
Mystery Train: Hitchcock and The Lady Vanishes
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.'
Top Cast
Leonard Leff
Leonard Leff
Self - Film Scholar / Narrator (voice)
Leonard Leff
Self - Film Scholar / Narrator (voice)
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