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Alfred Hitchcock
Adaptation -
Alma Reville
Scenario Writer -
Val Valentine
Scenario Writer -
C. Wilfred Arnold
Art Direction -
John Reynders
Music Director -
Dale Collins
Novel -
Jack E. Cox
Director of Photography -
Bryan Langley
Assistant Camera
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CinemaSerf 6/13/2022 4:02:54 PM
A good advertisement for a holiday cruise this definitely isn't: a combination of sea-sickness; decks packed to the gunwales and some overtly snobbish fellow passengers make me realise why I quite like planes! Henry Kendall and Joan Barry come into a windfall inheritance and decide to celebrate by going on such an holiday - and soon discover that it isn't all it is cracked up to be. Using some of Hitchcock's expertly hones silent film skills, we tell the story as our nouveau-riche couple slowly realise that wealth isn't everything as their behaviour and attitudes start to adapt to their new surroundings. Don't look for any traditional suspense or thrills in this; it is a much more pedestrian assessment of shallowness and flummery with some quite poignant observations of a rather pointless existence.
Bill Shine
Man Eating on London Underground (uncredited)Betty Amann
The PrincessJoan Barry
Emily HillAubrey Dexter
Colonel (uncredited)Henry Kendall
Fred HillElsie Randolph
The Old MaidPercy Marmont
Commander GordonHannah Jones
Mrs. Porter (uncredited)