Osher Lifelong Learning Institute: Spring 2012: Alfred Hitchcock & the British Cinema: Hitchcock DVDs

DVDs listed below are in our class portable DVD library for home use.

* Denotes film containing explicit sexuality and/or violence and/or disturbing images.

FILM	YEAR	DIRECTOR	ACTORS	PLOT
AVENTURE MALGACHE	1944	Alfred Hitchcock	Paul Bonifas, Paul Claris, Jean Dattas, Andre Frere	Pro-Allies WWII propaganda short about Resistance workers dodging Nazis
THE BIRDS	1963	Alfred Hitchcock	Tippi Hedren, Rod Taylor, Suzanne Pleshette, J.Tandy	Birds attack Bodega Bay in this locally filmed classic; is it the end of the world?
BLACKMAIL	1929	Alfred Hitchcock	Anny Ondra, Sara Allgood, John Longden, Cyril Ritchard	Scotland Yard detective story that was AH's 1^st sound film & marked him as director to watch
BON VOYAGE	1944	Alfred Hitchcock	John Blythe & members of The Molière Players	Pro-Allies WWII propaganda short about RAF gunner's escape from occupied territory
DESTINATION HITCHCOCK: THE MAKING OF N x NW	2000	Peter Fitzgerald	hosted by Eva Marie Saint; Patricia Hitchcock & others	Documentary about the making of AH's classic film NORTH BY NORTHWEST
DIAL M FOR MURDER	1954	Alfred Hitchcock	Ray Milland, Grace Kelly, Robert Cummings, J. Williams	Ex-tennis pro has plan to murder his wife, then improvises brilliantly when it goes wrong
FAMILY PLOT	1976	Alfred Hitchcock	Karen Black, Bruce Dern, Barbara Harris, Wm. Devane	Phony psychic & her taxi driver/P.I. boyfriend meet pair of serial kidnappers; AH's final film
FOREIGN CORRESPONDENT	1940	Alfred Hitchcock	Joel McCrea, Laraine Day, Herbert Marshall, Geo. Sanders	On the eve of WWII, a young American reporter tries to expose enemy agents in London
FRENZY *	1972	Alfred Hitchcock	Jon Finch, Barry Foster, Anna Massey, Alec McCowen	Serial killer is murdering London women with necktie; police have suspect but he's wrong man
I CONFESS	1953	Alfred Hitchcock	Montgomery Clift, Anne Baxter, Karl Malden	Due to seal of confessional, young priest refuses to answer cops' questions, becomes suspect
JAMAICA INN	1939	Alfred Hitchcock	Charles Laughton, Leslie Banks, Maureen O'Hara	In 1800 Cornwall, a young woman discovers criminals who cause shipwrecks for profit
JUNO AND THE PAYCOCK	1930	Alfred Hitchcock	Barry Fitzgerald, Edward Chapman, Sara Allgood	During Irish revolution, family gets big inheritance, starts living high; from O'Casey play
THE LADY VANISHES	1938	Alfred Hitchcock	Margaret Lockwood, Michael Redgrave, Dame May Whitty	Traveling in Europe, playgirl realizes an elderly lady seems to have disappeared from train
LIFEBOAT	1944	Alfred Hitchcock	Tallulah Bankhead, William Bendix, Walter Slezak	During WWII, survivors of torpedoed ship find themselves in same boat as 1 of men who sank it
THE LODGER (silent film)	1927	Alfred Hitchcock	Ivor Novello, June, Marie Ault, Arthur Chesney, Malcolm Keen	Landlady suspects her new lodger is the madman killing women in London; 1^st true Hitchcock film
THE LODGER	1944	John Brahm	Merle Oberon, George Sanders, Laird Cregar, Sara Allgood	2oth C. Fox's "remake" of AH's silent film is about Jack the Ripper, only with different ending
THE MAN WHO KNEW TOO MUCH	1934	Alfred Hitchcock	Leslie Banks, Edna Best, Peter Lorre, Nova Pilbeam	Vacationing couple get clue to upcoming assass-ination, daughter kidnapped to keep them quiet
THE MAN WHO KNEW TOO MUCH	1956	Alfred Hitchcock	James Stewart, Doris Day, Brenda De Banzie	AH's remake of his 1934 film, complete with color & widescreen & big stars
MARNIE	1964	Alfred Hitchcock	Tippi Hedren, Sean Connery, Diane Baker, Louise Latham	Frigid habitual thief with psychological problems marries man who wants to help her
MEN WHO MADE MOVIES: ALFRED HITCHCOCK	1973	Richard Schickel	narrated by Cliff Robertson; interviews with Hitchcock	Writer-director Schickel's documentary examining AH's films & career
MR. AND MRS. SMITH	1941	Alfred Hitchcock	Carole Lombard, Robert Montgomery, Gene Raymond	A screwball comedy from the Master of Suspense? Yes --- & it's funny!
