Secret Agent (1936) ADDED

[Brent_Reid]

Title: Secret Agent
Country: France
Region: 2
Releasing Studio: Filmedia
Case Type: Keep case
Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1
Anamorphic?: No
PAL or NTSC?: PAL
Soundtracks: (If a silent film, also state score composer and performer) English Dolby Digital 2.0 mono
Subtitles (are they optional?): French (yes)
Cuts: (and if you know it, precise run time) None (82:36)
Commentaries: None
Extras:
- "L'espionnage selon Hitchcock", épisode 2 (2015 featurette) (20:21)
- "Made in France" (2015 featurette) (13:45)
Notes:
- Featurettes are in French w/burned-in French subtitles for English-language interviews and film clips
- Also in 4-DVD "Alfred Hitchcock" box set (B012EU3I8O)
Easter Eggs: None
Amazon ASIN (UK, French, German, USA releases only):  B00R6TQ872
Source:*Own copy

Title: Secret Agent
Country: France
Region: 2
Releasing Studio: TF1 Vidéo
Case Type: Keep case
Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1
Anamorphic?: No
PAL or NTSC?: PAL
Soundtracks: (If a silent film, also state score composer and performer) English Dolby Digital 2.0 mono, French Dolby Digital 5.1 surround
Subtitles (are they optional?): French (forced)
Cuts: (and if you know it, precise run time) None (82:24)
Commentaries: None
Extras:
- "Hitchcock: The Early Years" featurette (24:34)
- "Analyse de Claude Chabrol" featurette (26:29)
- "Analyse de Dominik Möll" featurette (25:20)
Notes:
- Also forced subs on the English featurette and none at all on the two French ones
- Also in 5-DVD Hitchcock: Le maître du suspens (B0008GRT4Q)
Easter Eggs: None
Amazon ASIN (UK, French, German, USA releases only): B001CEB8SQ
Source:*Own copy

Title: Secret Agent
Country: Germany
Region: 2
Releasing Studio: Concorde
Case Type: Digipak in cardboard slipcase
Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1
Anamorphic?: No
PAL or NTSC?: PAL
Soundtracks: (If a silent film, also state score composer and performer) English Dolby Digital 1.0 mono
Subtitles (are they optional?): German (yes)
Cuts: (and if you know it, precise run time) None (81:51)
Commentaries: None
Extras: None
Notes: Only available in the "Alfred Hitchcock: The Early Years" box set with "The Lodger", "Downhill", "The Man Who Knew Too Much", "Sabotage", "Young and Innocent" and "The Lady Vanishes".
Easter Eggs: None
Amazon ASIN (UK, French, German, USA releases only): B00008XQI3
Source:*Own copy

UK Carlton DVD: 82:27
Also in "3-DVD 3 Classic H Films" box set (ASIN B0000CDUX8); also add it to The 39 Steps' first Carlton DVD.

Network DVD: 82:30
Charles Barr intro: 4:01

New footnote:
Note that this film and other early Alfred Hitchcock titles have been released in many bootleg editions. Supposedly "public domain" releases by companies such as Avenue One, Brentwood, Diamond Entertainment, Digiview, Laserlight, Mill Creek, Passion Productions, St. Clair Vision, Sonart, Westlake, Whirlwind and others should be avoided. Information regarding the copyright status of his films can be found at Brenton Film's Alfred Hitchcock: Dial © for Copyright. Hitchcock's films and their official releases are also covered in detail at Brenton Film's Alfred Hitchcock Collectors' Guide.

This has probably been asked before but is there a particular reason we don't list newspaper promo DVDs; is there a site policy of full commercial releases only? I ask because among the many bootlegs, all the Hitchcock giveaways from The Times are licensed from ITV and improve over some of the commercial releases in that they all contain subtitles.

[James-Masaki_Ryan]

Added the discs.

This has probably been asked before but is there a particular reason we don't list newspaper promo DVDs; is there a site policy of full commercial releases only? I ask because among the many bootlegs, all the Hitchcock giveaways from The Times are licensed from ITV and improve over some of the commercial releases in that they all contain subtitles.

I don't think there was particularly a rule about not including newspaper promo discs.

[Brent_Reid]

Thanks, James, and you do surprise me! All these years I assumed they weren't allowed as I don't think I've ever seen one here...

As with the rest of British Hitch, most newspaper DVDs are boots but here's one for this title:

Title: Secret Agent
Country: UK
Region: 2
Releasing Studio: ITV
Case Type: Card wallet
Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1
Anamorphic?: No
PAL or NTSC?: PAL
Soundtracks: (If a silent film, also state score composer and performer) English Dolby Digital 2.0 mono
Subtitles (are they optional?): English (yes)
Cuts: (and if you know it, precise run time): None (82:28)
Commentaries: None
Extras: None
Notes: Given away free with The Times newspaper
Easter Eggs: None
Amazon ASIN (UK, French, German, USA releases only):
Source:*Own copy

[James-Masaki_Ryan]

As with the rest of British Hitch, most newspaper DVDs are boots but here's one for this title:

How is it certain that this one is not a boot as well? Is there copyright text on the disc authenticating it?

[Brent_Reid]

Yup: the disc, rear sleeve and opening logos all identify it as an ITV release. More info.

I own all the DVDs listed and some of the bootlegs. The difference in quality is like night and day. There aren't any copies of Secret Agent on eBay at the mo' but here's The Man Who Knew Too Much:
- Kosher
- Bootleg

[James-Masaki_Ryan]

Added it. Thank you.

[Brent_Reid]