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...
| Uniform Title: | Foreign correspondent (Motion picture) |
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| Other Authors: | , , , , , , , |
| Format: | Video Blu-ray Disc |
| Language: | English |
| Language Notes: | Optinal subtitles in English for the deaf and hard of hearing. |
| Published: |
[United States] :
The Criterion Collection,
[2014]
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| Edition: | Dual format edition.; blu-ray. |
| Series: | Criterion collection (Blu-ray discs) ;
696. |
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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. |
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| 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: | 1 videodisc (120 min.) : sound, black and white ; 4 3/4 in. |
| Format: | Blu-ray, region A, full screen (1.37:1) presentation; monaural Dolby digital; requires Blu-ray player. |
| Production Credits: | Music, Alfred Newman ; director of photography, Rudolph Maté ; editor, Dorothy Spencer ; special production effects, William Cameron Menzies. |
| ISBN: | 9781604658248 160465824X |