Charles Bennett
1) The 39 Steps
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Series
Criterion collection volume 56
Language
English
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A man in London tries to help a counterespionage agent. But when the agent is killed and he stands accused, he must go on the run to both save himself and also stop a spy ring trying to steal top secret information. Director: Alfred Hitchcock. Cast: Robert Donat, Madeleine Carroll and Lucie Mannheim.
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Publisher
Universal
Language
English
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While vacationing in Morocco, Ben and Jo McKenna are suddenly wrapped up in a dangerous situation after a French spy dies in Ben's arms. Discovering that their son has been kidnapped and taken to England, the McKennas are caught up in a nightmare of espionage, assassinations, and terror. Soon, all of their lives hang in the balance as they draw closer to the truth that leads to a chilling climax in London's famous Royal Albert Hall.
Publisher
Universal Studios
Pub. Date
[2005]
Language
English
Description
Ben and Jo McKenna, are an innocent American couple vacationing in Morocco with their young son. But their simple plans turn into a nightmare after a French spy dies in Ben's arms at a Marrakesh market, and their son is kidnapped and taken to another country. A thrilling tale of international espionage, assassinations and terror.
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English
Description
A British man on vacation in Switzerland is told of an assassination plot by a dying agent. His daughter is kidnapped to force his silence. In typical Hitchcock fashion, the innocent person becomes caught in a web of intrigue; the sticky situation culminates with surprising events during the famous shootout in the final scenes.
Publisher
Laserlight DVD
Pub. Date
[1999]
Language
English
Description
[Young and innocent] When a woman's body is discovered on the beach by one of her former lovers, he races off to call the police. Two witnesses see him run and think he is the escaping killer. After being arrested, he manages to escape in the confusion at the courthouse. With the assistance of the constable's daughter, he tries to prove his innocence while avoiding pursing the police.
[The Cheney vase] A fired curator begins to manipulate an elderly...
Series
Film noir classic collection double feature volume Vol. 4
Publisher
Distributed by Warner Home Video
Pub. Date
[2007]
Language
English
Description
Where danger lives: Jeff Cameron, a young intern at the beginning of his career, who links his destiny to that of a patient who is brought to the hospital after a suicide attempt. Jeff dumps the secure, rather plain nurse Julie, for the passionate but perplexing Margo. Confused and caught up in Margo's deceptions, Jeff loses his sense of reality and finds himself fleeing with her for the Mexican border.
Tension: A drugstore manager turns attempted...
9) Sabotage
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Language
English
Description
London theater owner Carl Verloc is a quiet man who would not hurt anyone, or maybe not. As the city is rocked by terrorist attacks, Carl's wife begins to suspect that her husband is not who he seems. As she edges closer to the truth, Scotland Yard moves in and a mysterious package is entrusted to an innocent boy. This sets the stage for terrifying destruction.
Series
Publisher
20th Century Fox Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2007]
Language
English
Description
A routine scientific expedition to the North Pole turns into a race to save all mankind when a radiation belt in space causes a fiery inferno on Earth. The crew of atomic submarine Seaview battle saboteurs, giant-sea creatures, and enemy submarines.
Series
Publisher
Distributed by 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2009]
Language
English
Description
Against her better judgment, the genteel young daughter of the village police chief protects and assists an escaped murder suspect, to whom she finds herself increasingly attracted. Together they race to find the real murderer. They desperately try to stay ahead of the police, but the risk of getting caught lurks everywhere-- from an abandoned barn to a child's birthday party.
Series
Publisher
Universal Studios Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2013]
Language
English
Description
"While vacationing in Morocco, Ben and Jo McKenna are suddenly immersed in a dangerous situation after a French spy dies in Ben's arms. Discovering that their son has been kidnapped and taken to England, the McKennas are caught up in a nightmare of espionage, assassinations and terror. Soon, all of their lives hang in the balance as they draw closer to the truth that leads to a chilling climax in London's famous Royal Albert Hall"--Container.
13) Blackmail
Publisher
Dollar-DVD
Pub. Date
2004.
Language
English
Description
Rebelling against the possessiveness of her police boyfriend, a young woman agrees to pose for an artist. Resisting his advances, she ends up murdering him in self-defense. Her boyfriend is assigned to the case, and soon learns the killer's identity, but so has someone else.
14) Secret agent
Publisher
Delta Entertainment Corp
Pub. Date
[1999]
Language
English
Description
An espionage thriller set in Geneva, seasoned with romance. Two British Intelligence Service agents pose as husband and wife in an attempt to eliminate an agent for the Central Powers.
Publisher
Delta Entertainment Corp
Pub. Date
[1999]
Language
English
Description
Blackmail (85 min. ; 1929): "When Frank's job at Scotland Yard comes between them, Alice accepts a date with another man. The handsome artist invites Alice to pose for a portrait but then tries to assault her. She kills him in self-defense. Assigned to the case, Detective Frank soon learns the identity of the killer, but so has someone else... During production of this [originally] silent feature, Hitchcock added dialogue with the advent of talking...
Publisher
Delta Entertainment
Pub. Date
[1999]
Language
English
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Sabotage: An undercover Scotland Yard detective infiltrates the home of a theatre 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...
17) Unconquered
Series
Publisher
Universal Studios Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2007]
Language
English
Description
Peace-loving Chris Holden [is] a militiaman who buys and then frees beautiful indentured servant Abby Hale. When a supplier of illegal firearms covets Abby for himself, he sparks a vicious battle between an Indian tribe and a few brave colonists.
18) Blackmail
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Language
English
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Description
Rebelling against the possessiveness of her police boyfriend, a young woman agrees to pose for an artist. Resisting his advances, she ends up murdering him in self-defense. Her boyfriend is assigned to the case, and soon learns the killer's identity, but so has someone else ... winding up in a dramatic chase around the British Museum. Originally begun as a silent film, it was decided mid-production to make both a silent and a sound version; in the...
Series
Criterion collection volume 643
Publisher
The Criterion Collection
Pub. Date
[2013]
Language
English
Description
An ordinary British couple vacationing in Switzerland suddenly find themselves embroiled in a case of international intrigue when their daughter is kidnapped by spies plotting a political assassination. This fleet and gripping early thriller from the Master of Suspense, Alfred Hitchcock, was the first film the director made after signing to the Gaumont-British Picture Corporation.