MURDER!	1930	Alfred Hitchcock	Herbert Marshall, Nora Baring, Phyllis Konstam, Miles Mander	Juror in murder trial, after voting to convict, has 2^nd thoughts & investigates on his own
NORTH BY NORTHWEST	1959	Alfred Hitchcock	Cary Grant, Eva Marie Saint, James Mason, Jessie Royce Landis	NY ad exec is mistaken for govt. agent in this classic AH "wrong man" thriller
NOTORIOUS	1946	Alfred Hitchcock	Cary Grant, Ingrid Bergman, Claude Rains, Louis Calhern	Woman is asked to spy on Nazi friends in Rio; how far will she go? B. Spear's favorite AH film
NUMBER SEVENTEEN	1932	Alfred Hitchcock	Leon M. Lion, Anne Grey, John Stuart, Donald Calthrop	A gang of thieves gathers at a safe house, but a detective is on their trail
THE PARADINE CASE	1947	Alfred Hitchcock	Gregory Peck, Ann Todd, Charles Laughton, Valli, Charles Coburn	A happily maried London barrister falls in love with the accused poisoner he's defending
PAUL MERTON LOOKS AT ALFRED HITCHCOCK	2009	Paul Merton	Paul Merton, Kiri Bloom, Matthew Earley, Luke Englen, John Farndon	In this made-for-BBC-TV special, Paul Merton looks at the British films of Alfred Hitchcock
THE PLEASURE GARDEN (silent film)	1925	Alfred Hitchcock	Virginia Valli, Carmelita Geraghty, Miles Mander, John Stuart	AH's 1^st film concerns a couple of chorus girls who work at the Pleasure Garden music hall
PSYCHO	1960	Alfred Hitchcock	Anthony Perkins, Vera Miles, John Gavin, Janet Leigh, Martin Balsam	Poor Marion Crane steals $40,000 & then goes to the Bates Motel in this classic thriller
REAR WINDOW	1954	Alfred Hitchcock	James Stewart, Grace Kelly, Wendell Corey, Thelma Ritter	Photographer in wheelchair spies on neighbors from his window, thinks 1 has committed murder
REBECCA	1940	Alfred Hitchcock	Laurence Olivier, Joan Fontaine, George Sanders, Judith Anderson	Naive young woman marries titled Englishman, but his late wife Rebecca holds power over them
RICH AND STRANGE	1931	Alfred Hitchcock	Henry Kendall, Joan Barry, Percy Marmont, Betty Amaan	A married couple believes an unexpected inheritance will bring them happiness
ROPE	1948	Alfred Hitchcock	James Stewart, John Dall, Farley Granger, Sir Cedric Hardwicke	2 young men strangle their "inferior" school chum, then invite his friends & family to dinner
SABOTAGE	1936	Alfred Hitchcock	Sylvia Sidney, Oscar Homolka, Desmond Tester, John Loder	Thriller from Joseph Conrad's novel Secret Agent about woman unknowingly married to traitor
SABOTEUR	1942	Alfred Hitchcock	Priscilla Lane, Robert Cummings, Otto Kruger, Norman Lloyd	WWII spy story set in Nevada & NYC, including exciting climax at Statue of Liberty
SHADOW OF A DOUBT	1943	Alfred Hitchcock	Teresa Wright, Joseph Cotten, Macdonald Carey,Patricia Collinge	Young woman discovers visiting Uncle Charlie may not be man he seems; filmed in Santa Rosa
THE SKIN GAME	1931	Alfred Hitchcock	Jill Esmond, Edmund Gwenn, Helen Haye, John Longden	A traditional family & a modern family battle over land in a small English village
SPELLBOUND	1945	Alfred Hitchcock	Ingrid Bergman, Gregory Peck, Michael Chekov, Leo G. Carroll	Female psychiatrist protects identity of amnesia patient accused of murder; Dali designed dream
