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Crime, Drama, Thriller

USA / English

Nova Pilbeam	Erica Burgoyne
Derrick De Marney	Robert Tisdall
Percy Marmont	Col. Burgoyne
Edward Rigby	Old Will
Mary Clare	Erica's Aunt
John Longden	Det. Insp. Kent
George Curzon	Guy
Basil Radford	Erica's Uncle
Pamela Carme	Christine
George Merritt	Det. Sgt. Miller

Director	Alfred Hitchcock
Producer	Edward Black
Writer	Josephine Tey; Charles Bennett

Man on the run from a murder charge enlists a beautiful stranger who must put herself at risk for his cause. The case of mistaken identity sets off a chase through the Cornish countryside to find a murderer.

Edition Details
Region	Region 1
Nr of Disks/Tapes	1

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Links	IMDB

Based on Josephine Tey's novel A Shilling for Candles, this may be a minor entry in the Hitchcock canon. But, as it boasts one of the most stunning sequences he ever executed the audacious travelling shot to the murderer's twitching eye this film still proves him to be the master of technique, as well as suspense. One of Hitch's many “wrong man” thrillers, it takes viewers on a breathless pursuit, pausing only for a nerve-jangling children's party and a mine-shaft cliffhanger, that will leave you as frayed and exhausted as the imperilled Derrick de Marney and Nova Pilbeam. Sit back and nail-bite.