| Title |
The thirty nine steps ; The lady vanishes, Hitchcock re-make double bill. |
| Published |
Australia : Distributed by ViaVision Entertainment, [2023] |
| ©1978, 1979 |
| Description |
2 DVD-videos (202 minutes) : sound, colour ; 12 cm |
| Notes |
Catalogued from container. |
| ViaVision Entertainment : VVE3353. |
| The thirty nine steps: originally released as a motion picture in 1978. The lady vanishes: originally released as a motion picture in 1979. |
| The thirty nine steps is based on the book by John Buchan. |
| Hitchcock re-make double bill -- Cover and spine. |
| Special features: The thirty nine steps: On location featurette and theatrical trailer. The lady vanishes: Teaser and theatrical trailer. |
| Contents |
The thirty nine steps (1978) -- The lady vanishes (1979). |
| Credits |
The thirty nine steps: directed by Don Sharp ; The lady vanishes: directed by Anthony Page. |
| Performers |
The thirty nine steps: Robert Powell, David Warner, Eric Porter ; The lady vanishes: Elliott Gould, Cybill Shepherd, Angela Lansbury. |
| Summary |
The thirty nine steps: A colonel in British Intelligence discovers a plot to assassinate the Greek Prime Minister and, following the murder of two of his colleagues, takes refuge in Richard Hannay's apartment. Realising he is being stalked, he heads for St Pancras station where he meets Hannay and dies in his arms having been stabbed. The lady vanishes: While travelling by rail in interwar Nazi Germany, a young socialite finds that a fellow female passenger has disappeared from the train, but nobody else remembers her having been on board. |
| Target audience note |
Censorship classification : PG. |
| System details |
DVD video ; 2.0 Mono ; NTSC ; Region 4 ; Aspect ratio 1.85:1 (Thirty nine steps), 2.35:1 (The lady vanishes). |
| Language note |
English. |
| Subjects |
Buchan, John, -- 1875-1940 -- Film adaptations |
| Spies -- Great Britain -- Drama |
| Fugitives from justice -- Drama |
| Missing persons -- Drama |
| Socialites -- Drama |
| Feature films -- Great Britain |
| Motion pictures, British |
| Genre |
Spy films |
| Thrillers (Motion pictures) |
| Detective and mystery films |
| Crime films |
| Comedy films |
| Historical films |
| Film adaptations |
| Film remakes |
| Feature films |
| Fiction films |
| Other Names |
Sharp, Don, 1922-2011 director. |
| Page, Anthony, 1935- director. |
| Powell, Robert, 1944- actor. |
| Warner, David, 1941-2022 actor. |
| Porter, Eric, 1928-1995 actor. |
| Gould, Elliott actor. |
| Shepherd, Cybill, 1950- actor. |
| Lansbury, Angela, 1925-2022 actor. |
| Motion picture adaptation of (work): Buchan, John, 1875-1940. Thirty-nine steps. |
| Links to Related Works |
Subject References:
See Also:
Broader Subject References:
Narrower Subject References:
Authors:
- Buchan, John, 1875-1940. Thirty-nine steps .
- Gould, Elliott .
- Lansbury, Angela, 1925-2022 .
- Page, Anthony, 1935- .
- Porter, Eric, 1928-1995 .
- Powell, Robert, 1944- .
- Sharp, Don, 1922-2011 .
- Shepherd, Cybill, 1950- .
- Warner, David, 1941-2022 .
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