Leslie Banks

An ordinary British couple vacationing in Switzerland suddenly find themselves embroiled in a case of international intrigue when their daughter is kidnapped by spies plotting a political assassination. This fleet and gripping early thriller from the Master of Suspense, Alfred Hitchcock, was the first film the director made after signing to the Gaumont-British Picture Corporation.

Four classic movies directed by Alfred Hitchcock.

Maureen O'Hara's first film is the brooding story of a nobleman who leads a cutthroat ship-looting band of men. Charles Laughton is a magnificent villain and Hitchcock glories in the moody atmosphere.

In Captain Calamity, Bill Jones, commander of the South Seas vessel Marigold, agrees to take an Australian fellow to Tapillo in exchange for a Spanish doubloon. Jones in turn gives the coin to a trader for supplies, who believes that Jones has discovered pirate's treasure. Soon Captain Calamity has a real calamitous situation on his hands. In The black pirate, when a young nobleman's father is mercilessly killed by pirates, he vows that one day he'll...

Jamaican Inn: An Irish orphan girl goes to live with an uncle who is discovered to be involved in a group of smuggling highwaymen ravaging the area. Sabotage: An undercover Scotland yard detective infiltrates the home of a theatre operator who is suspected of sabotage. The 39 steps: Character Richard Hanney stumbles into a conspiracy that involves him in a hectic chase across the Scottish moors. Easy virtue: A woman goes through a divorce and attempts...