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NUMBER 17

12:30   6:10

Thursday, March 5

Director Alfred Hitchcock
Cast John Stuart, Anne Grey, Leon M. Lion
Screenplay Alfred Hitchcock, Alma Reville, Rodney Ackland
Cinematography Jack Cox, Bryan Langley
1932 | UK | 35mm | Approx. 64 min. | In English

John Stuart is blown into a derelict building to find cockney Leon M. Lion crashed for the night; a corpse; a blonde looking for her father; a couple, one of whom is mute, wanting to view the property at midnight – plus a handcuffed couple hanging from a crumbling staircase and a bus and train race to the Channel ferry. Co-written by Alma Reville.

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