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20 June 1931 (USA) morePlot:
An old traditional family and a modern family battle over land in a small English village and almost destroy each other. full summary | add synopsisUser Comments:
Not only for completists... moreCast
(Complete credited cast) | C.V. France | ... | Mr. Hillcrist - The Hillcrists |
| Helen Haye | ... | Mrs. Hillcrist - The Hillcrists |
| Jill Esmond | ... | Jill - The Hillcrists |
| Edmund Gwenn | ... | Mr. Hornblower - The Hornblowers |
| John Longden | ... | Charles - The Hornblowers |
| Phyllis Konstam | ... | Chloe - The Hornblowers |
| Frank Lawton | ... | Rolf - The Hornblowers |
| Herbert Ross | ... | The Jackmans |
| Dora Gregory | ... | The Jackmans |
| Edward Chapman | ... | Dawker |
| R.E. Jeffrey | ... | First Stranger |
| George Bancroft | ... | Second Stranger |
| Ronald Frankau | ... | Auctioneer |
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Mono (RCA Sound Recording)Certification:
USA:TV-G (TV rating) | Australia:G | UK:A (original rating) | UK:PG (video rating) (2005)Filming Locations:
Elstree Studios, Borehamwood, Hertfordshire, England, UKFun Stuff
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....this is good early Hitch! good screenplay,good directing and good acting!Phyllis Konstam is the stand-out .Her portrayal of Chloé can still grab today's audience .
Good scenes:
-the auction sale,twenty-eight years before "North by Norwest" ,is one of the most suspenseful moments of the Master's English era.And there's a brilliant unexpected twist when we think it's over!
-when Chloe takes refuge in her father-in-law's enemy's house,the things seem to have a life of their own:the door,the window,the curtains..
And in 1931,Hitchcock avoids over-simplification:who is good,in the end?who is evil?The local squire and his lady or the arrogant nouveau riche?Who did you have to save?the old couple or the ill-fated Chloé?
In the Truffaut/Hitchcock book,the master says "I did not choose that subject and there is nothing to say about it."