| Description |
1 videodisc (128 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in. |
| Series |
The Alfred Hitchcock collection
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Collector's edition |
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Collector's edition (Universal Studios Home Video (Firm))
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| System Details |
DVD; NTSC region 1; Dolby digital. |
| Language |
Dialogue in English with optional subtitles in Spanish or French. |
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Closed-captioned. |
| Cast |
James Stewart, Kim Novak, Barbara Bel Geddes, Tom Helmore, Henry Jones. |
| Credits |
Photography, Robert Burks ; editor, George Tomasini ; music, Bernard Herrmann. |
| Note |
Widescreen. |
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Restored by Robert A. Harris and James C Katz. |
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Originally produced as a motion picture in 1958. |
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"Based on the novel 'D'entre les morts' by Pierre Boileau and Thomas Narcejac." |
| Audience |
MPAA rating: PG. |
| Note |
Special features: documentary footage, "Obsessed with Vertigo" ; feature commentary ; production notes ; talent bios ; film highlights ; theatrical trailers. |
| Summary |
Scottie Ferguson, a San Francisco police detective, is forced to retire when a freak accident gives him a severe case of acrophobia. Ferguson is hired by a rich shipbuilder to follow his wife who is behaving suspiciously and might be planning suicide. He falls in love with her, she is later murdered and Ferguson becomes obsessed in his desire to re-create her in another woman. |
| Subject |
Vertigo -- Drama.
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Murder -- Drama.
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Police -- California -- San Francisco -- Drama.
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Love -- Drama.
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| Genre/Form |
Films for the hearing impaired.
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Detective and mystery films.
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Feature films.
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| Added Author |
Hitchcock, Alfred, 1899-1980.
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Coppel, Alec, 1907-1972.
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Taylor, Samuel Albert, 1912-2000.
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Stewart, James, 1908-1997.
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Novak, Kim, 1933-
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Bel Geddes, Barbara, 1922-2005.
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Helmore, Tom, 1904-1995.
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Jones, Henry, 1912-1999.
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Boileau-Narcejac.
D'entre les morts.
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Alfred J. Hitchcock Productions.
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Paramount Pictures Corporation.
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Universal Studios Home Video (Firm)
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| ISBN |
0783226055 |
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9780783226057 |
| Music No. |
20183 Universal |
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