Alfred Hitchcock Box Set (Rebecca/Notorious/Spellbound/The Paradine Case) Exclusive to amazon.co.uk DVD

Paradine Case:After being accused of poisoning her blind older husband the lovely Mrs. Paradine hires lawyer Anthony Keane (Gregory Peck) to represent her. Though Keane himself is married to a striking and devoted woman he finds himself strangely drawn to his glamorous defendant. However his deepening feelings convince him that she is innocent even though the evidence and his usual sense of logic and reason suggest otherwise... Spellbound:'Spellbound' was nominated for six Academy Awards and won the Oscar for its original score. Based of Francis Bleeding's novel 'The... House of Doctor Edwards' it is one of Hitchcock's finest films full of classic plot twists and featuring a riveting dream sequence by Salvador Dali. Having retired from his position as head of the Green Manors Mental Asylum Dr. Murchison assigns famous psychiatrist Dr. Edwards (Gregory Peck) as his replacement. Dr. Edwards becomes attracted to the beautiful but cold Dr. Constance Petersen (Ingrid Bergman) who soon realises that he is in fact a paranoid amnesiac impostor. She sets out to cure him whilst solving the mystery of what happened to the real Dr. Edwards... Rebecca:This brilliant adaptation of Daphne Du Maurier's classic novel stars Laurence Olivier and Joan Fontaine. It was Hitchcock's first Hollywood film and won an Oscar for Best Picture. A timid young girl marries the handsome but troubled Cornish Landowner Maxim de Winter but very soon realises that her life is dominated by the image and memories of her husband's first wife Rebecca. The housekeeper still devoted to Rebecca makes the second Mrs. de Winter's life a misery. Soon after Rebecca's death is revealed as suicide events take another dramatic turn finally casting aside the spectre of Rebecca. Notorious:Regarded as one of Hitchcock's best thrillers this classic is also memorable for the teaming of Cary Grant and Ingrid Bergman one of Hollywood's all-time great love matches. A Nazi agent is convicted of treason following the Second World War. American Intelligence agents realise that his innocent daughter would be ideal in helping to trap another Nazi mastermind now in Brazil. In Rio she cultivates the friendship of an old aquaintance of her father and marries him to help the U.S. government with their task. However she soon finds herself falling in love with her contact... [show more]

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