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| Alfred Hitchcock - The Legend Begins (20 Movie Classics) | 
 enlarge | Director: Alfred Hitchcock
Actors: Peter Lorre, John Gielgud, Barry Fitzgerald, Charles Laughton, Carolyn Jones
Studio: Mill Creek Entertainment
Category: DVD
List Price: $14.98
Buy New: $2.80
You Save: $12.18 (81%)
New (77) Used (32) Collectible (4) from $2.50
Avg. Customer Rating:  6 reviews
Sales Rank: 18254
Format: Black & White, Full Screen, Mono, Ntsc
Language: English (Original Language)
Platform: Windows
Rating: NR (Not Rated)
ESRB: Everyone
Number Of Items: 4
Running Time: 1614
Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.6
Dimensions (in): 7.1 x 5.4 x 0.6
MPN: 6483
UPC: 683904200310
EAN: 0683904200310
ASIN: B000UVV25Q
Release Date: September 25, 2007
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Product Description
The best of the best! The "Best of" your favorite television shows, Cartoon Classics and a WWII documentary! Enjoy them all with these DVD Sets. Watch them all the way through, or pick and choose your favorite episodes. Tune into the details below. Enjoy these greats anytime you like when you order your DVD's today! 20 timeless films from the undisputed master of suspense! Featuring: The Lady Vanishes, The Man Who Knew Too Much, The Thirty-Nine Steps, and MORE, including a bonus documentary feature! AVAILABLE SEPARATELY: Essential Ernest; 150 Cartoon Festival - word search in our store for 'DVDs'. Ultimate Alfred Hitchcock Collection
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 Avoid! July 13, 2008
1 out of 2 found this review helpful
Twenty of the early Hitchcock classics in one boxed set for less than ten bucks. Too good to be true, right? Right. The discs are of such poor quality that they will neither play on my dvd player nor my computer. I have never experienced trouble of any kind on either before. It may seem like a bargain, but please avoid!
 A Quarter a Movie ! July 9, 2008
0 out of 3 found this review helpful
I found this set on sale at half the price quoted here. I haven't even starting watching the movies yet (and don't expect them all to be hits or be of the best DVD quality) but for 25 cents a movie, this is the best bargain I have found in a long, long time! Even at 50 cents a movie I wouldn't complain. I can't wait to catch up on some of the classics and perhaps find a few hidden gems in the mix. I figure even a mediocre Hitchcock movie will probably be better than many others.
Terrible quality. Defects in disks. June 2, 2008
0 out of 1 found this review helpful
I thought, "you can't go wrong at this price." Wrong. Several of the films on the DVD would not play. I exchanged it for a 2nd copy and at least 3 of the films were defective on that DVD and they wouldn't play either. I returned it for a refund--and I'm still waiting. A waste of money and time.
alfred hitchcock legend March 2, 2008
2 out of 2 found this review helpful
good set at a great price.films from late 1920- late 1930's with 2 hitchcock presents episodes from the 1950 and 60'. worth the 5.00 purchase price if only to have all the films in one set.
Good deal for the money February 2, 2008
11 out of 11 found this review helpful
Since the days of bargain-bin videotapes by labels like Goodtimes, I've always been wary of these "too good to be true" deals. Yet, as I am quite a fan of the films of Alfred Hitchcock, I couldn't pass this one up. And for the most part, I'm glad I gambled a few bucks.
As of this writing, the majority of these films are still in the public domain and thus, not available from companies willing to spend the time and money on a proper restoration. It's worth noting, though, that some of the best films here ARE available in near-pristine condition in the 3-disc The Alfred Hitchcock Box Set (The Ring / The Manxman / Murder! / The Skin Game / Rich and Strange). Two are available in Criterion Collections: The Lady Vanishes - Criterion Collection and The 39 Steps (Criterion Collection Spine #56), while Alfred Hitchcock's Jamaica Inn can be found in a cleaned-up version from Image. For those who don't want to shell out the considerable bucks for all those, or if you're a completist (like me) who feels the need to possess EVERY film the man made, this is a good set to own.
Audio/Video quality varies among the films, but I'd consider them all watchable. Since early sound classics like SECRET AGENT and RICH AND STRANGE aren't available in better condition elsewhere, I found the transfers here to be reasonably good. Hitch's best silent film, THE LODGER, unfortunately suffers some serious contrast issues.
The real highlight of this set, however, is nearly an hour's worth of Hitchcock movie trailers. Oddly enough, none of the films contained in the set is represented with a trailer. But they cover much of the Master's career from 1940 thru the late 60's. And the quality on the trailers is far superior to that of the films.
Bottom line: For all but the most discriminating viewer, this is a worthwhile purchase. Just don't expect the quality you'd get from the major companies.
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