Finally, fourteen of the finest works from the universally acclaimed Master of Suspense come to DVD digitally remastered and in one collection for the very first time. The genre’s most enduring and spine-tingling classics are all here: Psycho, Vertigo, Rear Window and so many more. These captivating landmark films boast three decades of Hollywood legends, including James Stewart, Grace Kelly, Anthony Perkins, Sean Connery and Doris Day. Packed with materials never before available on DVD, the bonus disc features unforgettable, rare footage such as the 1979 American Film Institute Salute to Alfred Hitchcock and an in-depth interview with the Master himself. The premium packaging and collectible coffee-table book make Alfred Hitchcock: The Masterpiece Collection the must-own, definitive anthology of gripping works by a true genius.
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In addition, a special DVD centennial celebration set will be available including, Alfred Hitchcock Presents, Psycho Collector's Edition and Vertigo Collector's Edition. Alfred Hitchcock Presents is a compilation of four unforgettable tales of terror from the critically-acclaimed television series Alfred Hitchcock Presents. They include Lamb to the Slaughter, The Case of Mr. Pelham, Banquo's Chair and the new-to-video Back for Christmas. The Psycho Collector's Edition contains The Making of Psycho, an original documentary featuring new interviews with Hitchcock's daughter Patricia Hitchcock O'Connell, actress Janet Leigh, screenwriter Joseph Stefano and many more. Some of the highlights include a censored scene, newsreel footage, production photographs, and the infamous shower scene with and without music. The Vertigo Collector's Edition features commentary with Vertigo associate producer Herbert Coleman, restoration team Robert A. Harris and James C. Katz, Steven C. Smith, and others.
Spend a few stormy evenings watching PSYCHO, FAMILY PLOT, FRENZY, THE MAN WHO KNEW TOO MUCH, MARNIE, ROPE, SABOTEUR, SHADOW OF A DOUBT, THE BIRDS, TOPAZ, TORN CURTAIN, THE TROUBLE WITH HARRY and VERTIGO!
13 feature films from the Master of Suspense, Alfred Hitchcock, direct from
the vaults of Universal Studios Home Video!
And rounding out this special collector's set is ALFRED HITCHCOCK PRESENTS, in which the Master of Suspense created the most macabre concoction of mystery & black comedy ever seen on the small screen. In these four riveting episodes, directed by Hitchcock himself, you will see LAMB TO THE SLAUGHTER, THE CASE OF MR. PELHAM, BACK FOR CHRISTMAS and BANQUO'S CHAIR.
Julia Rainbird is searching for nephew - long since adopted due to a family scandal. She hires medium Madam Blanche - who, unbeknownst to her, is a fake. At the same time, there is a rash of
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kidnappings occuring in the area - caused by a very clever and greedy couple. Through a series of misadventures, everyone's paths cross and the film ends with a rather unexpected twist.
Michael Nordstrom has the task of debriefing a defecting Russian government official. To his horror, he learns that a top secret spy ring has been established - code named TOPAZ.
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This spy ring, located in France, has been passing NATO military and security secrets onto the Soviet government. It falls to Nordstrom and his French counterparts to infiltrate and expose TOPAZ before any more damage can be done.
Michael Armstrong, an American nuclear scientist, is in Norway with his fiancée, Sarah Sherman. Without warning, and to the surprise of Sarah, Armstrong appears to defect to the Communists
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and enters into East Germany. What she doesn't know is that he is actually on a mission to recover a secret formula from another scientist trapped behind the Iron Curtain.
Marnie Edgar is a woman with a severe emotional problem that drives her to use her stunning looks to gain the hearts and confidence of her employers.
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Once ensconced in their good graces, she proceeds to rob them, and then leaves - changing her identity in the process. Her only stable relationship is the one she shares with her horse - and to a far lesser degree, with her mother.
Melanie Daniels is a young socialite - beautiful & spoiled. She bumps into Mitch Brenner in a San Francisco pet store as he searches for a present for his sister - a pair of love birds. Pretending not to recognize
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her, Mitch is about to buy the birds, when Melanie jumps in front and buys them herself. Interested in Mitch, she follows him to Bodega Bay where his mother & sister live. Upon arriving there, she is attacked by a sea gull.
One of the most famous finales of all of Hitchcock's films is contained in SABOTEUR. And it is one of the most patriotic of all of his films. Literally a guided tour of America, SABOTEUR presents the average
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American citizen - regardless of where he is in the country - as the true heroes of the age. Made right after the entry of the United States into the Second World War, the patriotic speeches do not sound stilted or dated.
Two Manhattan socialites, Brandon Shaw and Phillip Morgan, set out to commit the perfect murder. They kill their associate, hide his body in a chest, and then arrange a dinner party. Each guest is related in some manner
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to the young men or to David - including his father and aunt. As the evening progresses,
All of London is fearful of the Necktie Murderer - a fiend on the loose raping and then killing his victims. Richard Blaney, a rather angry young man, is suspected by the police of committing the murders - and,
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after his wife and girlfriend wind up dead, he is taken into custody. But, Inspector Oxford - in charge of the case - begins to think that he may have the wrong man...
Marion Crane steals $40,000 from her boss and flees town. She comes across the Bates Motel, checks in and is brutally murdered by Mrs. Bates. Her sister and lover track her to this lonely motel
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and discover that Norman, the young son, is actually the killer - his mind taken over by the personality of his dead mother, a mother he killed years earlier.
San Francisco police detective Scottie Fergusson suffers from severe vertigo and retires when during a chase, one of his officers falls trying to help him off the edge of a building.
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Scottie is hired to watch Madeleine - the wife of an old friend. She is totally obsessed with the past, and Scottie becomes totally obsessed with her.
Dr. Ben McKenna and his family are on vacation in Africa when they come across an eccentric man. They come across him the next day, but assassins are stalking him.
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Before he dies, he tells them of an upcoming assassination that will take place in Albert Hall in London. The killers then kidnap McKenna's son in an effort to keep him silent - but McKenna goes onto London, hoping to foil the killer's plot himself.
The quiet of a New England town is shattered when a dead body is discovered in the picture postcard style woods.
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Comedy and confusion ensues when everyone tries to hide the body as everybody thinks they had something to do with Harry's demise!
Charlie Newton, a beautiful young woman decides that a visit from her beloved Uncle Charlie would be just the thing she needs to brighten her life up.
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But she soon discovers that her uncle is on her way to see her. What she doesn't know is that the police suspect him of being The Merry Widow Murderer - a vicious strangler.