The man who knew too much

Author

Alfred Hitchcock

Call Number

• DVD MYSTERY/THRILLER (CEN)

Edition

DVD special ed.

Languages

English subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing.

Performers

Leslie Banks, Edna Best, Peter Lorre, Frank Vosper, Hugh Wakefield, Nova Pilbeam, Pierre Fresnay, Cicely Oates, D. A.Clarke-Smith, George Curzon, Henry Oscar.

Publication Information

[Irvington, NY] : Criterion Collection, [2013]

Physical Description

1 videodisc (75 min.) : sd., b&w ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 booklet (1 v. (unpaged) : ill. ; 19 cm.)

Audience

Not rated.

Summary

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.

Notes

Title from container.

Originally released as a motion picture in 1934.

Special features: new digital restoration ; new audio commentary featuring film historian Philip Kemp ; new interview with filmmaker Guillermo del Toro ; The illustrated Hitchcock, an extensive interview with director Alfred Hitchcock from 1972, conducted by journalist Pia Lindstrom and film historian William K. Everson ; audio excerpts from Francois Truffaut's legendary 1962 interviews with Hitchcock ; restoration demonstration.