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1.The List of Adrian Messenger starring: George C. Scott, Kirk Douglas, Robert Mitchum, Burt Lancaster, Tony Curtis directed by: John Huston January 12, 1994
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I just looked on Amazon UK and this movie is being released on DVD for Region 2 March 17th 2008. Hopefully we will have it soon.

2.Rebecca starring: Judith Anderson, Florence Bates, Nigel Bruce, Leonard Carey, Leo G. Carroll directed by: Alfred Hitchcock September 01, 1998
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Great movie adaptation of Daphne du Maurier novel, funny at times, but tragic and surreal. This is the kind of movie Hollywood forgot how to make a long time ago, where you can just get caught up in a mesmerizing story. I can't think of another story where an unseen character plays a more important role.

3.The Birds (The Alfred Hitchcock Collection) starring: Malcolm Atterbury, Veronica Cartwright, Lonny Chapman, Richard Deacon, Ethel Griffies August 03, 1999
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The Birds (Collector's Edition) I saw this movie when I was just a little girl (probably about 6 years old), I probably snuck out of my room, and what a mistake that was, I was so scared! As a matter of fact, the next day when I heard the birds outside I accidentaly touched the iron and seared my thumb and finger to the iron! So I wanted to see if it was as scary now that I am 46. Well I was not as scared, but it was still a very erie movie, and kind of strange. The special effects for that time were pretty awesome. The story dragged on more than I remember, and I would have preferred to see it in black and white as it was made, not colored in. The eyeball part is different, at least my memory tells me the eye ball was hanging out of the guys eye, not totally ... Read More

4.Vertigo (1958) starring: Isabel Analla, Raymond Bailey, Barbara Bel Geddes, Paul Bryar, Ellen Corby August 03, 1999
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The picture looks better, no more blips or speckles. And I thought it was interesting when William Friedkin says Hitchcock loved working with fake backdrops. I never knew that, interesting in the age of CGI technology.

5.Laura (1944) starring: Gene Tierney, Dana Andrews, Clifton Webb, Vincent Price, Judith Anderson directed by: Otto Preminger, Rouben Mamoulian March 03, 1998
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Here's the list of my film noir favorites ordered from "fantastic" to "merely great." Note that I consider "Laura" to be the best film noir I've ever seen: 1. Laura 2. Sunset Boulevard 3. Double Indemnity 4. Sudden Fear 5. Scarlet Street 6. Out of the Past 7. Pickup on South Street 8. The Asphalt Jungle

6.The Glass Key starring: Alan Ladd, Veronica Lake, Brian Donlevy, Bonita Granville, Richard Denning directed by: Stuart Heisler March 01, 1992
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This is one of my favorite films, and has the classic on-screen pairing of Alan Ladd and Veronica Lake. And it's not available on DVD???

7.Marnie starring: Diane Baker, Henry Beckman, Sean Connery, Rupert Crosse, Bruce Dern August 03, 1999
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Marnie starring Tippi Hedren and Sean Connery is a deeply disturbing drama directed by Alfred Hitchcock. Hedren is completely captivating in the title-role, she is so much more effective in this film than The Birds. I won't give away the ending but expect a creepy and complexed climax. This movie isn't considered a Hitchcock classic but it's definitely worth a viewing, enjoy!

8.Rear Window starring: James Stewart, Grace Kelley directed by: Alfred Hitchcock March 06, 2001
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Sometimes I'll see a review on here about a movie made in the nineteen fifties or earlier and the reviewer complains about the movie being boring. I think what happened is that television started being in every home in the 1950s and since that time, the audience's attention span has been dramatically shortened. I don't mean it sarcastically either. Television presents itself in choppy sequences edited by commercials (on network and independent UHF channels) and it has had a smaller screen (until recently)to view the picture on. Also, with the advent of dvds, vhs tapes, laserdiscs, etc., what was once a communal experience of strangers became a private experience in the home. I think it's too bad and we miss a lot of detail and feeling in our lives because we can't focus our attention on movies or works of art the way we used to. ... Read More

9.Dial M for Murder starring: Ray Milland, Grace Kelly, Robert Cummings, John Williams, Anthony Dawson directed by: Alfred Hitchcock June 18, 1996
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I so totally disagree with all the glowing reviews. There was no suspense for me whatsoever! First off, the characters were types and were never fully developed, never even slightly developed actually. Ray Milland who is a great actor put on a smirkly fake I love you face at the start and left it at that. There was no way to hate him or love him, all you could do was try not to fall asleep. Grace Kelly was ok, but mostly just good looking. That guy who played her boyfriend reminded me of someone from a beach movie. The plot was all wooden figures doing things.and then all of a sudden THE KEY, the key here the key there everywhere a key key, look the key oh no a key. I kid you not, that was the whole movie! This could have been a great movie if the characters had been fleshed out. If you could love/hate the villain, but ... Read More

10.The Saint: In New York/Strikes Back starring: George Sanders, Wendy Barrie, Jonathan Hale, Jerome Cowan, Barry Fitzgerald directed by: Ben Holmes, John Farrow March 18, 1997
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Hayward did New York. A nice double feature with "Strikes Back" starring George Sanders on the same tape. Robert Osborne even does an intro. for TCM. Mr. Hayward is pretty good & I admit he puts me in mind of James Bond more than Mr. Sanders. He's cruel & charming, kills with cool dispatch, yet he is still one of the good guys. The Law is ambivalent about The Saint/Simon Templar. He is somewhat of a Robin Hood in that he steals from criminals, helps law enforcement but takes a cut for himself. In dispair New York City hires him (in secret) to rid itself of criminal gangs that control the city & are corrupting the courts. He has a list of gang bosses & goes to work. Some die easy some not so. He falls in love with the moll(Kay Sutton) who saves his life (twice). Mr Sanders takes over in the second movie "...Strikes Back". ... Read More

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