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Alfred Hitchcock
Director -
Louis Levy
Original Music Composer -
Charles Bennett
Adaptation -
Alma Reville
Script Supervisor -
Bernard Knowles
Director of Photography -
Ivor Montagu
Associate Producer -
Pen Tennyson
Assistant Director -
Michael Balcon
Producer
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CinemaSerf 6/19/2022 9:29:36 AM
A simply wonderful, sophisticated, adaptation of John Buchan's book of wartime espionage and murder. Robert Donat ("Hannay") goes to the theatre to see a man with an incredible memory; but instead becomes embroiled in a tale of cloak-and-dagger antics that see him accused of murder and forced to flee to the highlands of Scotland. It is here that he encounters a sceptical Madeleine Carroll and together they try to get to the bottom of this clever mystery. The dark and eerie Scottish scenery adds to the suspense and there are two good cameos from Peggy Ashcroft and John Laurie too. I found the ending let this down a little - but it is still a gripping hour and half to watch under the expert hand of Alfred Hitchcock.
Alfred Hitchcock
Man Walking Past Bus (uncredited)Peggy Ashcroft
The Crofter's Wife MargaretRobert Donat
Richard HannayJohn Laurie
John the CrofterMiles Malleson
Palladium Manager (uncredited)Madeleine Carroll
PamelaFrank Cellier
Sheriff WatsonCharles Bennett
Second Passerby Near the Bus (uncredited)