Sabotage
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DVD 1999 |
Available at 2 Libraries 2 of 2 copies |
Summary
Sabotage: An undercover Scotland Yard detective infiltrates the home of a theatre operator who is suspected of sabotage. When the saboteur suspects he is being watched, he asks his nephew to deliver an explosive parcel across town.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.
Additional Information
Subjects |
Feature films.
Detective and mystery films. Silent films. |
Publisher | Los Angeles, Calif :Delta Entertainment,1999 |
Edition | Special ed. |
Other Titles | Woman alone. Lodger. Secret agent. Lodger. |
Contributors |
Hitchcock, Alfred,
1899-1980. Bennett, Charles, 1899-1995. Sidney, Sylvia, 1910-1999. Homolka, Oscar, 1898-1978. Loder, John, 1898-1988. Tester, Desmond, 1919-2002. Knowles, Bernard, 1900-1975. Conrad, Joseph, 1857-1924. Secret agent. Novello, Ivor, 1893-1951. Keen, Malcolm, 1887-1970. Ault, Marie, 1870-1951. Stannard, Eliot. Lowndes, Marie Belloc, 1868-1947. Lodger. Gaumont British Picture Corp. Gainsborough Studios. Delta Entertainment Corporation. |
Participants/Performers |
Sylvia Sidney, Oscar Homolka, John Loder, Desmond Tester. |
Other Contributors |
Director, Alfred Hitchcock ; screenplay, Charles Bennett. |
Language |
English Chinese Japanese Spanish English, Spanish, Chinese, and Japanese language tracks; Spanish, Chinese and Japanese subtitles. |
Notes |
Based on the novel: The secret agent by Joseph Conrad. Includes an introduction to Sabotage by Tony Curtis (3 min.) and a clip from the original theatrical trailer from Hitchcock's 1940 film, Foreign Correspondent. Sabotage: Originally produced as a motion picture in 1936; American version titled: A woman alone. Also includes The lodger: a story of the London fog / Gainsborough Pictures. 90 min. : sd., b&w. Silent film with English intertitles and music sound track added. Cast: Ivor Novello, Malcolm Keen, Marie Ault. Director, Alfred Hitchcock ; scenario, Eliot Stannard. Based on the novel by Mrs. Belloc Lowndes. Originally produced as a silent motion picture in 1926. |
System Details |
DVD (single-sided); all regions. |
Description |
1 videodisc (169 min.) : sound, black and white ; 4 3/4 in. |
Other | Classic View |