Leigh, JanetOverview
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Janet Leigh
Alfred Hitchcock's Psycho
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9 editions published between 1960 and 2010 in English and Multiple languages and held by 1,684 libraries worldwide Horror melodrama in which a woman disappears after spending the night in an isolated motel which adjoins an eerie Victorian mansion, inhabited by a disturbed young man and his mother.
The Manchurian candidate
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3 editions published between 1996 and 2004 in English and held by 1,547 libraries worldwide A U.S. Army platoon, captured in the Korean conflict, is whisked to Manchuria for three nightmarish days of experimental drug-and-hypnosis-induced conditioning to carry out the orders of the enemy upon release. When a decorated Korean War veteran who has been brainwashed starts to commit political assassinations, his old military commander begins to suspect and must stop him.
Touch of evil
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3 editions published between 1987 and 2008 in English and held by 1,491 libraries worldwide On honeymoon with his new bride, Susan, Mexican-born police officer Mike Vargas agrees to investigate a car bombing. In so doing, he incurs the wrath of local police chief Hank Quinlan, a corrupt, bullying behemoth with a perfect arrest record. Vargas suspects that Quinlan has planted evidence to win his past convictions, and he is not about to let the suspect in the current case be railroaded. Determined to get Vargas out of his hair, Quinlan makes a deal with local crime boss Uncle Joe Grandi to frame Susan on a drug rap. Dissecting the nature of good and evil in a hallucinatory, nightmarish ambiance, this baroque south-of-the-border mystery opens with one of the most remarkably extended long takes in movie history.
Psycho
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73 editions published between 1960 and 2010 in 6 languages and held by 1,323 libraries worldwide Horror melodrama in which a woman disappears after spending the night in an isolated motel which adjoins an eerie Victorian mansion, inhabited by a disturbed young man and his mother.
The Manchurian candidate
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36 editions published between 1962 and 2011 in 3 languages and held by 1,315 libraries worldwide A U.S. Army platoon, captured in the Korean conflict, is whisked to Manchuria for three nightmarish days of experimental drug-and-hypnosis- induced conditioning that transforms the men into human time bombs. Returned to the United States as war heroes, one of them is used by his mother to promote her Joseph McCarthy-like husband's political career.
Touch of evil
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47 editions published between 1957 and 2008 in 5 languages and held by 889 libraries worldwide An elaborate mystery involving a corrupt police official in a squalid town on the Mexican border and a murder that ensnares a narcotics agent and his wife.
Bye bye Birdie
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3 editions published between 1996 and 1999 in English and held by 805 libraries worldwide When rock star Conrad Birdie gets drafted, his manager organizes a nationwide contest in which one lucky girl wins a farewell kiss on The Ed Sullivan show.
There really was a Hollywood
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13 editions published between 1984 and 1985 in English and Undetermined and held by 802 libraries worldwide
Alfred Hitchcock's Psycho
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6 editions published between 2000 and 2008 in English and held by 757 libraries worldwide Disgruntled Phoenix officeworker Marion Crane is fed up with the way life has treated her. She only gets to meet her lover Sam during lunch breaks and they cannot get married because of Sam's alimony high payments. One Friday, Marion is trusted to bank $40,000 by her employer. Seeing the opportunity to take the money and run, Marion leaves town and heads towards Sam's California store. Tired after the long drive and caught in a storm, she gets off the main highway and pulls into The Bates Motel. The motel is managed by a quiet young man called Norman who seems to be dominated by his mother.
House of destiny
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12 editions published between 1966 and 1997 in 4 languages and held by 722 libraries worldwide A bellboy rises to become a famous Hollywood producer. While working in a resort, the bellboy, Jude Abavas, meets an actor who hires him as a personal assistant. The job is Jude's first step to fame, but brings drama when the actor steals his woman.
