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Number 17
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Title: Number 17 (1932)
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Cast
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Leon M. Lion | ... | |
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Nora - the Girl
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John Stuart | ... |
Barton - the Detective
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Donald Calthrop | ... |
Brant - Nora's Escort
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Henry Doyle
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Ann Casson | ... |
Rose Ackroyd
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Henry Caine | ... |
Mr. Ackroyd
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Garry Marsh | ... |
Sheldrake
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Detective Gilbert is searching for a necklace robbed by a gang of thieves. In the beginning, the gang is in a house in London, then they are running away from police. It will not be easy for the detective to recover the jewel. Written by Claudio Sandrini <pulp99@geocities.com>
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detective | necklace | pretending to be unconscious | train whistle | handcuffs |Parents Guide:
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Country:
UKLanguage:
EnglishRelease Date:
18 July 1932 (UK) See more »Also Known As:
Number 17 See more »Company Credits
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1.37 : 1
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Ben: Oh! Oh, Gawd! Oh, Gawd! Oh, Gawd! Oh!
Fordyce/Barton: How do you feel? Now, where's that candle? Here, have some of this.
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(uncredited)
Music by Harry Shalson
Lyrics by John Malvern
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Alfred Hitchcock did not want to make this film. He had wanted to direct a prestige production of John Van Druten's play "London Wall," but to punish Hitchcock for the financial failure of his previous film East of Shanghai, British International Pictures head John Maxwell took him off "London Wall" and put him on "Number Seventeen" instead. Hitchcock himself has referred to the film as "a terrible picture . . . very cheap melodrama". See more »Goofs
Hitchcock uses models quite well for the bus and train sequence, given the age of the film. However as the model train approaches the ferry it is seen to have about 8 carriages. When Doyle is being pursued across the carriages, it can be seen that there are many more than eight carriages - at least five behind the middle carriage (where Ben and Nora are) and at least five in front of this middle carriage. See more »Quotes
[first lines]Ben: Oh! Oh, Gawd! Oh, Gawd! Oh, Gawd! Oh!
Fordyce/Barton: How do you feel? Now, where's that candle? Here, have some of this.
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Soundtracks
"I Don't Need a Television"(uncredited)
Music by Harry Shalson
Lyrics by John Malvern
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This might just be a problem with only me, but I tend not to be able to clearly hear some of the speech of the actors in old movies like this. It could be that the film is old or the actors don't annunciate(not sure if I spelled that right) enough. Overall, the film is like what the other reviewer said: slow at first, but once you know generally what is happening, it draws you in immediately. Also, this is one film that I demand to be remade, for it looks quite dated in some parts, even a little cheesy. Another reason is that this movie should be given a wider audience. It deserves it. The remake might have to be a bit longer, though, since I'm not sure how a modern crowd would feel about paying money to see only a 63 minute movie. In summary, see this to be entertained but prepare to be forgiving for the, shall we say, "time gap."