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Blackmail
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Blackmail is a 1929 British film directed by Alfred Hitchcock, produced by John Maxwell for Associated British Picture Corporation, also credited as British International Pictures. Hitchcock co-wrote the screenplay with Michael Powell, who also worked as one of the film's cinematographers alongside Jack E. Cox and Ronald Neame. The cast includes Anny Ondra, John Longden, Cyril Ritchard, and Sara Allgood.
Shot in black-and-white and set in London, Blackmail is classified as a crime film, thriller, drama, and silent film, with a running time of about 86 minutes. It was released in the United Kingdom in 1929.
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6.5London, 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.
Cast
- Anny Ondra as Alice White
- Sara Allgood as Mrs. White
- Charles Paton as Mr. White
- John Longden as Detective Frank Webber
- Donald Calthrop as Tracy
- Cyril Ritchard as The Artist
Themes
- london, england
- blackmail
- scotland yard
- based on play or musical
- black and white
- boyfriend girlfriend relationship
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Ratings
IMDb
6.9/10
12,379 votes
Rotten Tomatoes
88%
- Year
- 1929
- Runtime
- 85 min
- Genres
- Crime, Drama, Mystery
- Rated
- Not Rated
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Key facts
- Directed by
- Alfred Hitchcock
- Screenplay by
- Alfred Hitchcock Benn W. Levy
- Based on
- Blackmail (play), by Charles Bennett
- Produced by
- John Maxwell
- Starring
- Anny Ondra John Longden Cyril Ritchard
- Cinematography
- Jack E. Cox
- Edited by
- Emile de Ruelle
- Music by
- Jimmy Campbell and Reg Connelly , Hubert Bath and Harry Stafford (arrangements), Billy Mayerl (song: "Miss Up-to-Date")
- Production company
- British International Pictures (BIP)
- Distributed by
- Wardour Films
- Release date
- 28 July 1929 ( 1929-07-28 ) (UK)
- Running time
- 85 minutes (7136 ft sound) , 76 minutes (6740 ft silent, 2012 restoration)
- Country
- United Kingdom
- Language
- English
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- film
- Country of origin
- United Kingdom
- Director
- Alfred Hitchcock
- Screenwriter
- Alfred Hitchcock
- Cast member
- Charles Paton
- Producer
- John Maxwell
- Production company
- Associated British Picture Corporation
- Cinematographer
- Michael Powell
- Narrative location
- London
- Duration
- 81
- FilmAffinity ID
- 313176
- Distribution format
- video on demand
- Image
- Anny Ondra Blackmail 1929 Still.jpg
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- publication date
- 1929-10-06
- title
- Blackmail
- color
- black-and-white
- Commons category
- Blackmail (film)
- assessment
- Bechdel test
- different from
- Blackmail
- review score
- 88%
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Encyclopedic overview
Blackmail is a 1929 British crime thriller film directed by Alfred Hitchcock and starring Anny Ondra, John Longden, and Cyril Ritchard. Based on the 1928 play of the same name by Charles Bennett, the film is about a London woman who is blackmailed after killing a man who tries to rape her.
After starting production as a silent film, British International Pictures decided to adapt Blackmail into a separate sound film. It became the first successful European talkie; a silent version was released for cinemas not equipped for sound (at 6,740 feet), with the sound version (7,136 feet) released at the same time. Both versions are held in the British Film Institute collection.
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