Title: Blackmail

Date: 1929
Type: Murder mystery
Rating: 3/5
Colour: Black and White
Director: Alfred Hitchcock
Producer:

Comment
The girl friend of a police detective is attracted by an artist who lures her back to his flat, tries to rape her and she kills him in self defence. The boyfriend who is a policeman soon realises she killed the man as did a witness who blackmails them. This was Alfred Hitchcocks first sound film. It was initially made as a silent film and sections of the film show that origin and are also effective. Some scenes are also early examples of what would become the classic Hitchcock style (mirrors, sound effects and attention to small details). This is not the best of Hitchcock's films but a good example of his early work. Because of her accent Anny Ondra's voice was dubbed by English actress Joan Barry. The first example of a foreign actor dubbed into English.
Actors
Anny Ondra
John Longden
Sara Allgood
Charles Paton
Cyril Ritchard
Hannah Jones
Oscars
None