Product: Young & Innocent [VHS] (1938)
Rating: 5.0
A fine but not well known Hitchcock effort
This has many of the elements that you can see in Hitchcock's better-known films, including the exceptional use of the camera and black-and-white composition, the interesting eccentric details--and of course, the plot involving an innocent man who is wrongly accused of a crime. The cast does not consist of well known names, but nonetheless they do good jobs with their performances. The resolution of the story could have been stronger, but this is overall a very engaging and entertaining film, well worth the modest price. The transfer is clear and from better prints than you usually see, and the sound about as good as one can expect from this vintage (1937). If you avoid the painful brief introduction and conclusion by Tony Curtis--who seems to be in very bad health--you will find much to enjoy here.