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Blackmail is a 1929 British thriller 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.
- 28 July 1929 (UK)
- British International Pictures (BIP)
Blackmail: Directed by Alfred Hitchcock. With Anny Ondra, Sara Allgood, Charles Paton, John Longden. After killing a man in self-defense, a young woman is blackmailed by a witness to the killing.
May 4, 2024 · Blackmail (1929) Not Rated. Crime. Drama. Thriller. After defending herself during a violent encounter, a London woman faces the threat of exposure from a blackmailer. Her detective boyfriend...
- Bob May
- Anny Ondra
- Alfred Hitchcock
Summaries. After killing a man in self-defense, a young woman is blackmailed by a witness to the killing. Alice White, the daughter of a tobacconist, has been dating Frank Webber, a young up and coming detective at Scotland Yard. After successfully ditching Frank one evening on a date, Alice instead meets up with a young male artist who she ...
Dec 16, 2002 · Webber, who is assigned to the case, soon discovers that Alice is the murderer. He plans to hide an incriminating piece of evidence--one of Alice's gloves--in order to protect her from prosecution. Tracy, a petty criminal, is in on the secret and wants to blackmail Frank.
Aug 17, 1992 · Blackmail was an event when it was released in November 1929, advertised as “The First British Talkie!” Critics loved the film, and Michael Powell, the famous British screenwriter-director-producer of Peeping Tom (1960), who had been the still photographer on Blackmail, wrote in his autobiography that it put Hitchcock “on top of the heap . . .
