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Notorious AKA Alfred Hitchcock's Notorious (1946)
Notorious woman of affairs... Adventurous man of the world!Director: Alfred Hitchcock
OVERALL: Draw-
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Subtitles:None
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Aspect Ratio:1.33:1
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Picture Format:Non-Anamorphic
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TV System:NTSC
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Soundtrack(s):English Dolby Digital 2.0 Mono
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Case type:Keep Case
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Notes:Comes with a booklet.
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Extras:Interview with director Alfred Hitchcock (3:03)
Interview with Kim Newman (15:14)
"The Real Me (The Thin One)" article
Truffaut's "Hitchcock" book extracts
Cast and crew biographies
Production notes
Photo gallery
Quotes
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Subtitles:None
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Aspect Ratio:1.33:1
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Picture Format:Non-Anamorphic
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TV System:PAL
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Soundtrack(s):English Dolby Digital 2.0 Mono
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Case type:Special Case
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Notes:Packaged in a cardboard sleeve.
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Commentaries:(1) Audio commentary by Hitchcock film scholar Marian Keane (1990)
(2) Audio commentary by film historian Rudy Behlmer (2001) -
Extras:Isolated music score and effects track in Dolby Digital 1.0
"The Song of the Dragon" original story excerpts, with art gallery (18 pages)
"Production correspondence" notes (23 pages)
"Rear projection" featurette (2:53), notes and photos (11 pages)
Production photo gallery (38 pages)
Deleted scenes script excerpts:
- "Devlin at the Courthouse" (4 pages), with movie excerpt (0:22)
- "Int. Miami Bungalow - Day" (17 pages), with movie excerpt (0:30)
- "Mme Ortiza" (9 pages), with movie excerpt (0:31)
- "Int. Prescott's Office" (9 pages), with movie excerpt (0:41)
- "Tag Scene" (4 pages)
Alternate ending script excerpts (9 pages)
Publicity photo gallery (66 pages)
Trailers and teasers:
- "A Notorious Woman of Affairs!" (2:07)
- "Gems in her Hair, and Ice in her Heart" (0:54)
- "Notorious! Notorious! Notorious!" (0:50)
- "All she was, was all he Wanted" (0:15)
"The Fate of the Unica Key" featurette (2:35)
"Lux Radio Theatre Adaptation":
- "Introduction" notes (2 pages)
- Original radio broadcast (59:50)
- Cast list (1 page)
"Extras! Arrival at Heathrow" featurette (0:46) -
Subtitles:English HoH
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Aspect Ratio:1.33:1
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Picture Format:Non-Anamorphic
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TV System:NTSC
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Soundtrack(s):English Dolby Digital 1.0
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Case type:Keep Case
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Notes:Transfer from the 1999 restoration.
Comes with a 8-page booklet containing liner notes by Hitchcock scholar William Rothman, author of the landmark study Hitchcock - The Murderous Gaze, chapters list, cast, credits and DVD production credits.
Also available in 6 disc 5 film "Wrong Men & Notorious Women: Five Hitchcock Thrillers" boxset containing "The 39 Steps", "The Lady Vanishes", "Rebecca", "Spellbound" and "Notorious". -
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Commentaries:(1) Audio commentary by film professor Rick Jewell (2008)
(2) Audio commentary by film professor Drew Casper (2008) -
Extras:Isolated music score and effects track in Dolby Digital 2.0 mono
"The Ultimate Romance: the Making of Notorious" 2008 documentary (28:20)
"Alfred Hitchcock The Ultimate Spymaster" 2008 featurette (13:09)
"The American Film Institute Award: The Key to Hitchcock" featurette (3:19)
"Lux Radio Theatre Adaptation" radio broadcast (59:31)
Interview with director Alfred Hitchcock by filmmaker François Truffaut (16:22)
Interview with director Alfred Hitchcock by filmmaker Peter Bogdanovich (2:19)
"Restoration comparison" featurette (2:54)
Photo galleries:
- Posters
- Portraits
- Behind-the-Scenes
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Subtitles:English, French, Spanish
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Aspect Ratio:1.33:1
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Picture Format:Non-Anamorphic
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TV System:NTSC
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Soundtrack(s):English Dolby Digital 2.0 Mono
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Case type:Keep Case
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Notes:Transfer from the 1999 restoration.
Also available in the 8 disc "Alfred Hitchcock Premiere Collection" containing "Notorious", "Lifeboat", "Spellbound", "Rebecca", "The Paradine Case", "Sabotage", "Young and Innocent" and "The Lodger". Note the initial pressing had the discs in sleeves that were tightly packaged, sometimes warping the discs making them unplayable. Subsequently reissued in a keep case packaging.
Also available in the 3 disc MGM 90th Anniversary Triple Feature containing "Notorious", "Spellbound", and "Rebecca". -
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Extras:Cast and crew filmographies
- Alfred Hitchcock
- Ingrid Bergman
- Claude Rains
- Reinhold Schünzel
- Cary Grant
- Louis Cathern
- Leopoldine Konstantin
Bonus Trailers
- Gangster No.1 (1:30)
- Das Experiment (1:40) -
Subtitles:None
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Aspect Ratio:1.33:1
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Picture Format:Non-Anamorphic
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TV System:PAL
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Soundtrack(s):English Dolby Digital 2.0 Mono
German Dolby Digital 2.0 Mono -
Case type:Keep Case
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Notes:Transfer from the 1999 restoration.
