A major hole in Hitchcock’s representation on DVD is now rectified by this suite of nine films, only one of which—North by Northwest—is already out in that format. There are some real gems in here, too. Strangers on a Train, here in a double-disc special edition, features Robert Walker’s great performance as the effete psychopath Bruno Anthony, who ensnares tennis pro Farley Granger in a deadly game of tit-for-tat murder. Dial M for Murder’s tennis pro Ray Milland, meanwhile, needs no encouragement to scheme a plot to knock off his wife, played by Grace Kelly. Cary Grant is represented here not only by Northwest, but also the first of the four thrillers he made with Hitch, 1941’s Suspicion. Rounding out the list are five of Hitch’s mid-career films from the forties and fifties, Foreign Correspondent, The Wrong Man, Stage Fright, I Confess, and Mr. and Mrs. Smith. Available September 7
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