Alfred Hitchcock
1) Hot wheels
Author
Series
Publisher
Knopf
Pub. Date
[1989]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.2 - AR Pts: 4
Language
English
Description
Mystery and music intertwine as the Three Investigators try to find the connection between a car-theft ring and a Latin rock band.
Publisher
Distributed by St. Clair Entertainment Group
Pub. Date
c2007
Language
English
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Description
Blackmail: Alice White is having dinner in a fancy restaurant with her fianc� when an artist sitting at the next table invites her to come see his paintings upstairs. Alice's trip to the studio becomes a memorable one to say the least.
The lady vanishes: Poor Iris Henderson and kindly old Miss Froy are traveling together on a train to England. When Iris awakes from a nap, she discovers that Miss Froy has disappeared, and has been replaced by another...
Publisher
Distributed by St. Clair Entertainment Group
Pub. Date
c2007
Language
English
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Description
Number 17: A gang of thieves, followed by Detective Gilbert, have stashed their loot in what they believe to be a safe-house in London.
The man who knew too much: This classic Hitchcock thriller brings together vacationing English couple Bob and Jill Lawrence and their new friend, Louis Bernard. Unfortunately, Bernard is murdered, but not before whispering something important in Bob's ear.
The lodger: In this silent movie, quiet and secretive Jonathan...
7) Hitchcock
Author
Publisher
Simon & Schuster
Pub. Date
1985.
Language
English
Description
"Any book-length interview with Alfred Hitchcock is valuable, but considering that this volume's interlocutor is François Truffaut, the conversation is remarkable indeed. Here is a rare opportunity to eavesdrop on two cinematic masters from very different backgrounds as they cover each of Hitch's films in succession. Though this book was initially published in 1967 when Hitchcock was still active, Truffaut later prepared a revised edition that covered...
Publisher
Delta Entertainment
Pub. Date
c1998
Language
English
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Description
Iris is travelling on a train through Europe and befriends Miss Froy, a kindly old lady. When Iris is knocked unconscience by a falling flower pot, she awakens to find Miss Froy mysteriously replaced by an imposter. She's led to believe the accident caused an illusion until Gilbert, a young musician, comes to her assistance. Together, they find themselves caught up in a mystery.
9) Torn curtain
Series
Publisher
Universal Studios Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2006]
Language
English
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Description
Famuous scientist Michael Armstrong goes to an international congress of physics in Copenhagen with his finacee who mistakenly picks up a message meant for Michael, and discovers that he is defecting to East Berlin.
12) Mr. & Mrs. Smith
Publisher
Distributed by Warner Home Video Inc
Pub. Date
c2004
Language
English
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Description
A bickering couple discover their marriage isn't legal, and go through the courtship process again.
Publisher
Distributed by PBS Home Video
Pub. Date
[2005], ©2005
Language
English
Description
"When allied troops invaded Germany and liberated Nazi death camps at the end of World War II, they found unspeakable horrors that still haunt the world's conscience. In 1945, British and American film crews accompanying the troops liberating the camps captured these atrocities firsthand. The resulting film directed in part by Alfred Hitchcock but never finished, was discovered by Frontline in 1984 in the archives of the Imperial War Museum. Sixty...
14) Saboteur
Series
Publisher
Universal
Pub. Date
2000
Language
English
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Description
Wartime thriller about a Los Angeles aircraft factory worker who witnesses his plant's firebombing by a Nazi agent, and is framed for that act himself.
15) Vertigo
Publisher
Universal Studios Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2014]
Language
English
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Description
Police detective John "Scottie" Ferguson succombs to his neuroses after the death of his partner and meeting a look-a-like of his former lover.
17) To catch a thief
Publisher
Paramount
Pub. Date
[1955]
Language
English
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Description
A reformed jewel thief is the prime suspect in a new rash of thefts, and in order to clear himself he sets out to find the real thief.
18) Notorious
Series
Criterion collection volume 137
Publisher
Criterion Collection
Pub. Date
[2019]
Language
English
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Formats
Description
The innocent daughter of a war criminal is persuaded to help a U.S. agent trap a Nazi mastermind now living in Brazil.
19) Stage fright
Series
Publisher
Warner Brothers Entertainment Incorporated
Pub. Date
[2018]
Language
English
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Description
When witnesses see Jonathan Cooper fleeing the scene of a murder, Cooper asks his former girlfriend, Royal Academy of Dramatic Arts student Eve Gill, for help.
20) Notorious
Series
Publisher
Criterion Collection
Pub. Date
[2001]
Language
English
Description
A beautiful woman with a tainted past is enlisted by American agent Devlin to spy on a ring of Nazis in post-war Rio. Her espionage work becomes life-threatening after she marries the most debonair of the Nazi ring, Alex. Only Devlin can rescue her, but to do so he must face his role in her desperate situation and acknowledge that he has loved her all along.