Alfred Hitchcock

Sounding off: the hidden scandal of revisionist movie audio makeovers Travesty: all have missing or replaced dialogue, music and sound effects Defective: changes are often unintentional but seldom, if ever, …

One of the most reissued films ever made, both theatrically and on home video But its original, Oscar-nominated sound design hasn’t been heard since the 1970s Audio that helped make …

2020s revisions Lifeless sentence: latest “restoration” badly botched on Blu-ray, streaming and DCP Posthumous: five decades after the director’s death, film now has unsound audio It’s been unjustly condemned to …

Home video French fancy flaunts many permutations on home video, with five separate transfers… …three of four distinct English-language soundtracks and seven international dubs But original director-approved mono audio is …

Soundtrack and audio mixes Composer Lyn Murray’s lush music available in several partial re-recordings But only one rare, limited edition release contains his entire original score Owners Paramount have judged …

Catch as catch can: the hand on the collar above the rooftops of Nice High-class burglary caper sees idle rich being fleeced on the Côte d’Azur Cary Grant is another …

Alfred Hitchcock visits the Mediterranean for classy crime caper The lives, loves and lies of beautiful people in the French sunshine Lighthearted thriller stars dream team of Cary Grant and …

Revisiting contemporary and modern critical appreciation Alfred Hitchcock classic is Master of Suspense at his most playful Charming soirée on the French Riviera sees a man wrongly accused Cary Grant …

Director’s homage to Alfred Hitchcock reuses his writer and composer Homme wrecker: from bridal path to warpath for an angel of vengeance Hell hath no fury like a woman widowed …

A universally acclaimed film noir that’s criminally underseen today No charade: this is probably the best film Alfred Hitchcock never made! Masterpiece of misdirection that would make maestro of suspense …