Monsters and madmen
(DVD)
Contributors
Published
[Irvington, N.Y.] : Criterion Collection, 2006.
Format
DVD
ISBN
1934121185 (disc 1), 1934121177 (disc 2), 1934121169 (disc 3), 1934121150 (disc 4), 1934121142 (set), 9781934121184 (disc 1), 9781934121177 (disc 2), 9781934121160 (disc 3), 9781934121153 (disc 4), 9781934121146 (set)
Physical Desc
2 volumes (4 videodiscs) (315 min.) : sound, black and white ; 4 3/4 in. + 2 booklets (each 19 pages : illustrations ; 19 cm).
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Published
[Irvington, N.Y.] : Criterion Collection, 2006.
Language
English
ISBN
1934121185 (disc 1), 1934121177 (disc 2), 1934121169 (disc 3), 1934121150 (disc 4), 1934121142 (set), 9781934121184 (disc 1), 9781934121177 (disc 2), 9781934121160 (disc 3), 9781934121153 (disc 4), 9781934121146 (set)
UPC
715515021623
Notes
General Note
Title from container.
General Note
The haunted strangler originally released as a motion picture in 1958 ; Corridors of blood originally released as a motion picture in 1959 ; First man into space originally released as a motion picture in 1959 ; The atomic submarine originally released as a motion picture in 1959.
General Note
Special features: Audio commentaries by producers Richard and Alex Gordon and writer Tom Weaver; new video interviews with cast and crew; censor cuts; original theatrical trailers and radio spots; stills galleries; booklets featuring essays by producer John Croydon and critics Maitland McDonagh, Bruce Eder, and Michael Lennick.
Creation/Production Credits
The haunted strangler: Lighting cameraman, Lionel Banes ; editor, Peter Mayhew ; music composer, Buxton Orr ; conductor, Frederic Lewis ; set designer, John Elphick ; special effects, Les Bowie.
Creation/Production Credits
Corridors of blood: Cinematographer, Geoffrey Faithfull ; art director, Anthony Masters ; editor, Peter Mayhew ; music composer and conductor, Buxton Orr.
Creation/Production Credits
First man into space: Cinematographer, Geoffrey Faithfull ; editor, Peter Mayhew ; music composer and conductor, Buxton Orr.
Creation/Production Credits
The atomic submarine: Cinematographer, Gilbert Warrenton ; art directors, Don Ament, Dan Haller ; editor, William Austin ; music composer and conductor, Alexander Laszlo ; special effects, Irving Block, Louis DeWitt, Jack Rabin.
Participants/Performers
The haunted strangler: Boris Karloff, Jean Kent, Elizabeth Allan, Anthony Dawson, Vera Day, Tim Turner, Diane Aubrey, Max Brimmel, Leslie Perrins, Jessica Cairns, Dorothy Gordon, Desmond Roberts, Roy Russell, Derek Birch, Peggy Ann Clifford, John Fabian, Joan Elvin.
Participants/Performers
Corridors of blood: Boris Karloff, Betta St. John, Finlay Currie, Francis Matthews, Adrienne Corri, Francis De Wolff, Basil Dignam, Frank Pettingell, Carl Bernard, Marian Spencer, Nigel Green, John Gabriel, Howard Lang, Yvonne Warren, Christopher Lee.
Participants/Performers
First man into space: Marshall Thompson, Marla Landi, Robert Ayers, Bill Nagy, Carl Jaffe, Bill Edwards, Roger Delgado, John McLaren.
Participants/Performers
The atomic submarine: Arthur Franz, Dick Foran, Brett Halsey, Paul Dubov, Bob Steele, Victor Varconi, Joi Lansing, Selmer Jackson, Jack Mulhall, Jean Moorhead, Richard Tyler, Sid Melton, Ken Becker, Frank Watkins, Tom Conway, Pat Michaels, John Hilliard.
Description
The haunted strangler: Nineteenth-century English author James Rankin believes that the wrong man has hanged twenty years earlier for a series of murders, but his investigations lead him to a horrible and, for him, gruesomely inescapable secret.
