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6.6When a young writer is falsely accused of murdering a famous actress, he escapes custody and joins forces with the daughter of a police constable to prove his innocence.
Cast
- Nova Pilbeam as Erica Burgoyne
- Derrick De Marney as Robert Tisdall
- Percy Marmont as Col. Burgoyne
- Edward Rigby as Old Will
- Mary Clare as Erica's Aunt Margaret
- John Longden as Det. Insp. Kent
Themes
- countryside
- based on novel or book
- country house
- aunt niece relationship
- birthday party
- belt
- murder
- black and white
- raincoat
- 1930s
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Ratings
IMDb
6.8/10
11,597 votes
Rotten Tomatoes
100%
Metacritic
77/100
- Year
- 1937
- Runtime
- 83 min
- Genres
- Crime, Drama, Mystery
- Rated
- Not Rated
- Awards
- 1 win total
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Key facts
- Directed by
- Alfred Hitchcock
- Written by
- Gerald Savory (dialogue) Alma Reville (continuity)
- Screenplay by
- Charles Bennett Edwin Greenwood Anthony Armstrong
- Based on
- A Shilling for Candles , 1936 novel, by Josephine Tey
- Produced by
- Edward Black (uncredited)
- Starring
- Nova Pilbeam Derrick De Marney
- Cinematography
- Bernard Knowles
- Edited by
- Charles Frend
- Music by
- Jack Beaver (uncredited) Louis Levy (uncredited)
- Production company
- Gaumont-British
- Distributed by
- General Film Distributors
- Release dates
- November 1937 ( 1937-11 ) (London) 17 February 1938 ( 1938-02-17 ) (US)
- Running time
- 83 minutes
- Country
- United Kingdom
- Language
- English
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- film
- Genre
- thriller film
- Country of origin
- United Kingdom
- Original language
- English language
- Director
- Alfred Hitchcock
- Screenwriter
- Josephine Tey
- Production company
- Gaumont-British Picture Corporation
- Cinematographer
- Bernard Knowles
- Filming location
- Pinewood Studios
- Duration
- 80
- FilmAffinity ID
- 728180
- Distribution format
- video on demand
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- publication date
- 1937-11-00
- film editor
- Charles Frend
- title
- The Girl Was Young
- production designer
- Alfred Junge
- color
- black-and-white
- distributed by
- Netflix
- assessment
- Bechdel test
- review score
- 100%
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Encyclopedic overview
Young and Innocent, released in the US as The Girl Was Young, is a 1937 British crime thriller film directed by Alfred Hitchcock and starring Nova Pilbeam and Derrick De Marney. Based on the 1936 novel A Shilling for Candles by Josephine Tey, the film is about a young man on the run from a murder charge who enlists the help of a woman who must put herself at risk for his cause. An elaborately staged crane shot Hitchcock devised, which appears towards the end of the film, identifies the real murderer.
Plot
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