Young and Innocent

Young and Innocent

10/2/1938 1h 23m 6.6/10

Overview

When a young writer is falsely accused of murdering a famous actress, he escapes custody and joins forces with the daughter of a police constable to prove his innocence.

Director

Alfred Hitchcock

Top Billed Cast

Percy Marmont

Percy Marmont

Col. Burgoyne

Mary Clare

Mary Clare

Erica's Aunt Margaret

Edward Rigby

Edward Rigby

Old Will

John Longden

John Longden

Det. Insp. Kent

Nova Pilbeam

Nova Pilbeam

Erica Burgoyne

Derrick De Marney

Derrick De Marney

Robert Tisdall

Reviews

CinemaSerf

CinemaSerf

6/20/2022

6/10

Now here's a question - whatever did happen to Nova Pilbeam? She is really good in this gentle little romantic thriller from Alfred Hitchcock. A film star is murdered by her estranged husband after he gets fed up with all her affairs. Her body is found on the beach by one of her beaux "Robert Tisdall" (Derrick de Marney). He goes to fetch the police but is seen running from the crime and soon it is he that the police are searching for. It's at this point that it all gets a little too slapstick; he is caught; then lots of mix-ups and police incompetence before he eventually embarks on a mission to prove his innocence with the help of the aforementioned 18-year-old Pilbeam. It's not one of Hitchcock's better films but is suspenseful and tense enough at times - if somewhat let down by the ending - enough to pass 80 minutes, at any rate.

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