STAGE FRIGHT	1950	Alfred Hitchcock	Jane Wyman, Marlene Dietrich, Michael Wilding, Richard Todd	Struggling actress tries to help friend prove his innocence when he's accused of murder
STRANGERS ON A TRAIN	1951	Alfred Hitchcock	Farley Granger, Robert Walker, Ruth Roman, Patricia Hitchcock	2 strangers meet by chance on a train & plot is set in motion for them to do each other's murders
SUSPICION	1941	Alfred Hitchcock	Cary Grant, Joan Fontaine, Cedric Hardwicke, Nigel Bruce	A shy young English woman marries a charming gentleman, then suspects he's trying to kill her
THE 39 STEPS	1935	Alfred Hitchcock	Robert Donat, Madeleine Carroll, Lucie Mannheim, Peggy Ashcroft	Man in London tries to help a spy; when spy is killed, he stands accused & must go on the run
TO CATCH A THIEF	1955	Alfred Hitchcock	Cary Grant, Grace Kelly, Jessie Royce Landis, John Williams	Reformed jewel thief becomes suspect in series of thefts, must find real thief to prove innocence
TOPAZ	1969	Alfred Hitchcock	Frederick Stafford, Dany Robin, John Vernon, Karin Dor	French spy gets mixed up in Cold War politics involving Cuban Missile Crisis & Russian spies
TORN CURTAIN	1966	Alfred Hitchcock	Paul Newman, Julie Andrews, Lila Kedrova, David Opatoshu	US scientist publicly defects to East Germany as part of cloak & dagger mission to find formula
THE TROUBLE WITH HARRY	1955	Alfred Hitchcock	John Forsythe, Shirley MacLaine, Edmund Gwenn, Mildred Natwick	The trouble with Harry is that he's dead, but his body keeps turning up in the strangest places
UNDER CAPRICORN	1949	Alfred Hitchcock	Ingrid Bergman, Joseph Cotten, Michael Wilding	Talky costume drama, but Bergman is splendid as woman being driven crazy in 19^th C Australia
VERTIGO	1958	Alfred Hitchcock	James Stewart, Kim Novak, Barbara Bel Geddes, Tom Helmore	SF detective becomes obsessed with old friend's mysterious wife; filmed in San Francisco
THE WRONG MAN	1956	Alfred Hitchcock	Henry Fonda, Vera Miles, Anthony Quayle, Harold J. Stone	Scary true story of a NYC nightclub musician who is wrongly accused of a series of hold-ups
YOUNG AND INNOCENT	1937	Alfred Hitchcock	Nova Pilbeam, Derrick de Marney, Percy Marmont, Edgar Rigby	Writer who's wrongly suspected of murder enlists unwilling help of detective's daughter

Alfred Hitchcock: The Legend Begins: Disc 1:
THE LADY VANISHES	1938	Alfred Hitchcock	Margaret Lockwood, Michael Redgrave, Dame May Whitty	Traveling in Europe, playgirl realizes an elderly lady seems to have disappeared from train
THE FARMER'S WIFE (silent film)	1928	Alfred Hitchcock	Jameson Thomas, Lillian Hall-Davis, Gordon Harker, Maud Gill	After his daughters weds, a widower decides to remarry, but finding a suitable mate is a problem
THE MANXMAN (silent film)	1929	Alfred Hitchcock	Carl Brisson, Malcolm Keen, Anny Ondra, Randle Ayrton	A fisherman & a lawyer, who grew up as brothers, fall in love with the same woman
"The Cheney Vase": episode of Alfred Hitchcock Presents	1955	Robert Stevens	Patricia Collinge, Darren McGavin	Elderly invalid who protects vase that's been in family for generations meets man who wants it
"The Sorcerer's Apprentice": episode of A. Hitchcock Presents	1962	Joseph Leytis	Brandon de Wilde, David J. Stewart, Diana Dors	Mentally challenged boy is taken in by magician & his deceitful wife; denied network broadcast

