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Mystery Train: Hitchcock and The Lady Vanishes
Genres
Documentary
Overview
This video essay, featuring film scholar Leonard Leff, addresses the 1938 Alfred Hitchcock film The Lady Vanishes' British context and political underpinnings and the details and techniques that undeniably make it a 'Hitchcock picture.'
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Budget
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Runtime
34 min
Release Date
2007-11-20
Status
Released
Original Language
English
Vote Count
1
Vote Average
6
Cast
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Leonard Leff
Self - Film Scholar / Narrator (voice)
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