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Hitchcock: Blackmail

on BBC Two England

The season of suspense continues. starring
Anny Ondra
John Longden and Sara Aileood
Forced to kill in self-defence, Alice White becomes the victim of an unscrupulous blackmailer. Her troubles are compounded when the Scotland Yard detective assigned to the murder case, is Frank Webber , her fiance.
Begun as a silent, Blackmail ended up as Britain's first talkie with some striking experiments in sound, particularly in the famous knife sequence. Though Czechoslovakian Anny Ondra plays the lead, her lines were delivered, on set and out of camera range, by British actress Joan Barry.
Screenplay by BENN W. LEVY. CIURLES BENNETT
Based on the play by CIIARLES BENNETT Produced by JOHN MAXWELL
Directed by ALFRED HlTCHCOCK

Contributors

Unknown:
Anny Ondra
Unknown:
John Longden
Unknown:
Sara Aileood
Unknown:
Alice White
Unknown:
Frank Webber
Unknown:
Anny Ondra
Unknown:
Joan Barry.
Play By:
Ciiarles Bennett
Produced By:
John Maxwell
Directed By:
Alfred Hltchcock
Alice White:
Anny Ondra
Mrs White:
Sara Allgood
Det Frank Webber:
John Longden
Mr White:
Charles Paton
Tracy:
Donald Calthrop
Artist:
Cyril Ritchard
Chief Inspector:
Harvey Braban
Landlady:
Hannah Jones
Detective Sergeant:
Ex-Det Sgt Bishop

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