Gaslight

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

Item details

Physical Description: videorecording
videodisc
1 videodisc (113 min.) : sd., b&w ; 4 3/4 in.
Edition: Full screen.
Publisher: Burbank, Calif. : Turner Entertainment Co. : Warner Bros. Entertainment : Distributed by Warner Home Video, 2011.

Contents / Notes

General Note:	Originally released as a motion picture in 1944 [American version]. Based on the play "Angel Street" by Patrick Hamilton. "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. 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:	MPAA rating: 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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London (England) Social life and customs Drama
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Genre:

Thrillers (Motion pictures)
Detective and mystery films.
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