Psycho : behind the scenes of the classic thriller
by Janet Leigh
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9 editions published in 1995 in English and held by 711 libraries worldwide
The Vikings
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13 editions published between 1958 and 2006 in 3 languages and held by 633 libraries worldwide It is the Middle Ages, and nothing is more feared in England than Viking warriors. In one of many raids, Viking leader Ragnar kills the English king and forces himself on the Queen. With the King dead, his brother takes the thrown but unknown to anyone but a trusted servant, the Queen is now with child. In order to protect the boy, he is sent away to be raised in safety away from the new King. Twenty years later, the Vikings under are still raiding England and they now have an Englishman, Egbert, making maps of the English coast for them. Ragnar has a son, Einar, a lusty warrior who takes what he wants when he wants it. They also have a slave, Eric, taken prisoner as an infant. Egbert realizes from a necklace Eric wears that he is the son of the Queen and is Einar's half-brother. When they kidnap Morgana, a Welsh beauty and the English King's betrothed, the stage is set for an inevitable clash between the half-brothers and with the reigning English King.
Little women
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5 editions published between 1949 and 2003 in English and held by 598 libraries worldwide Louisa May Alcott's Civil War story of four sisters who share their loves, their joys, and their sorrows.
Harper
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8 editions published between 1966 and 2006 in English and held by 561 libraries worldwide Hard-boiled private investigator Lew Harper is hired to locate a missing millionaire.
The dream factory
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6 editions published between 2001 and 2003 in English and held by 530 libraries worldwide When Eve Handel, one of the few women in Hollywood with the power to make or break a star, is hospitalized due to a life-threatening illness, those closest to her become concerned for their reputations, because Eve's journal full of dark secrets is missing.
Bye bye Birdie
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22 editions published between 1963 and 1999 in English and No Linguistic content and held by 525 libraries worldwide When rock star Conrad Birdie gets drafted, his manager organizes a nationwide contest in which one lucky girl wins a farewell kiss on The Ed Sullivan show.
Little women
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4 editions published between 1949 and 2011 in English and held by 477 libraries worldwide Meg, Jo, Beth, and Amy March live with their mother in New England while their father is off to the Civil War.
The naked spur
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1 edition published in 2006 in English and held by 462 libraries worldwide Smooth-talking outlaw Ben Vandergroat reasons to his captors, three bounty hunters thrown together by chance. They're taking him to justice in Abilene, but Ben has other ideas.
Scaramouche
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13 editions published between 1952 and 2008 in English and French and held by 354 libraries worldwide Disguised as a stage clown, Andre Moreau perfects his skill as a swordsman in order to strike a blow for the French Revolution.
My sister Eileen
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8 editions published between 1955 and 2006 in English and No Linguistic content and held by 346 libraries worldwide Two Ohio girls move to New York City to seek their fortunes: Eileen as an actress, her sister as a writer. Their apartment is a magnet for an assortment of zany characters, winding up with unwanted South American sailors who form a conga line. more
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Assassins Bates, Norman (Fictitious character) Biography Brainwashing California--Los Angeles--Hollywood China--Manchuria Cold War (1945-1989) Comedy films Contests Detective and mystery films Detective and mystery films Draft Drama Drug enforcement agents Feature films Feature films Fiction Fiction films Film adaptations Film and video adaptations Film noir Films for the hearing impaired Horror films Horror films Hotelkeepers Judicial error Korean War (1950-1953) Leigh, Janet Man-woman relationships March family (Fictitious characters) Mothers and sons Motion picture actors and actresses Motion pictures Murderers Musical films Musical films New England North America--Mexican-American Border Region Police corruption Political science Presidents--Assassination attempts Rock musicians Sisters Strouse, Charles Thrillers (Motion pictures) United States Veterans Video recordings for the hearing impaired Video recordings--for the hearing impaired Young women
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Alternative Names
Brandt, Janet Leigh
Brandt, Janet Leigh, 1927-2004
Mädchenname Morrison, Jeanette Helen 1927-2004
Morrison, Janet Helen
Morrison, Jeanette, 1927-2004
Morrison, Jeanette Helen
Morrison, Jeanette Helen, 1927-2004
Brandt, Janet Leigh 1927-2004
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English
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German (54) French (32) Multiple languages (29) Spanish (26) Undetermined (17) No Linguistic content (9) Polish (3) Turkish (2) Japanese (2) Portuguese (2) Greek, Modern (1) Dutch (1) Covers
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