Rating: - Early genius
I saw this film on TV recently. It draws the viewer in right away with the dead body washing up on the beach and man who is wrongly accused. It has Hitchcock's trademark humor and suspense. It could have been more tightly edited in parts, but as I watched the ballroom scene near the end, all I could think was, Hitchcock is a genius. The camera scans the room and in a very restrained and patient way, zeros in on the killer as the characters try to do the same. There is also a little bit of Vertigo in the mine shaft scene.
Rating: - Hitch With a Twitch
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Many of Hitchcock's early films share story elements because he used the same writer (Charles Bennett) for the screenplays. So you find "Young and Innocent" sharing the beginning of "Sabotage" by immediately revealing the identity of the villain/murderer, turning both films from mystery/thriller into simple thriller. And it shares with "The 39 Steps" a hero on the run with a reluctant heroine, as they work to clear his name they fall in love.
A woman is found dead on a beach, the police determine that she did not drown but ... Read More
Rating: - Young and Innocent
One of Hitchock's last pictures in England, and has wonderful touches of the Master. The dramatic-laden birthday party (not to mention Erica's lovingly, bemused father), the ground sinking of Erica and her doggie; and especially after the comedy of Edward Rigby's tight shoes, etc., the confusion, then the long pan shot of the d-d-d-d-drummer. Case solved after a wonderful between the wars view of good auld England. All together a wonderfully satisfying film, for running when, you, especially, can't sleep.
Rating: - Overlooked masterwork
Maybe it's because this film is so overlooked and untouched by critics that makes it my favorite pre hollywood Hitchcock film. There's no need to go over the plot yet again. It's Hitchcock's love for film making. It's his charming characters especially Nova Pilbean the young girl from The Man Who Knew Too Much. It's all those little Hitchcock tricks and wit that would blossom in a few short years. Try not to miss this one.... Is there any reason why this film and other Hitchcock films have not been given a first rate remastering on dvd. I'm still waiting.
Rating: - A wrongfully accused murderer
Alfred Hitchcock's 1937 "Young and Innocent" filmed in England with predominately unknown, to me, players is not what I would consider one of his better efforts. Following chronologically 39 Steps, Secret Agent and Sabotage it unfortunately is merely a lukewarm drama of a man wrongfully accused of murdering a famous actress Christine Clay.
In the opening scene we see Clay played by Pamela Carme in a heated argument with her ex-husband who's furiously jealous of her bevy of young paramours. We next observe a woman in bathing attire wash ashore to be observed from some overlooking ... Read More
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