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Foreign correspondent / Walter Wanger presents ; produced by Walter Wanger ; screenplay, Charles Bennett, Joan Harrison ; directed by Alfred Hitchcock.

Contributor(s): Material type: FilmFilmPublisher number: CC2335BDDVD-2 | Criterion Collection (disc 3)CC2335BDDVD-3 | Criterion Collection (disc 2)CC2420D-1 | Criterion Collection (disc 1)CC2420D-2 | Criterion Collection (disc 2)Language: English Original language: English Subtitle language: English Series: Criterion collection (DVD videodiscs) ; 696.Publisher: [United States] : The Criterion Collection, [2014]Edition: Dual format editionDescription: 2 videodiscs (120 min.) : sound, black and white ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 bookletContent type:
  • two-dimensional moving image
Media type:
  • video
Carrier type:
  • videodisc
Other title:
  • At head of title on container : Alfred Hitchcock's
Uniform titles:
  • Foreign correspondent (Motion picture).
Subject(s): Genre/Form: Production credits:
  • Music, Alfred Newman ; director of photography, Rudolph Maté ; editor, Dorothy Spencer ; special production effects, William Cameron Menzies.
Cast: Joel McCrea, Herbert Marshall, Laraine Day, George Sanders, Albert Basserman, Robert Benchley, Edmund Gwenn, Eduardo Ciannelli, Harry Davenport, Martin Kosleck.Summary: A full-throttle espionage thriller, starring Joel McCrea as a green Yank reporter sent to Europe to get the scoop on the imminent war. It's wall-to-wall witty repartee, head-spinning plot twists, and brilliantly mounted suspense set pieces, including an ocean plane crash climax with astonishing special effects.
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Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:

John Jones is a green Yank reporter sent to Europe to get the scoop on the imminent war. When things go wrong, he enlists the help of a young woman to track down a troupe of spies.

Originally released as a motion picture in 1940.

Special features: New piece on the film's special effects by visual effects expert Craig Barron; Hollywood propaganda and World War II, a new interview with writer Mark Harris; interview with director Alfred Hitchcock from a 1972 episode of The Dick Cavett Show; radio adaptation of the film from 1946; "Have you heard?" the story of Wartime rumors; trailer; booklet.

Music, Alfred Newman ; director of photography, Rudolph Maté ; editor, Dorothy Spencer ; special production effects, William Cameron Menzies.

Joel McCrea, Herbert Marshall, Laraine Day, George Sanders, Albert Basserman, Robert Benchley, Edmund Gwenn, Eduardo Ciannelli, Harry Davenport, Martin Kosleck.

A full-throttle espionage thriller, starring Joel McCrea as a green Yank reporter sent to Europe to get the scoop on the imminent war. It's wall-to-wall witty repartee, head-spinning plot twists, and brilliantly mounted suspense set pieces, including an ocean plane crash climax with astonishing special effects.

DVD, NTSC, full screen presentation; Dolby digital mono.

Optional subtitles in English for the deaf and hard of hearing.

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