Also available in the "Hitchcock Collection" containing "The 39 Steps", "Rebecca", "Spellbound", Notorious" and "The Paradine Case". -
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Extras:2 Cast biographies
Bonus trailers for "Body Count" (2:12), "Serial Mom" (2:18) and "Alistair MacLean's Night Watch" (2:12) -
Subtitles:Danish, Finnish, Norwegian, Swedish
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Aspect Ratio:1.33:1
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Picture Format:Non-Anamorphic
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TV System:PAL
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Soundtrack(s):English Dolby Digital 2.0 Mono
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Case type:Keep Case
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Extras:Filmographies
Production Notes -
Subtitles:English, Spanish
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Aspect Ratio:1.33:1
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Picture Format:Non-Anamorphic
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TV System:PAL
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Soundtrack(s):English Dolby Digital 2.0 Mono
Spanish Dolby Digital 2.0 Mono -
Case type:Keep Case
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Extras:Interview with director Alfred Hitchcock (3:03)
Interview with Kim Newman (15:14)
"The Real Me (The Thin One)" article
Truffaut's "Hitchcock" book extracts
Cast and crew biographies
Production notes
Photo gallery
Quotes
Trivia -
Subtitles:English
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Aspect Ratio:1.33:1
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Picture Format:Non-Anamorphic
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TV System:PAL
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Soundtrack(s):English Dolby Digital 2.0 Mono
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Case type:Keep Case
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Notes:Also in the "Hitchcock Collection" containing "Rebecca", "Spellbound", Notorious" and "The Paradine Case".
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Extras:Interview with director Alfred Hitchcock (3:03)
Interview with Kim Newman (15:14)
"The Real Me (The Thin One)" article
Truffaut's "Hitchcock" book extracts
Cast and crew biographies
Production notes
Photo gallery
Quotes
Trivia -
Subtitles:English
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Aspect Ratio:1.33:1
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Picture Format:Non-Anamorphic
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TV System:PAL
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Soundtrack(s):English Dolby Digital 2.0 Mono
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Case type:Keep Case
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Notes:Also in the "Alfred Hitchcock Box Set" containing "Rebecca", "Spellbound", Notorious" and "The Paradine Case".
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Extras:Interview with director Alfred Hitchcock (3:03)
Interview with Kim Newman (15:14)
"The Real Me (The Thin One)" article
Truffaut's "Hitchcock" book extracts
Cast and crew biographies
Production notes
Photo gallery -
Subtitles:English
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Aspect Ratio:1.33:1
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Picture Format:Non-Anamorphic
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TV System:PAL
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Soundtrack(s):English Dolby Digital 2.0 Mono
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Case type:Keep Case
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Notes:Only in the "David O. Selznick/Alfred Hitchcock Collection" containing "Rebecca", "Spellbound", Notorious" and "The Paradine Case".
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Extras:Cast and crew filmographies
Photo gallery
Theatrical trailer
Bonus trailers for "Spellbound" and "Rebecca" -
Subtitles:None
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Aspect Ratio:1.33:1
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Picture Format:Non-Anamorphic
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TV System:PAL
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Soundtrack(s):English Dolby Digital 2.0 Mono
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Case type:Keep Case
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Notes:Transfer from the 1999 restoration.
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OVERALL: Draw
The US Criterion and US MGM for the differing exclusive extras. Note the UK releases also have some exclusive interviews.
Note that this film and other early Alfred Hitchcock titles have been released in many bootleg editions, and these unlicensed, supposedly "public domain" releases should all be avoided. Information regarding the copyright status of his films can be found at Brenton Film's Alfred Hitchcock: Dial C for Copyright. Hitchcock's films and their official releases are also covered in detail at Brenton Film's Alfred Hitchcock Collectors' Guide.
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CUTS:
- R0 America- Anchor Bay Entertainment - Yes, 1954 US re-release with altered credits, apparently ~1min of footage is missing (101:09 NTSC).
- R0 Telegraph newspaper giveaway United Kingdom- Fremantle - No cuts - 1954 US re-release with altered credits (97:04 PAL).
- R1 America- Criterion Collection - No cuts - with original credits (102:08 NTSC).
- R1 Premiere Collection America- MGM Home Entertainment - No cuts - with original credits (101:33 NTSC).
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R2 Germany- Euro Video - Yes - about 17 seconds of missing dialogue (97:04 PAL).
1. Missing dialogue when Devlin stands by the bedside of drunken Alicia:
- Devlin: "Ever hear of the I.G. Colors Industries?"
- Alicia: "I tell you, I'm not interested!"
- Devlin: "Colors has been in South America, planted there before the war."
2. When Alicia is presented to the guests in the house of Alex Sebastian, the first guest Eric Mathis is missing - R2 Scandinavia- Scanbox Entertainment - No cuts - 1954 US re-release with altered credits (97:35 PAL).
- R2 Spain- Filmax - Yes, 1954 US re-release with altered credits, apparently ~1min of footage is missing (101:00 NTSC->PAL).
- R2 United Kingdom- Fremantle Home Entertainment - No cuts - 1954 US re-release with altered credits (97:04 PAL).
- R2 United Kingdom- Prism Leisure/Fremantle - No cuts - 1954 US re-release with altered credits (97:04 PAL).
- R2 David O. Selznick/Alfred Hitchcock Collection United Kingdom- PT Video - No cuts - 1954 US re-release with altered credits (97:04 PAL).
- R4 Australia- MRA Entertainment - No cuts - with original credits.
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Comparison added by Adrian_Busby on 31/08/01
Comparison last updated by James-Masaki_Ryan on 28/03/25UPDATE LOG:
05/10/10 - Added DVDBeaver link.
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30/07/19: Added Germany, Spain.
26/09/19: Capaholic, ASINs.
17/11/19: Added UK Prism Leisure, UK Fremantle , removed capaholic.
28/03/25: Added UK giveaway, US MGM runtimes, notes.
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