Blackmail

"A romance of Scotland Yard"

Oct 6 1929 Not Rated 1h 25m
Crime, Film-Noir, Thriller

London, 1929. Frank Webber, a very busy Scotland Yard detective, seems to be more interested in his work than in Alice White, his girlfriend. Feeling herself ignored, Alice agrees to go out with an elegant and well-mannered artist who invites her to visit his fancy apartment.

Plot

Alice White is the daughter of a shopkeeper in 1920s London. Her boyfriend, Frank Webber is a Scotland Yard detective who seems more interested in police work than in her. Frank takes Alice out one night, but she has secretly arranged to meet another man. Later that night, Alice agrees to go back to his flat to see his studio. The man has other ideas, and as he tries to rape Alice, she defends herself and kills him with a bread knife. When the body is discovered, Frank is assigned to the case, he quickly determines that Alice is the killer, but so has someone else, and blackmail is threatened.

Written by

Charles Bennett, Alfred Hitchcock, Benn W. Levy

Directed by

Alfred Hitchcock

Production Countries

United Kingdom

Production Companies

British International Pictures

Languages

English

Awards

N/A

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Average Rating
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