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Mystery Train: Hitchcock and The Lady Vanishes

Mystery Train: Hitchcock and The Lady Vanishes

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📜 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.'
🌏 Languages Available: English
📆 Date Released: 2007-11-20
⌚ Running Time: 34 mins
⭐ Vote Average: 6.0

Beloved Cast

Leonard Leff original image
Self - Film Scholar / Narrator (voice)
Leonard Leff

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