Blackmail
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.
Plot
On 26 April 1929, Scotland Yard Detective Frank Webber escorts his girlfriend Alice White to a tea house. They have an argument and Frank storms out. While reconsidering his action, he sees Alice leave with Mr. Crewe, an artist she had earlier agreed to meet.
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| author | Alfred Hitchcock Michael Powell |
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| contentLocation | London |
| director | Alfred Hitchcock |
| editor | Emile de Ruelle |
| genre | crime thriller |
| keywords | british museum british museum reading room criminal record dead man draw fall laugh new scotland yard paint question read reading room scotland yard tea house telephone booth telephone call tobacco shop want |
| musicBy | Jimmy Campbell and Reg Connelly |
| producer | John Maxwell |
| productionCompany | Associated British Picture Corporation |
| publisher | Wardour Films |