Blackmail
1929 · Movie · NR · 86 min · ★ 6.5 · 82% critics
Set in London in 1929, a Scotland Yard detective neglects his girlfriend, pushing her toward an artist’s invitation. After she ends up in a dangerous situation, she becomes entangled in a pressure-filled aftermath that draws police attention and intensifies the trouble around her.
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Details
- Years
- 1929
- Release date
- 1929-07-28
- Language
- English
- Rated
- NR
- Runtime
- 86 min
- Max quality
- HD
- Critic score
- 82/100
- TMDB rating
- 6.5/10 (278 votes)
About
You’ll likely enjoy Blackmail if you like early Hitchcock suspense and courtroom-adjacent crime drama; Not for you if you want a consistently paced story or modern clarity, especially compared with The Lodger or Dial M for Murder.
Pros: early Hitchcock suspense; tense blackmail plot; striking light-and-shadow mood | Cons: slow stretches; uneven storytelling; some unpolished elements
Themes
- london, england
- blackmail
- scotland yard
- based on play or musical
- black and white
- boyfriend girlfriend relationship
Cast & crew
Anny Ondra
as Alice White
Sara Allgood
as Mrs. White
Charles Paton
as Mr. White
John Longden
as Detective Frank Webber
Donald Calthrop
as Tracy
Cyril Ritchard
as The Artist
Hannah Jones
as The Landlady
Harvey Braban
as The Chief Inspector
- EB
Ex-Det. Sergt. Bishop
as The Detective Sergeant
Alfred Hitchcock
as Man on Subway (uncredited)
Directed by Alfred Hitchcock