Actress Margaret Lockwood was Britain's leading box office star of the 1940s. Rising to fame in Alfred Hitchcock's thriller THE LADY VANISHES in 1938, Lockwood became synonymous with villainess roles, such as the highly successful THE WICKED LADY.This box set commemorates her contribution to cinema with six of her greatest .. Read more
| Starring | Patricia Roc, Stewart Granger, Michael Redgrave, James Mason |
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| Director | Val Guest, Carol Reed, Roy William Neill, Le |
| Genres | Drama |
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Actress Margaret Lockwood was Britain's leading box office star of the 1940s. Rising to fame in Alfred Hitchcock's thriller THE LADY VANISHES in 1938, Lockwood became synonymous with villainess roles, such as the highly successful THE WICKED LADY.
This box set commemorates her contribution to cinema with six of her greatest performances including THE LADY VANISHES (1938) the passengers of a trans-European train are forced to stop at a local hotel where one of them disappears; LOVE STORY (1944) a concert pianist with a serious heart problem meets a pilot who is going blind; THE WICKED LADY (1945) a woman steals her cousin’s fiance then embarks on a career of crime; BANK HOLIDAY (1938) follows a series of people enjoying the seaside on a 1930s British Bank Holiday; HIGHLY DANGEROUS (1950) an entomologist is sent to a Communist country to collect specimens for British Intelligence; GIVE US THE MOON (1944) with WWII over and employment booming, a lazy young man refuses to work and joins group of people with similar sensibilities.
| Starring | Patricia Roc, Stewart Granger, Michael Redgrave, James Mason, Margaret Lockwood, Peter Graves, Hugh Williams, Dane Clark, Roland Culver, John Lodge, Jean Simmons |
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| Director | Val Guest, Carol Reed, Roy William Neill, Le |
| Studio | ITV STUDIOS HOME ENTERTAINMENT |
| Run time | DVD: 9 hrs 38 mins |
| Certificate |  |
| Collections | 100 Top Thrillers |
| Genres | Drama |
| Language | DVD: English |
| Released | To Rent: DVD: 16 Jun 2008 |
Or you can rent each disc individually:
Margaret Lockwood Collection - The Lady Vanishes
In 'The 39 Steps' a man is caught between the police and enemy agents. In 'The Lady Vanishes' two people inves...
Margaret Lockwood Collection - Love Story
Actress Margaret Lockwood was Britain's leading box office star of the 1940s. Rising to fame in Alfred Hitchco...
Margaret Lockwood Collection - The Wicked Lady
Margaret Lockwood stars as Lady Barbara Skelton, a beautiful 17th Century socialite who finds her life extreme...
Margaret Lockwood Collection - Give Us The Moon
It is London three years after the war and an idle group of friends decide to set up a money-making racket. Th...
Margaret Lockwood Collection - Bank Holiday
Bank Holidays may be a time when most are happy. But this is certainly not true for Stephen Howard, who has ju...
Margaret Lockwood Collection - Highly Dangerous
Set in a police state in Eastern Europe, where scientists are believed to have discovered a method of waging g...
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An Early Hitchcock Classic
Forget all your preconceptions of the average 'Hitchcockian' thriller; 'The Lady Vanishes' is a murder mystery without the cynical private-eye ... read more »
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Flawed but watchable
A very watchable movie, with fine performances. It is the better if you don't know the very readable novel from which it is adapted. The movie changes the ... read more »
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The Lady Vanishes
Another early Hitchcock. The plot took too long to develop in the
first half of the film. Second half of the film, more interesting.
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MARVELOUS!!!!!!!!!!
Sheer excellence.Margaret Lockwood is the queen of facial expression and bitchy one liners.Lots of horses,highwaymen,super stylised period costume and most of ... read more »
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