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Scottie Ferguson, a recently retired San Francisco police detective, is hired to shadow a rich shipbuilder 's tragically suicidal wife, Madeleine Elster. After he saves her from drowning in the San Francisco Bay, Scottie's interest in the beautiful but icy blonde shifts from business to r...

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Bibliographic Details
Uniform Title:Vertigo (Motion picture : 1958)
Main Author: Herrmann, Bernard, 1911-1975 (Composer)
Corporate Authors: Universal Pictures Company, Paramount Pictures Corporation, Alfred J. Hitchcock Productions, Universal Studios Home Entertainment (Firm)
Other Authors: Hitchcock, Alfred, 1899-1980 (Director), Coppel, Alec (Screenwriter), Taylor, Samuel, 1912-2000 (Screenwriter), Coleman, Herbert, 1907- (Producer), Stewart, James, 1908-1997 (Actor), Novak, Kim (Actor), Bel Geddes, Barbara (Actor), Helmore, Tom (Actor), Jones, Henry, 1912-1999 (Actor), Bailey, Raymond, 1904-1980 (Actor), Corby, Ellen (Actor), Shayne, Konstantin (Actor), Patrick, Lee, 1906-1982 (Actor), Burks, Robert (Cinematographer), Pereira, Hal (Artistic director), Bumstead, Henry (Artistic director), Comer, Sam (Set designer), McKelvy, Frank R. (Set designer), Tomasini, George (Film editor), Head, Edith (Costume designer), Mathieson, Muir (Conductor), Boileau-Narcejac
Format: Video Blu-ray Disc
Language:English
French
Spanish
Language Notes:In English with optional Spanish or French subtitles; English subtitles for the hearing impaired.
Published: Universal City, Calif. : Universal Studios Home Entertainment, [2012]
Subjects:
Murder > Drama.
Ex-police officers > California > San Francisco > Drama.
Thrillers (Motion pictures)
Detective and mystery films.
Feature films.
Film adaptations.
Fiction films.
Video recordings for the hearing impaired.
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Summary:Scottie Ferguson, a recently retired San Francisco police detective, is hired to shadow a rich shipbuilder 's tragically suicidal wife, Madeleine Elster. After he saves her from drowning in the San Francisco Bay, Scottie's interest in the beautiful but icy blonde shifts from business to romance. But when tragedy strikes again, Scottie must overcome the vertigo that haunts his dreams in order to unravel the secrets of the past and find the key to his future.
Item Description:Based on the novel "D'entre les morts" by Pierre Boileau and Thomas Narcejac.
Originally released as a motion picture in 1958.
"Limited edition"--Set container.
Videorecording.
Physical Description:1 videodisc (approximately 129 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Format:Blu-ray; widescreen (1.85:1) presentation; 1080p High-definition; English DTS-HD master audio 5.1, 2.0 mono.; Español. Français DTS surround, 2.0 mono.; requires Blu-ray player.
Audience:MPAA rating: PG.
Production Credits:Director of photography, Robert Burks ; art direction, Hal Pereira & Henry Bumstead ; special photographic effects, John P. Fulton ; set decoration, Sam Comer & Frank McKelvy ; edited by George Tomasini ; assistant director, Daniel McCauley ; costumes, Edith Head ; music by Bernard Herrmann ; conducted by Muir Mathieson.