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Foreign Correspondent (Criterion Collection)

Foreign Correspondent (Criterion Collection)

Warner Bros. (1940)
Adventure | Drama | Mystery | Romance | Thriller
USA | English | Black & White | 02:00
Criterion Collection
Blu-ray
NR (Not Rated)
715515113717
| 3 discs
Region 1 | Region A

On the eve of WW2, a young American reporter tries to expose enemy agents in London.


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Joel McCrea John Jones
Laraine Day Carol Fisher
Herbert Marshall Stephen Fisher
George Sanders Scott Ffolliott
Albert Bassermann Van Meer
Robert Benchley Stebbins
Edmund Gwenn Rowley
Eduardo Ciannelli Mr. Krug
Harry Davenport Mr. Powers
Martin Kosleck Tramp
Frances Carson Mrs. Sprague
Ian Wolfe Stiles
Charles Wagenheim Assassin
Eddie Conrad Latvian
Charles Halton Bradley
Barbara Pepper Dorine
Emory Parnell Captain John Mark
Roy Gordon Mr. Brood
Gertrude Hoffman Mrs. Benson
Marten Lamont Captain
Barry Bernard Steward
Holmes Herbert Asst. Commissioner
Leonard Mudie McKenna
John Burton English Announcer
Samuel Adams Van Meer's Impersonator

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Added Date Dec 28, 2015 21:07:52
Modified Date Jun 12, 2022 00:34:22

Edition details

Screen Ratios Academy Ratio (1.37:1)
Audio Tracks PCM Stereo [English]
Subtitles English
Layers Single side, Dual layer
Edition Release Date Feb 18, 2014

Notes

2015 Christmas gift from Ma

Disc Features
New 2K digital restoration
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, starring Joseph Cotten
“Have You Heard? The Story of Wartime Rumors,” a 1942 Life magazine “photo-drama” by Hitchcock
Trailer
PLUS: An essay by film scholar James Naremore

Cover by Patrick Leger, with F. Ron Miller

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