Alfred Hitchcock: The Legend Begins: Disc 2:
RICH AND STRANGE	1931	Alfred Hitchcock	Henry Kendall, Joan Barry, Percy Marmont, Betty Amaan	A married couple believes an unexpected inheritance will bring them happiness
THE 39 STEPS	1935	Alfred Hitchcock	Robert Donat, Madeleine Carroll, Lucie Mannheim, Peggy Ashcroft	Man in London tries to help a spy; when spy is killed, he stands accused & must go on the run
SECRET AGENT	1936	Alfred Hitchcock	John Gielgud, Madeleine Carroll, Robert Young, Peter Lorre	Complicated thriller in which spy accidentally kills innocent man & is hunted by real villain
CHAMPAGNE (silent film)	1928	Alfred Hitchcock	Betty Balfour, Jean Bradin, Theo von Alten, Gordon Harker	Spoiled heiress defies her father by running off to marry her lover, but Daddy knows some tricks
BLACKMAIL	1929	Alfred Hitchcock	Anny Ondra, Sara Allgood, John Longden, Cyril Ritchard	Scotland Yard detective story that was AH's 1^st sound film & marked him as director to watch
Alfred Hitchcock: The Legend Begins: Disc 3:
EASY VIRTUE (silent film)	1927	Alfred Hitchcock	Isabel Jeans, Franklin Dyall, Eric Bransby Williams, Ian Hunter	Noel Coward play about a woman married to an alcoholic but in love with another man
JAMAICA INN	1939	Alfred Hitchcock	Charles Laughton, Leslie Banks, Maureen O'Hara	In 1800 Cornwall, a young woman discovers criminals who cause shipwrecks for profit
THE LODGER (poor print) (silent film)	1927	Alfred Hitchcock	Ivor Novello, June, Marie Ault, Arthur Chesney, Malcolm Keen	Landlady suspects her new lodger is the madman killing women in London; 1^st true Hitchcock film
THE RING (silent film)	1927	Alfred Hitchcock	Carl Brisson, Lillian Hall-Davis, Ian Hunter, Forrester Harvey	2 boxers, Jack & Bob, are both in love with the same woman, Nellie, who's married to Jack
YOUNG AND INNOCENT	1937	Alfred Hitchcock	Nova Pilbeam, Derrick de Marney, Percy Marmont, Edgar Rigby	Writer who's wrongly suspected of murder enlists unwilling help of detective's daughter
Alfred Hitchcock: The Legend Begins: Disc 4:
JUNO AND THE PAYCOCK	1930	Alfred Hitchcock	Barry Fitzgerald, Edward Chapman, Sara Allgood	During Irish revolution, family gets big inheritance, starts living high; from O'Casey play
SABOTAGE	1936	Alfred Hitchcock	Sylvia Sidney, Oscar Homolka, Desmond Tester, John Loder	Thriller from Joseph Conrad's novel Secret Agent about woman unknowingly married to traitor
THE SKIN GAME	1931	Alfred Hitchcock	Jill Esmond, Edmund Gwenn, Helen Haye, John Longden	A traditional family & a modern family battle over land in a small English village
NUMBER SEVENTEEN	1932	Alfred Hitchcock	Leon M. Lion, Anne Grey, John Stuart, Donald Calthrop	A gang of thieves gathers at a safe house, but a detective is on their trail
THE MAN WHO KNEW TOO MUCH	1934	Alfred Hitchcock	Leslie Banks, Edna Best, Peter Lorre, Nova Pilbeam	Vacationing couple get clue to upcoming assass-ination, daughter kidnapped to keep them quiet
extra added bonus on Disc 4: 55 minutes of trailers for many of Hitchcock's American films

· *Denotes film containing explicit sexuality and/or violence and/or disturbing images