Soundtrack First complete recorded history of perhaps Franz Waxman’s most underrated score Original film recordings very scarce and can only be heard in full on home video Waxman’s own contemporary adapted and …

Home video Complex case: At least two different versions and four transfers on home video Range from good to positively angelic, with wildly varying amounts of extras Now there’s no defence for …

Legal drama with Gregory Peck as his first of three iconic screen lawyers His infatuated fly is drawn into a black widow’s web of deceit and desire Garbo refused role so producer …

Underrated Alfred Hitchcock drama with chequered production history Siren Alida Valli makes fools of the men in her life, including Gregory Peck Creative battles fought between the Master of Suspense and David …

Home video Complicated: Like its tortuous plot, the film itself has a complex history There are five different transfers currently available across every format Most are uncut but German political sensitivities see …

Ingrid Bergman and Cary Grant heat up the screen and fool postwar censors Sex, intrigue, espionage and poisoning: Master of Suspense brews a heady mix Political: Even at 80-odd years old, it’s …

Leading film critic Andrew Sarris praises Alfred Hitchcock’s wartime masterpiece Ingrid Bergman, Cary Grant and Claude Rains come together in deadly ménage à trois Conflicted loyalties: Psychosexual fireworks explode against the backdrop …

Revisiting contemporary and modern critical appreciation Alfred Hitchcock goes atomic with a prescient plot about uranium His famous MacGuffin was the secret ingredient for nuclear bombs Acclaimed tale of a fictional Mata …

Concerto Rózsa specially adapted his Spellbound Concerto for live performance It’s since become one of the most popular works in classical repertoire Composer devised two lengths and arrangements, others added many more It …

Re-recordings There are two full length re-recordings of Rózsa’s Oscar-winning score First one was a guilty favour for missing out on a lucrative opportunity Second most complete to date, even including music …

Soundtrack Miklós Rózsa’s Oscar-winning score is one of Hitchcock’s very best But his original recordings have never been issued outside of the film Massive publicity boost came with specially-recorded radio transcription disc The …

Home video Freudian thriller has had many distinct home video transfers Unfortunately, all are flawed in some way and most omit red tinting Some releases mistakenly add misidentified “overture” and “exit” music …

The Master of Suspense probes into the subconscious mind for a cerebral thriller Freudulent: Based on once popular but now largely debunked ideas on psychoanalysis Sigmund’s theories no longer universally accepted but …

Psychoanalytical thriller sees Alfred Hitchcock delving into the subconscious His second collaboration with David O. Selznick led to clashes and compromise The film’s most ambitious sequence was designed by iconic artist Salvador …

Revisiting contemporary and modern critical appreciation Alfred Hitchcock delves into fashionable Freudian psychoanalysis True to form, the director sends a Wrong Man – or is he? – on the run again Huge …

Towards end of WWII, UK Ministry of Information commissioned a Holocaust documentary Hitchcock was brought on board as “treatment advisor” and helped shape its aesthetic But rapidly changing political priorities meant the …

The Master of Suspense turned his talents towards French wartime propaganda He’d been stung by harsh accusations of abandoning Britain in her hour of need After making his anti-Nazi film Lifeboat, he …

Soundtrack and remakes Realistic: Score is Hitch’s canny exercise in minimalism Back at sea: Film’s star returns for the only radio version Sci-fi: Three quasi-remakes transpose story to outer space Another, based …

Home video This missing boat must be hunted down as it isn’t in any collections In the same boat: Almost all early DVDs have compromised audio Hitch’s original soundtrack can only be …

Shorts and controversies Salient warning of fascists’ capabilities angered critics They roundly rejected earnest plea to hit enemies harder Racist controversy shown onscreen spilled over into real life Author Steinbeck and Black …

Cuckoo in the nest: This underrated, underseen Hitchcock will blow you out of the water! WWII-set drama with nine-strong ensemble cast is one of his grimmest and very best films Nominated for …