Item #900855 Alfred Hitchcock's Foreign Correspondent (1940). Alfred Hitchcock.
Alfred Hitchcock's Foreign Correspondent (1940)
Alfred Hitchcock's Foreign Correspondent (1940)
Hitchcock, Alfred

Alfred Hitchcock's Foreign Correspondent (1940)

The Criterion Collection, 2014.
First Printing. Dual-Format Blu-ray and DVD 3 Disc Set.

In 1940, Alfred Hitchcock made his official transition from the British film industry to Hollywood. His first two American movies, Rebecca and Foreign Correspondent, were both nominated for Oscars for Best Picture. Though Rebecca took the prize, Foreign Correspondent is the more quintessential Hitchcockian of the two films. A full-throttle espionage thriller, starring Joel McCrea as a green American reporter sent to Europe to get the scoop on the imminent war, it’s wall-to-wall repartee, plot twists, breathtaking suspense, and impressive special effects. 

Dual-format Blu-ray and DVD special edition features include:

  • New 2K digital film restoration, with uncompressed monaural soundtrack on Blu-ray
  • 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 adaption of the film from 1946, starring Joseph Cotton
  • “Have You Heard? The Story of Wartime Rumors,” a 1942 Life magazine “photo-drama” by Hitchcock
  • Trailer
Item #900855
ISBN: 9781604658248

Dual-Format Blu-ray and DVD Special Edition, 120 minutes, Black & White, Monaural, 1.37:1 Aspect Ratio. 2 DVDs + 1 Blu-ray disc, with all content available in both formats, in case, with booklet featuring an essay by James Naremore. All housed in pictorial cardboard slip-case.

Previously owned and opened. Discs, case and pamphlet are in excellent condition. Cardboard case shows a bit of wear to extreme corners but is near fine overall.

Price: $30.00