Alfred Hitchcock: The Ultimate Collection will collect 15 of the Master of Suspense’s thrillers in a 4K Ultra HD + Digital box set on October 14 from Universal.
It includes: 1942’s Saboteur, 1943’s Shadow of a Doubt, 1948’s Rope, 1954’s Rear Window, 1955’s The Trouble with Harry, 1956’s The Man Who Knew Too Much, 1958’s Vertigo, 1959’s North by Northwest, 1960’s Psycho, 1963’s The Birds, 1964’s Marnie, 1966’s Torn Curtain, 1969’s Topaz, 1972’s Frenzy, and 1976’s Family Plot.
Disc 1 – Saboteur:
- Saboteur: A Closer Look
- Storyboards
- Alfred Hitchcock’s Sketches
- Production Photographs
- Theatrical Trailer
A young man accused of sabotage goes on the run to prove his innocence.
Disc 2 – Shadow of a Doubt:
- Beyond Doubt: The Making of Hitchcock’s Favorite Film
- Production Drawings by Art Director Robert Boyle
- Production Photographs
- Theatrical Trailer
A teenage girl, overjoyed when her uncle comes to visit the family in their quiet California town, slowly begins to suspect that he is the “Merry Widow” killer sought by the authorities.
Disc 3 – Rope:
- Rope Unleashed
- Production Photographs
- Theatrical Trailer
Two men try to convince themselves they’ve committed the perfect murder by hosting a dinner party after strangling a former classmate to death.
Disc 4 – Rear Window:
- Audio Commentary by John Fawell, Author of Hitchcock’s Rear Window: the Well Made Film
- Rear Window Ethics: An Original Documentary
- A Conversation with Screenwriter John Michael Hayes
- Pure Cinema: Through the Eyes of the Master
- Breaking Barriers: The Sound of Hitchcock
- Hitchcock/Truffaut
- Masters of Cinema
- Production Photographs
- Theatrical Trailer
- Re-release Trailer Narrated by James Stewart
A bored photographer recovering from a broken leg passes the time by watching his neighbors and begins to suspect one of them of murder.
Disc 5 – The Trouble with Harry:
- The Trouble with Harry Isn’t Over
- Production Photographs
- Trailer
Harry’s dead and, while no one really minds, everyone feels responsible. After Harry’s body is found in the woods, several locals must determine not only how and why he was killed but what to do with the body.
Disc 6 – The Man Who Knew Too Much:
- The Making of The Man Who Knew Too Much
- Saving The Man Who Knew Too Much
- Production Photographs
- Trailers
- Includes Original Perspecta Audio, Unheard Since the Original Theatrical Run
An American doctor and his wife, a former singing star, witness a murder while vacationing in Morocco, and are drawn into a twisting plot of international intrigue when their young son is kidnapped.
Disc 7 – Vertigo:
- Audio Commentary with Filmmaker William Friedkin
- Obsessed with Vertigo: New Life of Hitchcock’s Masterpiece
- Partners in Crime: Hitchcock’s Collaborators
- Foreign Censorship Ending
- Hitchcock/Truffaut
- Theatrical Trailer
- Restoration Theatrical Trailer
- 100 Years of Universal: The Lew Wasserman Era
A former San Francisco police detective juggles wrestling with his personal demons and becoming obsessed with the hauntingly beautiful woman he has been hired to trail, who may be deeply disturbed.
Disc 8 – North by Northwest:
- Audio Commentary by Screenwriter Ernest Lehman
- Destination Hitchcock: The Making of North by Northwest
- The Master’s Touch: Hitchcock’s Signature Style
- North by Northwest: One for the Ages
- A Guided Tour with Alfred Hitchcock
A New York City advertising executive goes on the run after being mistaken for a government agent by a group of foreign spies, and falls for a woman whose loyalties he begins to doubt.
Disc 9 – Psycho:
- Audio Commentary by Stephen Rebello, author of Alfred Hitchcock and The Making of Psycho
- The Making of Psycho
- Psycho Sound
- In The Master’s Shadow: Hitchcock’s Legacy
- Hitchcock/Truffaut
- Newsreel Footage: The Release of Psycho
- The Shower Scene: With and Without Music
- The Shower Sequence: Storyboards by Saul Bass
- The Psycho Archives
- Posters and Psycho Ads
- Lobby Cards
- Behind-the-Scenes Photographs
- Production Photographs
- Psycho Theatrical Trailers
- Psycho Re-release Trailers
A secretary on the run for embezzlement takes refuge at a secluded California motel owned by a repressed man and his overbearing mother.
Disc 10 – The Birds:
- The Birds: Hitchcock’s Monster Movie
- All About The Birds
- Tippi Hedren’s Screen Test
- Deleted Scenes
- The Original Ending
- Hitchcock/Truffaut
- The Birds Is Coming
- Suspense Story: National Press Club Hears Hitchcock
- Theatrical Trailer
- 100 Years of Universal: Restoring the Classics
- 100 Years of Universal: The Lot
A wealthy San Francisco socialite pursues a potential boyfriend to a small Northern California town that slowly takes a turn for the bizarre when birds of all kinds suddenly begin to attack people.
Disc 11 – Marnie:
- The Trouble with Marnie
- The Marnie Archives
- Theatrical Trailer
Mark marries Marnie, although she is a habitual thief and has serious psychological problems, and tries to help her confront and resolve them.
Disc 12 – Torn Curtain:
- Torn Curtain Rising
- Scenes Scored by Bernard Herrmann
- Production Photographs
- Theatrical Trailer
An American scientist publicly defects to East Germany as part of a cloak and dagger mission to steal a formula before planning an escape back to the West.
Disc 13 – Topaz:
- Alternate Endings
- Topaz: An Appreciation by Film Critic Leonard Maltin
- Storyboards: The Mendozas
- Production Photographs
- Theatrical Trailer
A French Intelligence Agent becomes embroiled in Cold War politics, first by uncovering the events leading up to the 1962 Cuban Missile Crisis, and then breaking up an international Russian spy ring.
Disc 14 – Frenzy:
- The Story of Frenzy
- Production Photographs
- Theatrical Trailer
A serial murderer is strangling women with a necktie. The London police have a suspect, but he is the wrong man.
Disc 15 – Family Plot:
- Plotting Family Plot
- Storyboards: The Chase Scene
- Production Photographs
- Theatrical Trailers
Two frauds seeking a woman’s heir cross paths with another couple planning a kidnapping scheme.


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