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Young and Innocent

1937 · Film · 83 min

  • Thriller
  • Romance
  • Mystery

Plot

When a young writer is falsely accused of murdering a famous actress, he escapes custody and joins forces with the daughter of a police constable to prove his innocence.

About Young and Innocent

Young and Innocent, released in the US as The Girl Was Young, is a 1937 British crime thriller film directed by Alfred Hitchcock and starring Nova Pilbeam and Derrick De Marney. Based on the 1936 novel A Shilling for Candles by Josephine Tey, the film is about a young man on the run from a murder charge who enlists the help of a woman who must put herself at risk for his cause. An elaborately staged crane shot Hitchcock devised, which appears towards the end of the film, identifies the real murderer.

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Cast

  • Nova PilbeamErica Burgoyne
  • Derrick De MarneyRobert Tisdall
  • Percy MarmontCol. Burgoyne
  • Edward RigbyOld Will
  • Mary ClareErica's Aunt Margaret
  • John LongdenDet. Insp. Kent
  • George CurzonGuy
  • Basil RadfordErica's Uncle Basil
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