Alfred Hitchcock
Publisher
Universal Studios Home Entertainment
Formats
Description
James Stewart and Doris Day give magnificent performances as Ben and Jo McKenna, an American couple vacationing in Morocco, whose son is kidnapped and taken to England. Caught up in international espionage, the McKennas' lives hang in the balance as they race to save their son in the chilling, climactic showdown in London's famous Royal Albert Hall.
63) Vertigo
Publisher
Universal
Pub. Date
[2012]
Physical Desc
1 blu-ray (129 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
San Francisco police detective Scottie Ferguson is forced to retire when a freak accident gives him a severe fear of heights. When a rich shipbuilder hires Scottie to follow his wife, who may be suicidal, Scottie finds himself falling in love with her. Eventually Ferguson becomes obsessed with the chance to re-create her in another woman.
64) Jamaica Inn
Series
Publisher
Delta Entertainment
Pub. Date
c2001
Physical Desc
1 DVD (98 min.) : sd., b&w ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
"An Irish orphan girl (Mary) ... lives on the rugged coast of Cornwall with her uncle. After several vessels smash on the deadly rocks, Mary begins to suspect it's more than accidental. By the time she realizes what's going on, she is a target for the marauding smugglers and highwaymen who are ravaging the area."--Container.
65) Rear window
Publisher
Universal Pictures
Pub. Date
[2001], c1954
Physical Desc
1 DVD (115 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
As a photographer with a broken leg, Stewart takes up the fine art of spying on his Greenwich Village neighbors during a summer heat wave. Things really begin to get hot when he suspects a salesman may have murdered his nagging wife and buried the body in a flower garden. He actively enlists the help of his girlfriend to investigate the highly suspicious chain of events. . . Events that ultimately lead to one of the most memorable and gripping endings...
Publisher
Delta Entertainment
Pub. Date
1999
Physical Desc
1 DVD (169 min.) : sd. & si., b&w ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
The lodger: The central character, called simply "The Lodger", is caught in the trap of other peoples' suspicions. Because this lodger, who is renting a room in the home of Mr. and Mrs. Bunting, seems mysterious, he is suspected of being the notorious "Avenger", a killer who has been stalking women in London and strangling them.
Sabotage: An undercover Scotland Yard detective infiltrates the home of a theatre operator who is suspected of sabotage....
67) The Manxman
Publisher
Delta Entertainment Corp
Pub. Date
c1999
Physical Desc
1 DVD (ca. 85 min.) : si, b&w ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
Alfred Hitchcock's last silent film about two friends, a lawyer and a fisherman who fall in love with the same woman. She marries one, but she loves the other.
68) The 39 steps
Publisher
Delta Entertainment Corp
Pub. Date
2000
Physical Desc
1 DVD (86 min.) : sd., b&w ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
"Richard Hannay is on vacation in London when he meets a mysterious woman who tells him of a spy ring which she is trying to crack. She doesn't know the identity of the masterspy, but does know a few revealing details. Later she is murdered-- before Hannay can learn anything more. His own life now in danger, Hannay sets out to solve a mystery"--Container.
69) Rebecca
Publisher
Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2008]
Physical Desc
1 DVD (131 min.) : sd., b&w ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
A vacationing young lady meets, falls in love with, and marries handsome and wealthy widower Maxim de Winter. He takes his new bride home to his estate, Manderley. But the new Mrs. de Winter finds her married life dominated by the sinister, almost spectral influence of Maxim's late wife, Rebecca, who still rules from beyond the grave.
Publisher
LaserLight DVD
Pub. Date
c1999
Physical Desc
1 DVD (ca. 165 min.) : sd., si., b&w ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
[Blackmail] A young woman kills an artist who attempts to rape her. Her Scotland Yard detective boyfriend soon learns the killer's identity, but so has someone else. First produced as a silent film, then in this version with dialog.
[Easy virtue] "After divorcing an abusive husband, an innocent woman makes a valiant effort at beginning her life anew, but she cannot escape the incidents surrounding her past"--Container.
71) Suspicion
Pub. Date
2004
Physical Desc
1 DVD (99 min.) : sound, black and white ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
Alfred Hitchcock weaves a terrifying web of suspicion around a fragile young English bride and captures a classic suspense thriller. Joan Fontaine is the bride, a gently-reared heiress who fears she has married a murderer. Cary Grant is the husband, a dashing ne'er-do-well with a penchant for the high life--and a bank account that's strictly low-life.
72) The wrong man
Publisher
Distributed by Warner Home Video
Pub. Date
[2004]
Physical Desc
1 DVD (105 min.) : sd., b&w ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
The first Hitchcock film based on a true story. A nightclub musician is falsely accused of a robbery, an accusation that ruins his life.
Series
Criterion Collection volume 885
Publisher
The Criterion Collection
Pub. Date
[2017]
Physical Desc
1 Blu-ray (91 min.) : sound, black and white ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
This haunting silent thriller tells the tale of a mysterious young man who takes up residence at a London boardinghouse, just as a killer who preys on blonde women, known as the Avenger, descends upon the city. The film is animated by the palpable energy of a young stylist at play, decisively establishing the director's formal and thematic obsessions.
Publisher
Warner Bros. Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2010]
Physical Desc
1 DVD (101 min.) : sound, black & white ; 4 3/4 inches.
Description
Guy Haines, a tennis star who hates his wife, is approached on a train by a stranger, Bruno Anthony, who hates his father. Anthony offers a plan: each could kill the other's victim. No motive, no clue would link the two murders save the casual meeting of strangers on a train.
75) Secret agent
Publisher
Laserlight DVD
Pub. Date
c1999
Physical Desc
1 DVD (86 min.) : sd., b&w ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
An espionage thriller set in Geneva, seasoned with romance. Two British Intelligence Service agents pose as husband and wife in an attempt to eliminate an agent for the Central Powers.
Publisher
Movie Classics
Pub. Date
[2004?]
Physical Desc
1 DVD (76 min.) : sd., b&w ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
"Bob and Jill Lawrence are enjoying a winter holiday when Bob is told of a planned assassination in London. Fearing their plot will be revealed, the assassins kidnap their daughter Betty in hopes of blackmailing the Lawrences into silence, but Bob and Jill have other plans"--Container.
Series
Description
Iris is travelling on a train through Europe and befriends Miss Froy, a kindly old lady. When Iris is knocked unconscious by a falling flower pot, she awakens to find Miss Froy mysteriously replaced by an imposter. She's led to believe the accident caused an illusion until Gilbert, a young musician, comes to her assistance. Together, they find themselves caught up in a mystery.
78) Lifeboat
Publisher
Kl Studio Classics
Pub. Date
2017.
Physical Desc
1 Blu-ray (97 min.) : sd., b&w ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
Eight people are stranded after their ship was sunk in the Atlantic by Germans. Their problems are compounded when they pick up the Nazi captain that had torpedoed their ship.
79) Suspicion
Publisher
Warner Home Video
Pub. Date
[2004]
Physical Desc
1 Blu-ray (99 min.) : sound, black and white ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
Well-to-do wallflower Lina McLaidlaw is in love, perhaps in danger. She suspects that Johnnie Aysgarth, the playboy who swept into her life and married her, is a murderer and that she may be his next victim.
Series
Criterion collection volume 696
Pub. Date
2014
Formats
Description
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.