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Rich and Strange, released in the United States as East of Shanghai, is a 1931 British romance film directed by Alfred Hitchcock during his time in the British film industry. The film was adapted by Hitchcock, his wife Alma Reville, and Val Valentine from the 1930 novel by Dale Collins.
East of Shanghai: Directed by Alfred Hitchcock. With Henry Kendall, Joan Barry, Percy Marmont, Betty Amann. Believing that an unexpected inheritance will bring them happiness, a married couple instead finds their relationship strained to the breaking point.
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- Comedy, Drama, Romance
- Alfred Hitchcock
- 1932-06-13
Jul 26, 2018 · In 1931, Hitchcock made a pleasant comedy called Rich and Strange (titled East of Shanghai in the U.S.) about a mundane middle-class couple going on a fantastical adventure. Though more lighthearted than, say, Rebecca or Marnie, Rich and Strange has characters acting out of their normal bounds and figuring things out.
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Accountant Fred Hill (Henry Kendall) and his wife, Emily (Joan Barry), lead lives of tedious regimentation -- until a kindly uncle gives them a small fortune. Fred quits his job and they race...
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- Henry Kendall
- Alfred Hitchcock
- British International Pictures
“Rich and Strange,” Alfred Hitchcock’s second flub of a cruise ship comedy, is proof that the director’s only preferred method of sea transport… should be a Lifeboat. Hitchcock, ever a connoisseur of elaborate elopements and luxury voyages, made it one of his career themes to incorporate his own hobbyist travel into his movies.
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- British International Pictures
- Alfred Hitchcock
Jan 4, 2022 · 4 January 2022. When an ordinary middle-class English couple takes a trip around the world, they “suffer a sea-change into something rich and strange” in Alfred Hitchcock ‘s little-seen early...
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Rich and Strange, Alfred Hitchcock's third sound feature, is a sly and strange film indeed. Made in 1931, after such early classics as The Lodger (1927), Blackmail (1929) and Murder!
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