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Box set comprising four classic Cary Grant films as well as a
documentary about his life and work made in 2004, 'Cary Grant: A
Class Apart'. 'Night and Day' (1946) is a fictionalized biography
of Cole Porter, made while the composer was still alive, starring
Grant in the title role. The film begins in the 1910s when Porter
is at Yale University, then follows him through the First World
War, in which he works as an ambulance driver in France and marries
a nurse from an aristocratic family (Alexis Smith). Director
Michael Curtiz then focuses on Porter's glittering career through
the 1940s, and the film contains performances of many of his most
famous songs. It is now generally conceded that many of the facts
on which the film is based are wildly inaccurate: Porter was in
fact gay and married a divorcee friend for convenience, and his
much-feted military experiences were a hoax. 'Destination Tokyo'
(1943) is a suspenseful wartime drama about a US submarine, USS
Copperfin, sent into Tokyo harbour under secret orders in the early
days of the Second World War. Cary Grant plays the submarine's
commander, whose mission is to get the submarine and its crew into
the harbour undetected and send a landing party ashore in order to
obtain vital information for the planned Doolittle air raid on
Tokyo. 'North By Northwest' (1959) is a masterful mix of comedy and
suspense from Alfred Hitchcock. Advertising executive Roger
Thornhill (Grant) is lunching in a restaurant with his mother when
he mistakenly answers a page for one George Kaplan. He soon finds
himself on the run across the country, being pursued by enemies of
the government who are convinced that he is a secret agent. He
finds a friend in Eve Kendall (Eve Marie Saint), who helps conceal
him during a perilous train journey, but soon discovers that she is
not all she seems. 'Arsenic and Old Lace' (1944) is a macabre
comedy about the elderly Brewster sisters, who poison lonely old
men to put them out of their misery and bury them in their
basement. When their nephew Mortimer (Grant) calls to announce his
engagement, he discovers the grisly family secret. To complicate
matters, his evil sibling Jonathan (Raymond Massey) has just
escaped from jail, and arrives at the family home with murderous
intentions of his own.
6-movie collection of Hitchcock classics features.
North By Northwest:
North By Northwest is a suspense thriller that finds Cary Grant in the role of Roger Thornhill, a Manhattan advertising executive mistaken for a spy. Considered by many to be the prototypical pure action movie (creating the template for later James Bond and Indiana Jones films), the film is a cross-country roller-coaster ride with Alfred Hitchcock at the helm. The film is duly famous for several classic and indelible scenes, including the desert biplane encounter and the Mt. Rushmore climax.
The Wrong Man:
Hitchcock movie starring Henry Fonda and Vera Miles. Manny Ballestero is an honest hardworking musician at New York's Stork Club. When his wife needs money for dental treatment, Manny goes to the local insurance office to borrow on her policy. Employees at the office mistake him for a hold-up man who robbed them the year before and the police are called. The film tells the true story of what happened to Manny and his family.
Dial M For Murder:
Classic Hitchcock movie starring Grace Kelly and Ray Milland. Ex-tennis pro Tony Wendice decides to murder his wife for her money and because she had an affair the year before. He blackmails an old college associate to strangle her, but when things go wrong he sees a way to turn events to his advantage.
I Confess:
Hitchcock movie starring Montgomery Clift and Anne Baxter. Otto Kellar and his wife Alma work as caretaker and housekeeper at a Catholic church in Quebec. Whilst robbing a house where he sometimes works as a gardener, Otto is caught and kills the owner. Racked with guilt he heads back to the church where Father Michael Logan is working late. Otto confesses his crime, but when the police begin to suspect Father Logan he cannot reveal what he has been told in the confession.
Strangers On A Train:
Based on the Patricia Highsmith novel, Strangers On A Train quickly became one of Alfred Hitchcock's most successful thrillers and remains one of his most popular films. En route from Washington, D.C., champion tennis player Guy Haines (Farley Granger) meets pushy playboy Bruno Anthony (Robert Walker). What begins as a chance encounter turns into a series of morbid confrontations, as Bruno manipulates his way into Guy's life. Bruno is eager to kill his father and knows Guy wants to marry a senator's daughter (Ruth Roman) but cannot get a divorce from his wife, Miriam (Laura Elliot). So Bruno suggests the men swap murders, which would leave no traceable clues or possible motives. Though Guy refuses, it will not be so easy to rid himself of the psychopathic Bruno. The film is tightly paced and disturbing from beginning to end, an effect heightened by Hitchcock's inventive camera work, including a terrifying sequence shot through a pair of eyeglasses that have been knocked to the ground.
Stage Fright:
Hitchcock movie starring Jane Wyman and Marlene Dietrich. Jonathan Cooper is wanted by the police who suspect him of killing his lover's husband. His friend Eve Gill offers to hide him and Jonathan explains to her that his lover, actress Charlotte Inwood is the real murderer. Eve decides to investigate for herself, but when she meets the detective in charge of the case, she starts to fall in love.
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