Henry Kendall
Fred Hill
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Believing that an unexpected inheritance will bring them happiness, a married couple instead finds their relationship strained to the breaking point.
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| Release Date | 1931-12-10 |
|---|---|
| Runtime | 1h 23m |
| Directors | Alfred Hitchcock, Jack E. Cox, Charles Martin, Frank Mills, John Reynders |
| Producer | John Maxwell |
| Writers | Alfred Hitchcock, Dale Collins, Alma Reville, Val Valentine |
A good advertisement for a holiday cruise this definitely isn't: a combination of sea-sickness; decks packed to the gunwales and some overtly snobbish fellow passengers make me realise why I quite like planes! Henry Kendall and Joan Barry come into a windfall inheritance and decide to celebrate by going on such an holiday - and soon discover that it isn't all it is cracked up to be. Using some of Hitchcock's expertly hones silent film skills, we tell the story as our nouveau-riche couple slowly realise that wealth isn't everything as their behaviour and attitudes start to adapt to their new surroundings. Don't look for any traditional suspense or thrills in this; it is a much more pedestrian assessment of shallowness and flummery with some quite poignant observations of a rather pointless existence.
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