Gaumont Film Company
November 1937
Mystery, Romance
DVD
B+
B+
I thoroughly enjoyed this movie, which is warmer, sweeter, and more charming than most Hitchcock, although not without danger and suspense. There are times it's like a romcom (with an admittedly offbeat meet-cute), and I instantly shipped Erica/Robert, she so earnest and he so playful, although a wanted man. I also enjoyed many of the supporting performances, especially of her relatives, from her understandably suspicious aunt to her four lovable and individualized brothers, although Will the hobo offers a lot of the laughs. I can even forgive the blackface, since it does figure into the plot and is used relatively un-racistly. This time Hitch's cameo is, appropriately, as a photographer. The movie is based on the Josephine Tey novel A Shilling for Candles.
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