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Gaslight [videorecording] / Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer presents ; screenplay by John Van Druten, Walter Reisch and John L. Balderston ; directed by George Cukor ; produced by Arthur Hornblow, Jr.

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Van Druten, John, 1901-1957 (screenwriter.). Reisch, Walter, (screenwriter.). Balderston, John L. (John Lloyd), 1889-1954 (screenwriter.). Cukor, George, 1899-1983 (film director.). Hornblow, Arthur, Jr., 1893-1976 (film producer.). Boyer, Charles, 1899-1978 (actor.). Bergman, Ingrid, 1915-1982 (actor.). Cotten, Joseph, 1905-1994 (actor.). Whitty, May, Dame, 1865-1948 (actor.). Lansbury, Angela, 1925-2022 (actor.). Everest, Barbara, 1890-1968 (actor.). Rameau, Emil, 1878-1957 (actor.). Breon, Edmund, 1882-1951 (actor.). Hobbes, Halliwell, 1877-1962 (actor.). Stevenson, Tom, 1910-2004 (actor.). Hamilton, Patrick, 1904-1904 March 17-1962. Angel Street. (Added Author). Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, (presenter.). Turner Entertainment Co., (publisher.). Warner Bros. Entertainment, (publisher.). Warner Home Video (Firm), (distributor.). Charles Boyer, Ingrid Bergman, Joseph Cotten, Dame May Whitty, Angela Lansbury, Barbara Everest, Emil Rameau, Edmund Breon, Halliwell Hobbes, Tom Stevenson. (Cast).

Summary:

A susceptible young woman marries a suave, romantic man never suspecting that he is a murderous scoundrel, obsessed with finding the jewels hidden in her London home. She becomes the helpless victim as slowly, insidiously, he drives her to the brink of insanity.

Record details

  • ISBN: 9786314461485
  • ISBN: 6314461480
  • Physical Description: 1 videodisc (113 minutes) : sound, black and white ; 4 3/4 in.
  • Publisher: Burbank, CA : Turner Entertainment Co./Warner Bros. Entertainment, Inc., [2011]
  • Distributor: Burbank, CA : Warner Home Video, [2011]

Content descriptions

General Note:
"This disc is expected to play back in DVD video "play only" devices and may not play back in other DVD devices, including recorders and PC drives."--Container.
Based on the play "Angel Street" by Patrick Hamilton.
Originally released as a motion picture in 1944 [American version].
Special features: theatrical trailer.
Creation/Production Credits Note:
Cinematographer, Joseph Ruttenberg ; art director, Cedric Gibbons ; editor, Ralph E. Winters ; music, Bronislau Kaper ; costume designer, Irene ; special effects, Warren Newcombe.
Participant or Performer Note:
Charles Boyer, Ingrid Bergman, Joseph Cotten, Dame May Whitty, Angela Lansbury, Barbara Everest, Emil Rameau, Edmund Breon, Halliwell Hobbes, Tom Stevenson.
Target Audience Note:
Not rated.
System Details Note:
DVD-R, full screen (1.33:1) presentation, Dolby Digital mono.
Awards Note:
Academy Awards, 1945: Best Actress in a Leading Role (Ingrid Bergman); Best Art Direction-Interior Decoration, Black-and-White. Golden Globes, 1945: Best Motion Picture Actress (Ingrid Bergman).

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Genre:
Film noir.
Thrillers (Motion pictures)
Detective and mystery films.
Feature films.
Fiction films.
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