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Today's feature is Alfred Hitchcock's classic 1935 "innocent man on the run" thriller whose essential theme he later reworked in 1942's "Saboteur" and 1959's "North By Northwest".

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1 posted on 03/23/2014 12:25:09 PM PDT by ReformationFan
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To: RansomOttawa; Silentgypsy; 1010RD

ping


2 posted on 03/23/2014 12:26:22 PM PDT by ReformationFan
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To: ReformationFan

not sure but is there some type of tower involved???


3 posted on 03/23/2014 12:27:25 PM PDT by CGASMIA68
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To: ReformationFan

Great film. We have long enjoyed the set of Hitchcock’s British films — first in VHS, then DVD; I don’t think we own any of his American films.


4 posted on 03/23/2014 12:35:04 PM PDT by DeaconBenjamin (A trillion here, a trillion there, soon you're NOT talking real money)
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To: ReformationFan

Watched this recently off the Internet Archive. Superb movie. Not as well refined as the films of Hitchcock’s “Hollywood” period, but still well worth watching.


5 posted on 03/23/2014 12:42:22 PM PDT by RansomOttawa (tm)
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To: ReformationFan

One of his very best, IMO.


7 posted on 03/23/2014 12:46:12 PM PDT by UnwashedPeasant
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To: ReformationFan

Thank you!


8 posted on 03/23/2014 12:48:38 PM PDT by Diana in Wisconsin (I don't have 'Hobbies.' I'm developing a robust Post-Apocalyptic skill set...)
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To: ReformationFan

Yes, an excellent movie—like almost all of Hitchcock’s movies.

I’m also a fan of the novel, which was the first in the Richard Hannay series.


9 posted on 03/23/2014 12:57:10 PM PDT by Cicero (Marcus Tullius)
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To: ReformationFan; All

I have a question. The sound on this movie is so low I have to strain to hear it. This is true for some other videos too, but certainly not all. The sound on my computer is set to the top and I pushed the sound up on the movie as far as it would go. Is there something else I can do to make the sound louder? And, my hearing is fine so it’s not me. :o)


11 posted on 03/23/2014 1:10:36 PM PDT by Marcella ((Prepping can save your life today.))
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To: ReformationFan

That was other day on TCM

BTW hear of this new channel called GETTV

http://www.get.tv


12 posted on 03/23/2014 1:12:52 PM PDT by SevenofNine (We are Freepers, all your media bases belong to us ,resistance is futile)
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To: ReformationFan; All

I guess the easiest way to boost sound is to use headphones. I’ll do that when I watch this movie. Is there hardware of some kind to add to computer to boost sound or would that be buying external speakers to plug into computer some way? I’m not up on connecting outside anything to this laptop computer. It’s a fairly new computer bought in 2011, a Toshiba recommended by my computer repair guy when my Dell computer totally died.


13 posted on 03/23/2014 1:27:43 PM PDT by Marcella ((Prepping can save your life today.))
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To: ReformationFan

You have made another excellent pick!


20 posted on 03/23/2014 5:21:45 PM PDT by BenLurkin (This is not a statement of fact. It is either opinion or satire; or both.)
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