Play Dates

April 20        Champaign, IL        EBERTFEST

June 28 – 29        Cleveland, OH        CLEVELAND CINEMATHEQUE

 

Blackmail Play Dates

About

United Kingdom, 1929
Director: Alfred Hitchcock
Cast: Anny Ondra, John Longden, Sara Allgood
Screenwriter: Alfred Hitchcock, Benn W. Levy
Based on the play by Charles Bennett
Cinematography: Jack E. Cox
Music: Jimmy Campbell, Reginald Connelly
Genre: Drama, Crime
Black & White
Aspect Ratio: 1.20:1
Language: Silent, English intertitles
Running Time: 85 minutes

Synopsis:
After killing a man in self-defense, Alice (Anny Ondra) is blackmailed by a witness to the killing, complicated by her relationship with the investigator, Frank (John Longden).

Restoration:
Restoration by the BFI National Archive in association with Studiocanal. Principal restoration funding provided by The Hollywood Foreign Press Association and The Film Foundation. Additional funding provided by Deluxe 142, Pia Getty, and Col. & Karen Needham.

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