Product Details

• Actors: Anthony Perkins, Janet Leigh, James Stewart, Kim Novak, Rod Taylor
• Directors: Alfred Hitchcock
• Writers: Alfred Hitchcock, Alec Coppel, Alma Reville, Angus MacPhail, Anthony Shaffer
• Format: Box set, Black & White, Closed-captioned, Color, NTSC
• Language: Arabic, English, French, German, Norwegian, Swedish
• Rated: PG (Parental Guidance Suggested)
• Number of tapes: 14
• Studio: Universal Studios
• VHS Release Date: August 3, 1999
• Run Time: 999 minutes
• Average Customer Review: 4.4 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (8 customer reviews)
• ASIN: 078323662X
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #249,488 in Movies & TV (See Top 100 in Movies & TV)

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29 of 29 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A Must-have for Hitchcock Fans!, January 2, 2000

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This review is from: Alfred Hitchcock Collection [VHS] (VHS Tape)

This Collector's Edition it's just great. It has 13 of the best movies from Hitchcock. (Saboteur, Rope, Shadow of a Doubt, The Trouble with Harry, Psycho, Vertigo, The Man Who Knew Too Much, Marnie, The Birds, Torn Curtain, Frenzy, Topaz and Family Plot.) When I opened the package I red that all the titles were remastered and I begun to watch the movies. Its just incredible. Every title comes in a special collectior package. It also brings the theatrical trailers of each film and you can see them before the movie begins (except "The Trouble With Harry"). "Topaz" brings bonus footage. "Vertigo" was very well remastered (The audio and picture were great). All the video cassettes with its package come in a special commemorative case. Don't wait get it now.

50 of 57 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Only showcases some of Hitchcock's best work, July 28, 2000

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A Viewer (Long Island, NY) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Alfred Hitchcock Collection [VHS] (VHS Tape)

I actually rate this 3 1/2 stars but that was not an option. Anyway...The packaging, remastering, and inclusions of the theatrical trailers were all great, granted, but this is not all of Hitchcock's best work. Alfred Hitchcock is my favorite director, and I was shocked to see all the great movies that were omitted (REAR WINDOW, NORTH BY NORTHWEST, THE 39 STEPS, NOTORIOUS, STRANGERS ON A TRAIN, REBECCA, and THE LADY VANISHES) that are much better than many of these mostly mediocre movies (TORN CURTAIN, TOPAZ, THE TROUBLE WITH HARRY, THE MAN WHO KNEW TOO MUCH, and ROPE). However, this collection does include 4 of my top 6 Hitchcock movies: PSYCHO, VERTIGO, SHADOW OF A DOUBT, and THE BIRDS. I suggest you avoid this collection, and get the quartet I just listed and the 7 other classics I previously mentioned separately. You will be much more satisfied with them than if you bought this collection, trust me.

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars 14th Tape Includes Roald Dahl's "Lamb to the Slaughter", December 26, 2005

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This review is from: Alfred Hitchcock Collection [VHS] (VHS Tape)

Without a doubt this collection leaves out a good many masterpieces, but it gathers, in one fell swoop, 13 films from the last four decades of Hitchcock's career. Even the most dated show Hitchcock's brilliant irreverence, his "what can go wrong goes wrong", his Hollywood Stars entangled in a nest of the most talented supporting casts around. The 14th tape contains four episodes from the TV show "Alfred Hitchcock Presents", each of which includes a toungue-in-cheek introduction by Hitchcock himself. One of the episodes is the wry "Lamb to the Slaughter", screenplay by Roald Dahl.

The quality of the tapes is quite good. I bought my set new and indeed the shrink wrap showed a sticker marked $179.99 although I paid much less. Wait around for a price friendly to you.