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Blackmail (1929)

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Overview

Alice White is the daughter of a shopkeeper in 1920's London. Her boyfriend, Frank Webber is a Scotland Yard detective who seems more interested in police work than in her. Frank takes Alice out one night, but she has secretly arranged to meet another man. Later that night Alice agrees to go back to his flat to see his studio. The man has other ideas; and as he tries to rape Alice, she defends herself and kills him with a bread knife. When the body is discovered, Frank is assigned to the case. He quickly determines that Alice is the killer, but so has someone else who threatens blackmail.

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Principal Cast

Anny Ondra
as Alice White
Sara Allgood
as Mrs. White
Charles Paton
as Mr. White
John Longden
as Detective Frank Webber
Donald Calthrop
as Tracy
Cyril Ritchard
as Mr. Crewe, The Artist
Hannah Jones
as The Landlady
Harvey Braban
as The Chief Inspector (sound version)
Ex-Det. Sergt. Bishop
as The Detective Sergeant (as Ex-Det. Sergt. Bishop - Late C.I.D. Scotland Yard)
Alfred Hitchcock
as Man on Subway (uncredited)