Young and Innocent (1937)

A romantic murder-mystery drama!

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.

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CinemaSerfon TMDB · Jun 20226/10
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.
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Cast

Nova PilbeamErica Burgoyne
Derrick De MarneyRobert Tisdall
Percy MarmontCol. Burgoyne
Edward RigbyOld Will
Mary ClareErica's Aunt Margaret
John LongdenDet. Insp. Kent
George CurzonGuy
Basil RadfordErica's Uncle Basil
Pamela CarmeChristine Clay
George MerrittDet. Sgt. Miller

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Alfred HitchcockDirector
Anthony ArmstrongScreenplay
Edwin GreenwoodScreenplay
Charles BennettScreenplay
Josephine TeyNovel
Bernard KnowlesDirector of Photography
Louis LevyOriginal Music Composer
Jack BeaverOriginal Music Composer
Charles FrendEditor
Edward BlackProducer

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