Young and Innocent

2/10/19381h 23m

Theatrical (limited) Release (US)

~ A romantic murder-mystery drama! ~

Overview:

When a young writer is falsely accused of murdering a famous actress, he escapes custody and joins forces with the daughter of a police constable to prove his innocence.

Director:

Alfred Hitchcock

Status:

Released

Language:

English

Buget:

$0.00

Revenue:

$0.00

Key words:

countryside
based on novel or book
country house
aunt niece relationship
birthday party
belt
murder
black and white
raincoat
1930s
on the lam
manhunt
father daughter relationship
innocent man
eye blinking
nervous twitch
wrongly accused

Cast

Nova Pilbeam

~ as ~

Erica Burgoyne

Derrick De Marney

~ as ~

Robert Tisdall

Percy Marmont

~ as ~

Col. Burgoyne

Edward Rigby

~ as ~

Old Will

Mary Clare

~ as ~

Erica's Aunt Margaret

John Longden

~ as ~

Det. Insp. Kent

George Curzon

~ as ~

Guy

Basil Radford

~ as ~

Erica's Uncle Basil

Pamela Carme

~ as ~

Christine Clay

George Merritt

~ as ~

Det. Sgt. Miller

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Reviews (1)

CinemaSerf
Written 3 year(s) ago
6
Now here's a question - whatever did happen to Nova Pilbeam? She is really good in this gentle little romantic thriller from Alfred Hitchcock. A film star is murdered by her estranged husband after he gets fed up with all her affairs. Her body is found on the beach by one of her beaux "Robert Tisdall" (Derrick de Marney). He goes to fetch the police but is seen running from the crime and soon it is he that the police are searching for. It's at this point that it all gets a little too slapstick; he is caught; then lots of mix-ups and police incompetence before he eventually embarks on a mission to prove his innocence with the help of the aforementioned 18-year-old Pilbeam. It's not one of Hitchcock's better films but is suspenseful and tense enough at times - if somewhat let down by the ending - enough to pass 80 minutes, at any rate.