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Charles Bennett (7) (1899–1995)

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Verk av Charles Bennett

The 39 Steps [1935 film] (1935) — Screenwriter — 304 exemplar
The Man Who Knew Too Much [1934 film] (1934) — Screenwriter — 167 exemplar
Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea [novelization] (1961) — Original Screenplay — 123 exemplar
Foreign Correspondent [1940 film] (1940) — Screenwriter — 108 exemplar
Sabotage [1936 film] (1936) — Screenwriter — 66 exemplar
Night of the Demon [1957 film] (1957) — Screenwriter — 53 exemplar
Blackmail [1929 film] (1929) — Screenwriter — 51 exemplar
Young and Innocent [1937 film] (1937) — Screenplay — 50 exemplar
Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea [1961 film] (1961) — Screenwriter — 28 exemplar
Reap the Wild Wind [1942 film] (2003) — Screenwriter — 19 exemplar
The Lost World [1960 film] (2007) — Screenwriter — 14 exemplar
Black Magic [1949 film] (2012) — Screenwriter — 12 exemplar
City Under the Sea [1965 film] (2001) — Screenwriter — 12 exemplar
Tillie's Punctured Romance [1914 film] (1914) — Screenwriter — 11 exemplar
The Story of Mankind [1957 film] (1975) — Screenwriter — 10 exemplar

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Treasure Island [1934 film] (1934) — Actor — 27 exemplar
Narcotic [1933 film] — Actor — 2 exemplar
I Live My Life [1935 film] (2014) — Actor — 1 exemplar

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2024 movie #51. 1940. A young reporter (McCrea) is sent to England to report on coming war news. He falls for a young Englishwoman (the charming Day) and helps uncover a Nazi spy ring. Great Hitchcock film with humor and excitement, including a plane crash at sea.
 
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capewood | 11 andra recensioner | Mar 9, 2024 |
While rarely mentioned in the same breath with The 39 Steps or The Lady Vanishes, this is my favorite film from Hitchcock's British film catalog. It has charm, a great story, lots of atmosphere, a fine romance, and best of all, the wonderful Nova Pilbeam. Based on the Josephine Tey novel, A Schilling For Candles, this story of an innocent man wrongly accused of murder and the young girl who aids his search for proof that he did not commit the crime is a ton of fun.

This is a top-notch British production from the period. There is fine photography from Bernard Knowles, and a nice score from Louis Levy to make this one of Hitchcock's most enjoyable outings. Nova Pilbeam was a lovely young British actress who had worked for the director in a smaller role three years earlier, in his first version of The Man Who Knew Too Much. She sparkles here as a strong and independent young heroine who comes to believe in someone, and risks everything to aid him.

Derrick De Marney also shines as a young writer named Robert who happens upon the body of famous cinema star, Christine Clay (Pamela Carme), washed up on the beach. He had a passing acquaintance with her since she had purchased one of his stories. He is seen running from the scene to get help, and when it is discovered she was strangled with a belt from a coat he had stolen from him at a place called Tom’s Hat, things don't look good for our hero.

It looks even worse that she left money to him in her will, and when his attorney appears to be a boob, Robert escapes in order to prove his innocence. He gets the reluctant help of the Chief Constaple's daughter, Erica Burgoyne (Nova Pilbeam). There is a romantic attraction between the two, and the independent young Erica decides she — and her little dog — must help him to avoid the gallows. But she gets in deeper and deeper, until it is a race against time to find the real killer.

When she comes to bring him food and drive him around to search for the man who stole the jacket which will prove his innocence, she and her little dog get in deeper and deeper. There finally comes a turning point when Erica throws caution to the wind and zealously helps Robert pursue the man with a twitch in his eye who murdered Christine Clay. It becomes apparent to both her father and the police that she is aiding him willingly and not under duress. Since they have already slipped up and aroused suspicions at a birthday party her aunt and uncle were thowing for her niece, they know they can not remain at large forever and it becomes a race with time to find the real killer.

Hitchcock creates a very nice atmosphere of an English coastal town in the 1930s and all his touches are in evidence even at this early juncture. This is one of the great Hitchcock films from his British period and stands with the best of them. Nova Pilbeam is fabulous here, and it is a real shame she did not get to make more films like this one. If you enjoyed The 39 Steps you will probably like this one as well. It does not quite have the tension of that great film but has a little more romance and charm. A real winner!
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Matt_Ransom | Nov 20, 2023 |
2023 movie #167. 1935. Hitchcock remade this movie in '55 with Doris Day and Jimmy Stewart. The '35 version has a great performance by Peter Lorre (as the bad guy of course). Apparently Lorre's 1st English role, he learned his lines phonetically. Pretty good film.
 
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capewood | 2 andra recensioner | Nov 4, 2023 |
Strangely lacking in modulation. Characters' emotions barely flutter when they or their loved ones are threatened. Even a massive shootout is just a dragged out series of intermittent shots -- no escalation, no buildup; every once in a while someone drops dead. The 1956 version isn't my favorite Hitchcock, but it's a thousand times more kinetic.
 
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gretchgriff | 2 andra recensioner | Oct 10, 2023 |

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John Hay Beith Screenwriter, Writer
Irwin Allen Original Screenplay, Screenwriter
John Buchan original novel
Ian Hay Writer
A.R. Rawlinson Screenwriter
D. B. Wyndham-Lewis Screenwriter
Jim Mitchell Illustrator
M. R. James Original story
Hal E. Chester Screenwriter
Jeanie Macpherson Screenwriter
Edna Best Actor
Rudolph Maté Director of Photography
Joseph Conrad Original novel
Josephine Tey Based on
Paul Sawtell Composer

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Verk
18
Även av
4
Medlemmar
1,046
Popularitet
#24,628
Betyg
½ 3.7
Recensioner
33
ISBN
85
Språk
4
Favoritmärkt
1

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