{"product_id":"gaslight","title":"GASLIGHT - DVD","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003eGASLIGHT (DVD)\u003cbr\u003eA film by Thorold Dickinson\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eBased on Patrick Hamilton's celebrated stage play, Thorold Dickinson's (\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eThe Queen of Spades, The Next of Kin\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e) \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eGaslight\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e is a harrowing and claustrophobic study of murder, abuse and lust in Victorian London. By turns charming and cruel, Anton Walbrook (\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eThe Life and Death of Colonel Blimp\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e) excels as the sadistic husband who attempts to drive his wife (Diana Mynyard) mad to prevent her from disclosing his dark past. This release is one of the great British psychological thrillers is accompanied by a number of Dickinson's short documentary films.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eSpecial features\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cul class=\"a-unordered-list a-vertical\"\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-list-item\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eSpanish A B C\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e (Thorold Dickinson and Sidney Cole, 1938, 20 mins): short film on the Republican efforts to improve education standards during the Spanish Civil War\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-list-item\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eBehind the Spanish Line\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e (Sidney Cole and Thorold Dickinson, 1938, 20 mins): companion piece to \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eSpanish A B C\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003ewhich looks at life in the Republican zone\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-list-item\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eWestward Ho!\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e (Thorold Dickinson, 1940, 9 mins): short film to promote the evacuation of urban children to rural areas\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-list-item\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eMiss Grant Goes to the Door\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e (Brian Desmond Hurst, 1940, 7 mins): short film about a German invasion from a story by Dickinson\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-list-item\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eYesterday is Over Your Shoulder\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e (Thorold Dickinson, 1940, 9 mins): short film encouraging unskilled workers to join free, government-organised training schemes\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-list-item\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eOriginal promotional materials and documents from the BFI National Archive (downloadable PDF)\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eUK | 1940 | black and white | English language, with optional hard-of-hearing subtitles | 81 minutes | original aspect ratio 1.33:1 | DVD9 | PAL | Dolby Digital audio (320kbps) | Cert: PG (contains mild violence and psychological threat) | region 2\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"BFI","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46600838414510,"sku":"BFIV2091","price":23.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0583\/4614\/3918\/files\/gaslight-dvd-lime-light.jpg?v=1754409440","url":"https:\/\/limelightcollection.co.uk\/en-us\/products\/gaslight","provider":"Limelight Collection","version":"1.0","type":"link"}