Description
Corridors of blood: In 1840s London, Dr. Thomas Bolton dares to dream the unthinkable: to operate on patients without causing pain. Unfortunately, the road to general anesthesia is blocked by a ruthless killer, as well as Bolton's devastating addiction to his own medicines.
Description
First man into space: In this interstellar cautionary tale, brash U.S. Navy test pilot Dan Prescott, hungry for fame, rockets himself beyond Earth's atmosphere, only to become encrusted with cosmic dust and return a blood-drinking monster.
Description
The atomic submarine: When the nuclear-powered submarine the Tiger Shark sets out to investigate a series of naval disasters near the Arctic Circle, its fearless crew finds itself besieged by electrical storms, an unidentified floating saucer, and lots of hairy tentacles.
System Details
DVD, region 1, full screen (1.33:1) presentation; Dolby Digital mono., NTSC, restored high-definition digital transfer.
Language
English subtitles for the deaf and hard-of-hearing.
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Copies
| Volume | Location | Call Number | Note | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| V.1 | Morris County Library - Adult Media | MONSTERS AND VOL 1 DVD4574 V.1 | HAUNTED STRANGLER / CORRIDORS OF BLOOD | Available |
| V.2 | Morris County Library - Adult Media | MONSTERS AND VOL 2 DVD4575 V.2 | FIRST MAN INTO SPACE / THE ATOMIC SUBMARINE | Available |
Subjects
LC Subjects
Action and adventure films.
Anesthesiologists -- England -- London -- 19th century -- Drama.
Disasters -- Arctic regions -- Drama.
Feature films.
Horror films.
Hospitals -- England -- London -- History -- 19th century -- Drama.
Nuclear submarines -- Arctic regions -- Drama.
Outer space -- Exploration -- Drama.
Science fiction films.
Serial murder investigation -- Drama.
Serial murders -- Drama.
Test pilots -- Drama.
Video recordings for the hearing impaired.
Anesthesiologists -- England -- London -- 19th century -- Drama.
Disasters -- Arctic regions -- Drama.
Feature films.
Horror films.
Hospitals -- England -- London -- History -- 19th century -- Drama.
Nuclear submarines -- Arctic regions -- Drama.
Outer space -- Exploration -- Drama.
Science fiction films.
Serial murder investigation -- Drama.
Serial murders -- Drama.
Test pilots -- Drama.
Video recordings for the hearing impaired.
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Citations
APA Citation, 7th Edition (style guide)
Croydon, J. J., Cooper, J. C., Read, J., Day, R., Vetter, C., Jr., Rogers, J. S., Vetter, C., Ordung, W., Gordon, A., Hampton, O. H., Bennet, S. G., Karloff, B., Kent, J., Allan, E., Dawson, A., Day, V., Turner, T., Aubrey, D., Brimmel, M., Perrins, L., Cairns, J., Gordon, D., Roberts, D., Russell, R., Birch, D., Clifford, P. A., Fabian, J., Elvin, J., St. John, B., Currie, F., Francis, M. (., Corri, A., De Wolff, F., Dignam, B., Pettingell, F., Bernard, C., Spencer, M., Green, N., Gabriel, J., Lang, H., Romain, Y., Lee, C., Thompson, M., Landi, M., Ayers, R., Nagy, B., Jaffe, C., Edwards, B., Delgado, R., McLaren, J., Franz, A., Foran, D., Halsey, B., Dubov, P., Steele, B., Varconi, V., Lansing, J., Jackson, S., Mulhall, J., Moorhead, J., Tyler, D., Melton, S., Becker, K., Watkins, F., Conway, T., Michaels, P., & Hilliard, J. (2006). Monsters and madmen . Criterion Collection.
Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)John J. Croydon et al.. 2006. Monsters and Madmen. Criterion Collection.
Chicago / Turabian - Humanities (Notes and Bibliography) Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)John J. Croydon et al.. Monsters and Madmen Criterion Collection, 2006.
MLA Citation, 9th Edition (style guide)Croydon, John J., et al. Monsters and Madmen Criterion Collection, 2006.
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