Basil Radford, Derrick De Marney, Derrick DeMarney

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Unrated, 1 hr. 22 min.

Directed by: Alfred Hitchcock

Release Date: February 17, 1938

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DVD Release Date: July 30, 2002

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  • July 15, 2008
    charming early hitchcock similar to saboteur minus the propaganda. daughter of chief constable helps fugitive find real killer. featuring hitch's trademark blend of action, humor and suspense
  • August 10, 2007
    A truly charming film from the Master of Suspense. Being a rather huge Hitch fan, I recently sought out some lesser known films from his early period. Of those I viewed ("Number 17," & "Murder!" among others) this one was my favorite--among the best of his Pre-Hollywood films. Th...( read more)ere is the usual mixture of humor and suspense, some nice camera work (including a wonderful precursor to the "key-in-hand" shot of "Notorious"), and most importantly, Nova Pilbeam. I'm not sure how this actress managed to play her scenes SO appealingly, and yet managed to have fallen SO completely off the acting radar. How many people today have her name rattling about their cerebral attic? Virtually none, I'd hazard, and yet she is terrific here--worth the effort of finding the video for her performance alone.

    This film certainly is not in the same league as Hitch's best, but still is vastly superior to the average suspense film coming out of Hollywood today--or any other day, for that matter.
  • October 15, 2008
    'Young and Innocent' Oldie but Enjoyable

    Early Hitchcock ticks another off that list. Not bad but he's made many better, The 39 Steps in fact is rather similar.
  • October 12, 2009
    Enjoyable if less suspenseful than I had hoped for. Contains several interesting comical characters and some trademark action. Also has a rather extended cameo by Hitch(with camera in hand) early on.
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  • June 8, 2009
    "A romantic murder-mystery drama"


    Eight years after the famous movie actress, Christine Clay, thought she was rid of him, her husband shows up from nowhere. He's furious that she left him, outraged over her "silly Reno divorce" and indignant that she is now spending h...( read more)er time with "boys."

    That's his view of things, but she'll never get the chance to give her own side. The quarrel is barely over before her body washes up on the beach near her home. She didn't drown. She was strangled with the belt of a raincoat. The person who finds her is the "boy" she's supposedly seeing, Robert Tisdall, a young screenwriter, down on his luck. He runs to get help, and two young women see him. It looks as if he is escaping the scene of a crime.

    Soon, Tisdall is arrested for murder. But before the trial begins, he escapes, determined to find the real killer. Along the way he finds an unexpected ally in Erica Burgoyne, the police constable's daughter
  • April 3, 2009
    Hitchcock has done way better than this.
  • February 11, 2009
    a pretty cool murder mystery.
  • June 6, 2008
    It's the kind of story you find in Hitchcock movies. He's charming and she's the ideal Hitchcock heroine, blond, slender, and spirited. It's funny and the impact of the character connections it's essential.
  • January 12, 2008
    A decent early British film from Hitchcock. Not his first, but still an early one. The roots of his brilliance (that would fully bloom later on) and future trademarks (such as themes/motifs) can be seen here and there throughout as well. Overall, a decent film, neither spectacul...( read more)arly good nor spectacularly bad.

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