchcock's dead on direction.

"Stage Fright" (1950)
Eve Gill (Jane Wyman), an aspiring young actress, shelters a fellow acting student, Jonathan Cooper (Richard Todd), from the police. He is suspected of murdering the husband of his mistress, Charlotte Inwood (Marlene Dietrich), a famous singer. Jonathan claims that he became implicated when he tried to help Charlotte destroy the evidence. Eve's eccentric father, Commodore Gill (Alastair Sim), agrees to hide Jonathan in his house while she proves his innocence. To do this, Eve becomes Charlotte's temporary maid. Eve's Father devises a plan to force Charlotte to confess in front of the inspector investigating the case, Wilfred Smith (Michael Wilding). When the plan doesn't work, Eve tries blackmailing Charlotte into a confession while the police listen outside her dressing room. Charlotte agrees to pay, but insists that Jonathan is the real killer. "Stage Fright" has that spark of suspense, which captures you from the very beginning. Jane Wyman brings a Nancy Drew-like character to her role, as the energetic Eve. In search of both romance and redemption for the innocent, Eve takes charge in this fun and thought provoking Hitchcock classic!

"I Confess" (1953)
In Quebec City, Father Michael Logan (Montgomery Clift) is accused of killing a well-known lawyer. The priest knows the murderer, but he can't reveal his identity because the man confessed the crime to him in the confessional. So begins Hitchcock's "I Confess," with stellar performances throughout and top notch suspense as Father Logan is set to unravel the web of deceit and murder that he has found himself caught up in. In true Hitchcock fashion, "I Confess" takes its audience on a well-rounded ride of suspense with criminals caught up in their sins of murder and persecuting the innocent. In this case, a Catholic priest, who is at odds with being able to tell the identity of the real murderer in court or keeping his vows to the Church and not revealing the confessional which was told to him by the true killer!

"Mr. & Mrs. Smith" (1941)
Sophisticated New York couple David (Robert Montgomery) and Annie Smith (Carole Lombard) have an unusual marriage with an inordinate number of rules and regulations. One rule entitles them to ask each other one question per month, which the other must answer completely and honestly. Annie asks David if he would marry her again if he could do it over again and David confides that he misses his freedom and so he probably wouldn't. Later that day, an official from the town where they got married calls to see David. He explains that owing to a state boundary dispute, all couples married between 1936 and 1939 in the county were not legally married. David decides to have fun with this fact, but unbeknown to him, the county official calls to see Annie too and disaster results. Not at all your typical Hitchcock film! "Mr. & Mrs. Smith" is more on the lighthearted, romantic comedy category, than anything obtaining to suspense whatsoever. It's inclusion here is purely of the fact that it was directed by Hitchcock and therefore rounded out the `box set.' Still an enjoyable picture with Montgomery and Lombard giving fine performances as love struck newlyweds having a bit of a squabble. A rare film from the Master of suspense, indeed!

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