Sabotage ; The Lodger /
Sabotage: An undercover Scotland Yard detective infiltrates the home of a theater operator who is suspected of sabotage. When the saboteur suspects he is being watched, he asks his nephew to deliver an explosive parcel across town.
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| Format: | Video DVD |
| Language: | English |
| Language Notes: | In English; with optional subtitles in Spanish, Chinese, and Japanese. |
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Los Angeles, Calif. :
Cobra Entertainment,
2011.
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| Edition: | Special ed. |
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| Summary: | Sabotage: An undercover Scotland Yard detective infiltrates the home of a theater operator who is suspected of sabotage. When the saboteur suspects he is being watched, he asks his nephew to deliver an explosive parcel across town. The lodger: The central character, called simply "The Lodger", is caught in the trap of other peoples' suspicions. Because this lodger, who is renting a room in the home of Mr. and Mrs. Bunting, seems mysterious, he is suspected of being the notorious "Avenger", a killer who has been stalking women in London and strangling them. |
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| Item Description: | Sabotage based on the novel: The secret agent by Joseph Conrad. The Lodger based on the novel by Marie Belloc Lowndes. Sabotage originally produced as a motion picture by Gaumont-British Picture Corp. in 1936; American version titled: A woman alone. The lodger originally produced as a silent motion picture in 1926 and released in 1927. Includes an introduction to Sabotage by Tony Curtis (3 min.) and a clip from the original theatrical trailer from Hitchcock's 1940 film Foreign Correspondent. Videorecording. |
| Physical Description: | 1 videodisc (171 min.) : sound, black and white with color introductory sequence ; 4 3/4 in. |
| Format: | DVD-R. |
| Production Credits: | Director, Alfred Hitchcock ; screenplay, Charles Bennett (Sabotage) ; scenario, Eliot Stannard (The lodger) |