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Alfred Hitchcock
Adaptation -
Alma Reville
Scenario Writer -
Frank Mills
Assistant Director -
John Reynders
Music Director -
Val Valentine
Scenario Writer -
John Maxwell
Producer -
Bryan Langley
Assistant Camera -
Adolph Hallis
Original Music Composer
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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.
Elsie Randolph
The Old MaidBetty Amann
The PrincessBill Shine
Man Eating on London Underground (uncredited)Aubrey Dexter
Colonel (uncredited)Hannah Jones
Mrs. Porter (uncredited)Henry Kendall
Fred HillPercy Marmont
Commander GordonJoan Barry
Emily Hill