Blackmail / British International Pictures Ltd presents ; directed and adapted by Alfred Hitchcock ; a British International picture.

BLU-RAY B

Special edition.

New York, NY : Kino Lorber, [2019]

2 videodiscs (85 min.) : sound, black and white ; 4 3/4 in.

digital

optical

video file

Blu-ray

region A

A thriller about a woman fighting off a sleazy blackmailer. The film was Hitchcock's first full-length sound film and was only his second foray into the suspense genre. Grocer's daughter Alice White kills a man in self-defense when he tries to sexually assault her. Her policeman boyfriend, Detective Frank Webber, covers up for her, but she has been spotted leaving the scene by a petty criminal who starts to blackmail her.

Rating: Not rated.

KL Studio Classics

KL studio classics.

Rape victims -- Drama.

Murder -- Drama.

Abused women -- Drama.

Drama Blu-rays.

Thrillers (Motion pictures)

Detective and mystery films.

Film adaptations.

Feature films.

Fiction films.

Hitchcock, Alfred, 1899-1980, film director, screenwriter.

Ondra, Anny, actor.

Longden, John, 1900-1971, actor.

Allgood, Sara, 1883-1950, actor.

Paton, Charles, 1874-1970, actor.

Calthrop, Donald, 1888-1940, actor.

Ritchard, Cyril, 1897-1977, actor.

Jones, Hannah, 1872-1949, actor.

Livesey, Sam, 1873-1936, actor.

Simsolo, Noël, presenter.

Lucas, Tim, commentator.

Motion picture adaptation of (work): Bennett, Charles, 1899-1995. Blackmail.

British International Pictures, film production company, presenter.

British Film Institute, restorationist.

Studio Canal, restorationist.

Kino Lorber, Inc., publisher.

Also known as: Chantaje

Also known as: Erpressung

Also known as: Chantage

Also known as: Ricatto

Also known as: Chantagem

Blu-ray disc; region A; aspect ratio: 1.20:1; DTS 2.0; requires Blu-ray player.

English dialogue; English subtitles (sound version); English intertitles (silent version).

Anny Ondra, John Longden, Sara Allgood, Charles Paton, Donald Calthrop, Cyril Ritchard, Hannah Jones, Sam Livesey.

Photography, Jack Cox ; editing, Emile de Roelle ; music score by [Jimmy] Cambell & [Reginald] Conelly, compiled and arranged by Hubert Bath and Hanry Stafford ; music performed by British International Symphony Orchestra, John Reynders, conductor.

From the play of Charles Bennett.

Originally released as a motion picture in 1929; digitally restored by BFI and Studio Canal.

Special features include an audio commentary by Tim Lucas ; Hitchcock/Truffaut: icon interviews (audio) ; the silent version of the film, score by Mont Alto Motion Picture Orchestra ; introduction by Noël Simsolo ; Anny Ondra's screen test ; trailers.

[Disc 1.] Blackmail (sound version : 85 min.) -- Blackmail (silent version : 74 min.) -- Bonus: introduction by Noël Simsolo, Hitchcock/Truffaut: icon interviews (audio), Anny Ondra's screen test, trailers -- disc 2. Feature: Blackmail (1.20:1 version : 85 min.) -- Bonus: audio commentary by Tim Lucas.