Summary
Secret agent / (1936 ; 86 min.): British novelist Edgar Brodie discovers that a government agency has faked his own death. The lady vanishes / (c1938 ; 97 min.):A young woman on a train, enroute back to England from Switzerland, meets a charming older lady who promptly disappears. The other passengers deny ever having seen her, leading the young woman into a complex web of mystery and high adventure. The man who knew too much (c1934 ; 76 min.): A British couple on vacation in Switzerland become involved in a web of foreign intrigue when they learn about an assassination plot from a dying agent and about their daughter's kidnapping. Sabotage (c1936 ; 76 min.) A seemingly mild-mannered London theater manager is actually a violent saboteur, unbeknownst to his wife and her younger brother. Unable to leave the theater because of police surveillance, he sends his innocent teenage brother-in-law on a deadly errand The Cheney vase (The Chaney vase) / (c1955 ; 24 min.): An elderly woman finds herself a prisoner in her own home.Contents
Disc 1. Secret agent (ca. 88 min.) ; The lady vanishes (ca. 98 min)Disc 2. The man who knew too much (ca. 78 min.)
Sabotage (ca. 76 min.)
Bonus: Cheney vase (ca. 25 min.).
Additional Information
| Subjects |
Bombers (Terrorists)
-- England
-- London
-- Drama.
Attempted assassination -- Drama. Conspiracies -- Drama. Espionage, British -- Drama. Railroad trains -- Drama. Missing persons -- Drama. Spies -- Drama. Locomotives -- Drama. Railroad travel -- Europe -- Drama. London (England) -- Drama. Feature films. Detective and mystery films. Detective and mystery television programs. |
| Publisher | California : [Newbury Park, CA] :Brentwood Home Video ;2004 Distributed by BCI, |
| Other Titles | Alfred Hitchcock presents (Television program : 1955-1962) Secret agent. Lady vanishes. Man who knew too much (Motion picture : 1934) Sabotage. Cheney vase. 4 tales of the macabre |
| Contributors |
Hitchcock, Alfred,
1899-1980. |
| Participants/Performers |
Cast: The lady vanishes: Margaret Lockwood, Michael Redgrave, Paul Lukas, Dame May Whitty, Cecil Parker ; Sabotage: Sylvia Sidney, Oscar Homolka, John Loder, Desmond Tester, Joyce Barbour ; The man who knew too much: Leslie Banks, Edna Best, Peter Lorre, Frank Vosper, Hugh Wakefield. |
| Language |
English |
| Notes |
Title from disc containers. Motion pictures originally produced 1934-1938; Cheney vase, an episode of "Alfred Hitchcock presents," originally aired in 1955. Cheney vase misspelled on container: Chaney vase. |
| System Details |
DVDs (dual-sided). |
| Description |
2 videodiscs (approximately 340 min.) : sound, black and white ; 4 3/4 in. |
| Other | Classic View |