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Alfred Hitchcock's North by Northwest /

Contributor(s): Material type: FilmFilmPublisher number: 2000075187 | Universal Studios Home Entertainment61120097 | Universal Studios Home Entertainment61176557 | Universal Studios Home EntertainmentLanguage: English, Spanish, French, German, Italian, Portuguese Original language: English Subtitle language: Multiple languages Series: Alfred Hitchcock the masterpiece collectionPublisher: Universal City, California : Universal Studios Home Entertainment, [2012]Edition: Limited edDescription: 1 videodisc (136 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 inContent type:
  • two-dimensional moving image
Media type:
  • video
Carrier type:
  • videodisc
Other title:
  • Title on set box: Alfred Hitchcock : the masterpiece collection. North by Northwest
  • North by Northwest
Subject(s): Genre/Form: DDC classification:
  • 791.43/72 23
LOC classification:
  • PN1997 .N67 2012
Production credits:
  • Director of photography, Robert Burks ; editor, George Tomansini ; music, Bernard Herrmann.
Cast: Cary Grant, Eva Marie Saint, James Mason, Jessie Royce Landis, Leo G. Carroll, Josephine Hutchinson, Philip Ober, Martin Landau, Adam Williams, Edward Platt, Les Tremayne.Summary: Roger Thornhill is a New York advertising executive who is kidnapped by a gang of spies led by Philip Vandamm, who believes Thornhill is CIA agent George Kaplan. Thornhill escapes, but must find Kaplan in order to clear himself of a murder that Kaplan is accused of committing. Following Kaplan to Chicago as a fugitive from justice, Thornhill is helped by beautiful Eve Kendall. In Chicago, she delivers a message to Kaplan that almost costs Thornhill his life when he is chased across a cornfield by a crop-dusting plane.
Holdings
Item type Current library Shelving location Call number Status Date due Barcode
Video Recording Carleton University, AVRC SP456 - Collections Room BLU-00179 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Available 16050303924

Originally released as a motion picture in 1959.

Special features: Destination Hitchcock: the making of North by Northwest ; North by Northwest : one for the ages ; The master's touch: Hitchcock's signature style ; Cary Grant: a class apart ; feature commentary by screenwriter Ernest Lehman ; stills gallery ; trailer gallery.

Not rated.

Blu-ray; English Dolby True HD, 5.1 surround, Dolby digital 5.1 surround; Spanish, French, German, Italian, Portuguese mono. 1.0.; 1080p High-definition widescreen 1.78:1, requires Blu-ray player.

In English, Spanish, French, German, Italian, or Portuguese with Spanish, French, German, Italian, Portuguese, Danish, Finnish, Norwegian, or Swedish subtitles; English, German and Italian subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing. Closed-captioned.

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