Young and Innocent
A romantic murder-mystery drama!
1937 | 83m | English
Popularity: 0.9 (history)
| Director: | Alfred Hitchcock |
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| Writer: | Anthony Armstrong, Josephine Tey, Edwin Greenwood, Charles Bennett |
| Staring: |
| Robert Tisdall finds on the beach the corpse of a woman he knew. Others wrongly conclude that he is the murderer. Fleeing, he desperately attempts to prove that he is not the killer. A young woman becomes embroiled in the effort. | |
| Release Date: | Nov 01, 1937 |
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| Director: | Alfred Hitchcock |
| Writer: | Anthony Armstrong, Josephine Tey, Edwin Greenwood, Charles Bennett |
| Genres: | Romance, Mystery, Thriller |
| Keywords | countryside, aunt niece relationship, murder, on the lam, innocent man, wrongly accused, based on novel or book, country house, birthday party, belt, raincoat, 1930s, manhunt, father daughter relationship, eye blinking, nervous twitch |
| Production Companies | Gaumont-British Picture Corporation |
| Box Office |
Revenue: $0
Budget: $0 |
| Updates |
Updated: Jul 30, 2025 (Update) Entered: Apr 13, 2024 |
| Name | Character |
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| Nova Pilbeam | Erica Burgoyne |
| Derrick De Marney | Robert Tisdall |
| Percy Marmont | Col. Burgoyne |
| Edward Rigby | Old Will |
| Mary Clare | Erica's Aunt Margaret |
| John Longden | Det. Insp. Kent |
| George Curzon | Guy |
| Basil Radford | Erica's Uncle Basil |
| Pamela Carme | Christine Clay |
| George Merritt | Det. Sgt. Miller |
| J.H. Roberts | Solicitor Henry Briggs |
| Jerry Verno | Lorry Driver |
| H.F. Maltby | Police Sergeant |
| John Miller | Police Constable |
| Pat Fitzpatrick | Harold a Little Boy at Birthday Party (uncredited) |
| Alfred Hitchcock | Photographer Outside Courthouse (uncredited) |
| Anna Konstam | Elsie a Bather at Beach (uncredited) |
| Bill Shine | Manager of Tom's Hat Cafe (uncredited) |
| Peggy Simpson | Alice a Bather at Beach (uncredited) |
| Torin Thatcher | Nobby's Lodging House Caretaker (uncredited) |
| Name | Job |
|---|---|
| Anthony Armstrong | Screenplay |
| Pen Tennyson | Assistant Director |
| Stephen Dade | Camera Operator |
| Marianne | Wardrobe Designer |
| A. O'Donoghue | Sound Recordist |
| Josephine Tey | Novel |
| Edwin Greenwood | Screenplay |
| Gerald Savory | Dialogue |
| Jack Beaver | Original Music Composer |
| Louis Levy | Original Music Composer, Music Director |
| Reg Johnson | Assistant Camera |
| Alfred Hitchcock | Director |
| Charles Bennett | Screenplay |
| Bernard Knowles | Director of Photography |
| Charles Frend | Editor |
| Alma Reville | Continuity |
| Alfred Junge | Art Direction |
| Name | Title |
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| Edward Black | Producer |
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| 2024 | 4 | 17 | 27 | 10 |
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Now here's a question - whatever did happen to Nova Pilbeam? She is really good in this gentle little romantic thriller from Alfred Hitchcock. A film star is murdered by her estranged husband after he gets fed up with all her affairs. Her body is found on the beach by one of her beaux "Robert Tisdal ... l" (Derrick de Marney). He goes to fetch the police but is seen running from the crime and soon it is he that the police are searching for. It's at this point that it all gets a little too slapstick; he is caught; then lots of mix-ups and police incompetence before he eventually embarks on a mission to prove his innocence with the help of the aforementioned 18-year-old Pilbeam. It's not one of Hitchcock's better films but is suspenseful and tense enough at times - if somewhat let down by the ending - enough to pass 80 minutes, at any rate.