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From the Master of Suspense, Alfred Hitchcock, the legendary director of Blackmail, Shadow of a Doubt, Rear Window and The Birds. Hitchcock’s third sound film was a return to the crime genre, adapted by Hitchcock and Walter Mycroft (Champagne) from the play Enter Sir John by Clemency Dane (A Bill of Divorcement) and Helen Simpson (Sabotage). Actress Diana Baring (Norah Baring, A Cottage on Armor) is convicted of the murder of another actress in the same touring company. But the distinguished actor Sir John Meniere (Herbert Marshall, The Letter), who served on the jury at her trial, becomes convinced of her innocence and decides to solve the case. Beautifully shot by Jack E. Cox (The Lady Vanishes). This special edition also includes Mary, the 1931 German version of the film, directed by Hitchcock and starring Alfred Abel as Sir John Meniere and Olga Tschechowa as Mary Baring. Special Features: -Audio Commentary by Film Critic Nick Pinkerton -Hitchcock/Truffaut: Icon interviews Icon (Audio) -MARY: 1931 German version of 'Murder! ' also directed by Hitchcock (Up-res) -Introduction by Noël Simsolo -Alternate Ending