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I Confess Brian Aherne, Charles Andre
Warner Home Video, 1999
Easy Choice: Vow versus Justice
+ A classic Hitchcock thriller does not disappoint + "I CONFESS" IS AN UNDER RATED CLASSIC. + Integrity at Any Price + Will a priest break the Confessional to save himself?
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Stage Fright (1950) Alfie Bass, Ballard Berkeley
Warner Home Video, 1999
All The World Is A Stage
+ Murder Makes a Curtain Call + Fun and suspenseful--but is it fair? + Jane Wyman was an Actress, Capital A
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To Catch a Thief Georgette Anys, Brigitte Auber
Paramount, 1998
Really Great Alfred Hitchcock!
+ "You're somewhat egotistical." + To Catch a Thief + hitchcock fan + Grace fan
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The Thirty-Nine Steps Peggy Ashcroft, Ivor Barnard
MGM (Video & DVD), 2000
Spies and a Dash of Romance
+ 39 steps + Hitchcock Genius, Criterion Perfection + Hitchcock at his finest
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Marnie Diane Baker, Henry Beckman
Universal Studios, 1992
Marnie is Marvelous!!
+ Another great Hitchcock movie. + Marnie has issues. + "The idea was to kill myself, not feed the damn fish"
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Secret Agent John Gielgud, Peter Lorre
Homevision, 2001
Hitch's Mix....Suspense and Humor With Great Style
+ Best full length DVD I have found.
From 1936..."The Secret Agent". You'll find Hitch's unique sense of humor well integrated with the suspense and his definitive style, in this terrific film about espionage at the onset of WWI. A reluctant spy is recruited to kill an enemy spy. He is given a false name and a fake wife to keep up ...
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Frenzy Michael Bates, John Boxer (II)
Universal Studios, 1992
Unique Morbidity and Neckties
+ HITCHCOCK'S FRENZY + One of Hitch's best + Not your typical Hitchcock movie... + Another Great
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Strangers on a Train (Hollywood Version) Al Bridge, John Brown
Warner Home Video, 2000
Classic Hitchcock and classic suspense
+ My Favorite From Hitch + Overlooked + Recommend seller!
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Lady Vanishes Emile Boreo, Mary Clare
Homevision, 2000
Screwball comedy + Thriller + Romance = Great Fun
+ The Lady Vanishes + Superb, suspenseful, brilliantly funny..., + Hitchcock liked trains. It may be his favorite venue.
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Rear Window James Stewart, Grace Kelley
Paramount Pictures, 2001
No Dream Sequence PLEASE
+ a completely original suspense masterpiece! + Restorers' Error + "We've become a race of Peeping Toms"
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Lifeboat (The Hitchcock Collection) Tallulah Bankhead, John Hodiak
20th Century Fox, 1997
"Man Overboard!"
+ Tallulah rocks! + Good, but not Great + lifeboat
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Saboteur Kathryn Adams (II), Murray Alper
Universal Studios, 1992
Even lesser Hitchcock towers above most of everything else
+ Hitchcock and World War II + ALFRED HITCHCOCK AT IT'S BEST + Saboteur
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Dial M for Murder Ray Milland, Grace Kelly
Warner Home Video, 1996
The Perfect "Murder"
+ Dial M for Murder Review + A perfect murder...gone wrong!
Hitchcock's immaculate rendering of the stage thriller is one of that rare breed: the underrated classic. Without significantly altering the action by "opening it up", Hitchcock still creates something thrillingly cinematic. This has to be one of the finest stage adaptations ever. It may be ...
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North by Northwest - Special Edition Ed Binns, Leo G. Carroll
Turner Home Ent, 2000
Is this Roger Thornhill or Bond, James Bond?
+ now this is entertainment! + Cary Grant goes to Mount Rushmore--not just for the sight-seeing!! + Slow start, but a great movie...
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The Birds (The Alfred Hitchcock Collection) Malcolm Atterbury, Veronica Cartwright
Universal Studios, 1999
What happens when our fowl feathered friends become...foul!!!!
+ Just As Erie as I remembered + The Birds + An Allegory in Search of Meaning
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