Foreign correspondent /

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...

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Bibliographic Details
Uniform Title:	Foreign correspondent (Motion picture)
Other Authors:	Bennett, Charles, 1899-1995 (Screenwriter), Harrison, Joan, 1907-1994 (Screenwriter), McCrea, Joel, 1905-1990 (Actor), Day, Laraine, 1920-2007 (Actor), Marshall, Herbert, 1890-1966 (Actor), Sanders, George, 1906-1972 (Actor), Bassermann, Albert, 1867-1952 (Actor), Newman, Alfred, 1901-1970 (composer (expression))
Format:	Video DVD
Language:	English
Language Notes:	Optional subtitles in English for the deaf and hard of hearing.
Published:	[United States] : The Criterion Collection, [2014]
Edition:	Dual format edition.
Series:	Criterion collection (DVD videodiscs) ; 696.
Subjects:	Foreign correspondents > Drama. Spies > Drama. Fathers and daughters > Drama. Man-woman relationships > Drama. Fathers and daughters. Foreign correspondents. Man-woman relationships. Spies. Spy films. Thrillers (Motion pictures) Fiction films. Feature films. Video recordings for the hearing impaired. Drama.

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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.
Item Description:	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.
Physical Description:	2 videodiscs (120 min.) : sound, black and white ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 booklet (12 pages, illustrations)
Format:	DVD, NTSC, full screen presentation; Dolby digital mono.
Production Credits:	Music, Alfred Newman ; director of photography, Rudolph Maté ; editor, Dorothy Spencer ; special production effects, William Cameron Menzies.