This special 50th Anniversary Edition of North by Northwest is an essential DVD to add to any movie fans collection. It stars Cary Grant, Eva Marie Saint, James Mason, Jessie Royce Landis and Leo G. Carroll. It was of course directed by Alfred Hitchcock and is widely thought of as being one of his best movies.

The movie was made shortly after Vertigo, which was by all accounts not one of Hitchcock’s best movies and just before Psycho was released. It is a romantic comedy that has Cary Grant playing one of his most memorable roles. He plays an advertising executive who is wrongly mistaken as being an under cover spy. When he realises people are following him, he thinks they are trying to kill him and flees to board a train. On the train he meets Eva Marie Saint and they share in one the longest on screen kisses of all time. Continue Reading

Alfred Hitchcock has directed some fantastic movies over the years and To Catch a Thief is no exception. It brings together Cary Grant and Grace Kelly in a romantic storyline but with the trademark Hitchcock suspense thrown in too.

It was released in 1955 and follows the story of an American named John Robie (played by Cary Grant) who is living on the French Riviera. He used to be involved in a lot of burglaries and known as one of the most notorious thieves in the whole of France. But he gave it up a long time ago and settled down in a beautiful villa. Continue Reading

This 2 disc DVD collection features 4 classic murder mysteries; The Maltese Falcon, The Big Sleep, Dial M for Murder and The Postman Always Rings Twice.

The first movie, The Maltese Falcon, features Humphrey Bogart who stars as a detective with a really tough nature. His partner in his private eye firm is killed whilst following another man and Humphrey is hounded by police to find out why. The story comes down to a tale of deceit and involves the potential of having a gold encrusted statue of a Maltese falcon, hence the name of the film. It’s a great movie that helped to launch Bogart’s career. Continue Reading

The Third Man featured Orson Welles as the main character and not one he directed himself. The director was Carol Reed who did such a good job making this movie into one of the best ever created.

The movie itself features the story of Holly Martins, who was a writer at the time and specialized in westerns, who travelled to Vienna to see his old friend but when he gets there he is shocked to see that he has died and is being buried. His friend even sent him his plane ticket so he could travel to see him. Continue Reading