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

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

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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
Language
  • eng
  • eng
  • eng
  • eng
Work
Publication
Edition
Dual format edition.
Extent
2 videodiscs (120 min.)
Note
  • 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
Isbn
9781604659269
Instance
Label
Foreign correspondent
Title
Foreign correspondent
Statement of responsibility
Walter Wanger presents ; produced by Walter Wanger ; screenplay, Charles Bennett, Joan Harrison ; directed by Alfred Hitchcock
Title variation
Alfred Hitchcock's
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Subject
Genre
Language
  • eng
  • eng
  • eng
  • eng
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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TEFMT
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videorecording
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Foreign correspondent (Motion picture)
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Credits note
Music, Alfred Newman ; director of photography, Rudolph Maté ; editor, Dorothy Spencer ; special production effects, William Cameron Menzies
Dewey number
791.43/72
Language note
Optional subtitles in English for the deaf and hard of hearing
LC call number
PN1997
LC item number
.F67 2014
PerformerNote
Joel McCrea, Herbert Marshall, Laraine Day, George Sanders, Albert Basserman, Robert Benchley, Edmund Gwenn, Eduardo Ciannelli, Harry Davenport, Martin Kosleck
http://library.link/vocab/relatedWorkOrContributorDate
  • 1899-1980
  • 1894-1968
  • 1905-1990
  • 1920-2007
  • 1890-1966
  • 1901-1970
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  • Hitchcock, Alfred
  • Wanger, Walter
  • McCrea, Joel
  • Day, Laraine
  • Marshall, Herbert
  • Newman, Alfred
  • Criterion Collection (Firm)
Runtime
120
Series statement
Criterion collection
Series volume
696
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  • Foreign correspondents
  • Spies
  • Fathers and daughters
  • Man-woman relationships
  • Fathers and daughters
  • Foreign correspondents
  • Man-woman relationships
  • Spies
Technique
live action
Label
Foreign correspondent, Walter Wanger presents ; produced by Walter Wanger ; screenplay, Charles Bennett, Joan Harrison ; directed by Alfred Hitchcock
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Publication
Note
  • 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
Accompanying material
1 booklet
Carrier category
videodisc
Carrier category code
  • vd
Carrier MARC source
rdacarrier
Color
multicolored
Configuration of playback channels
quadrophonic multichannel or surround
Content category
two-dimensional moving image
Content type code
  • tdi
Content type MARC source
rdacontent
Control code
ocn869567151
Dimensions
4 3/4 in. +
Dimensions
other
Edition
Dual format edition.
Extent
2 videodiscs (120 min.)
Isbn
9781604659269
Media category
video
Media MARC source
rdamedia
Media type code
  • v
Medium for sound
videodisc
Other control number
715515129312
Other physical details
sound, black and white
Publisher number
  • CC2335BDDVD-3
  • CC2335BDDVD-2
  • CC2420D-1
  • CC2420D-2
Sound on medium or separate
sound on medium
Specific material designation
videodisc
System details
DVD, NTSC, full screen presentation; Dolby digital mono
Video recording format
DVD
Label
Foreign correspondent, Walter Wanger presents ; produced by Walter Wanger ; screenplay, Charles Bennett, Joan Harrison ; directed by Alfred Hitchcock
Publication
Note
  • 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
Accompanying material
1 booklet
Carrier category
videodisc
Carrier category code
  • vd
Carrier MARC source
rdacarrier
Color
multicolored
Configuration of playback channels
quadrophonic multichannel or surround
Content category
two-dimensional moving image
Content type code
  • tdi
Content type MARC source
rdacontent
Control code
ocn869567151
Dimensions
4 3/4 in. +
Dimensions
other
Edition
Dual format edition.
Extent
2 videodiscs (120 min.)
Isbn
9781604659269
Media category
video
Media MARC source
rdamedia
Media type code
  • v
Medium for sound
videodisc
Other control number
715515129312
Other physical details
sound, black and white
Publisher number
  • CC2335BDDVD-3
  • CC2335BDDVD-2
  • CC2420D-1
  • CC2420D-2
Sound on medium or separate
sound on medium
Specific material designation
videodisc
System details
DVD, NTSC, full screen presentation; Dolby digital mono
Video recording format
DVD

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