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Blackmail (1929)

Director: Alfred Hitchcock

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From Time Out Film Guide

Blackmail marked Hitchcock's first use of sound, and it remains famous for its innovations in that area. But it's now more stimulating for its experiment with narrative structure: an efficient, impersonal police investigation that elides into a messy, personal story of attempted rape, murder in self-defence, blackmail and chase to the death.

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Cast & crew

Director: Alfred Hitchcock

Producer: John Maxwell

Cast: Anny Ondra, John Longden, Sara Allgood, Donald Calthrop, Cyril Ritchard, Charles Paton full cast

Genre(s): Thrillers

Duration: 82 mins

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