Ivor Novello is suspected of being Jack the Ripper in this classic silent film. Director Alfred Hitchcock's fifth film and the one he described as being the first true Hitchcock film. It contains many elements that would become his trademarks including a walk-on for himself Script adapt . Launder and Gilliat adaptation of Norman Collins' tale of a boarding house on the eve of the war. And a great job they did of it too.
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Ruinously expensive musical that stifled the film career of Sid Field and nearly finished off Kay Kendall 's into the bargain. Jack Hawkins is the copper looking into a series of safe robberies. John Mills has the long memory - out of prison after twelve years for a murder he didn't commit, he's determined to get revenge on the perjurers who put him there. Director Robert Hamer always had a taste for the downbeat and this is one of his grimmest works. He gets a lot of atmosphere out of the locations but John Mills is no one's idea of an avenging angel no matter how hard he tries.