Blackmail

Blackmail

Director: Alfred Hitchcock Cast: Anny Ondra
Anny Ondra
, John Longden
John Longden
, Donald Calthrop
Donald Calthrop
, Sara Allgood
Sara Allgood
Alfred Hitchcock
Blackmail

Blackmail

Director: Alfred Hitchcock Cast: Anny Ondra
Anny Ondra
, John Longden
John Longden
, Donald Calthrop
Donald Calthrop
, Sara Allgood
Sara Allgood
Alfred Hitchcock

DVD (Special Edition / Subtitled)

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Overview

Alfred Hitchcock's first sound film utilized the new sound technology in a rather creative way off-camera. Hitchcock's lead actress, Anny Ondra, had a strong Eastern European accent that was difficult for English audiences to understand, so Hitchcock's solution was to have British actress Joan Barry speak Ondra's lines of dialogue off-camera. The film concerns a woman who kills a man who tries to assault her. Ondra plays Alice White who, while having dinner in a fancy English nightspot with her husband-to-be Scotland Yard Detective Frank Webber (John Longden), begins to flirt with an artist (Cyril Richard) seated at the next table. The artist invites her up to see his studio, and she goes but balks when the artist asks her to pose in the nude. When the request becomes a demand, Alice stabs him to death. She rejoins her fiance and tries to forget the murder, but her conscience keeps bothering her. To make matters worse, sniveling rat Tracy (Donald Calthrop) materializes to blackmail Alice for the crime.

Product Details

Release Date: 08/13/2019
UPC: 0738329239015
Original Release: 1929
Rating: NR
Source: Kl Studio Classics
Region Code: 1
Presentation: [B&W]
Sound: [silent, Dolby Digital Stereo]
Language: English
Time: 1:25:00
Sales rank: 48,570

Special Features

Audio commentary by film historian Tim Lucas; Hitchcock/Truffaut: Icon interviews Icon (Audio); The silent version of 'Blackmail' - score by Mont Alto Motion Picture Orchestra; Introduction by Noël Simsolo; Anny Ondra's screen test

Cast & Crew

Performance Credits
Anny Ondra Alice White
John Longden Frank Webber
Donald Calthrop Tracy
Sara Allgood Mrs. White
Cyril Ritchard The Artist
Charles Paton Mr. White
Harvey Braban Inspector
Phyllis Monkman Gossip
Hannah Jones Landlady
Percy Parsons Crook
Johnny Butt Sergeant
Phyllis Konstam une voisine
Sam Livesey un inspecteur
Alfred Hitchcock Actor
John Stuart Actor
Joan Barry Alice White
Kristy Connelly Composer
John Bath Composer
John Reynders Composer
Henry Stafford Composer
Campbell Connelly Composer

Technical Credits
Alfred Hitchcock Director,Screenwriter
Charles Bennett Screenwriter
John Maxwell Producer
Dallas Bower Sound Effects,Sound/Sound Designer
Benn Levy Screenwriter
Michael Powell Screenwriter
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