Hitchcock considered his 1956 remake to be superior, saying that the 1934 version was a operate of a gifted amateur, a 1956 version the act of a office. All a same can film critics seem to like the 1934 version, due to its shorter running off instance & concise storytelling, does'nt to mention its charm.

Plot synopsis

the plot concerns a British couple who, spell on vacation within Switzerland, witness the assassination of the spy. Prior to death, a spy lives in to the babies a few vital reference. Sequentially to maintain their silence, the class action kidnaps their little girl. When as a consequence the series of leads, a few discover that the class action intends to assassinate a European ambassador in the period of a concert at the Royal Albert Hall. It handle to halt a assassination. Meanwhile, police force call for a den of a abductor & recoup the little girl.

Trivia

A gunplay at a prevent of a film was according to the Sidney Street Siege, a real-life incident of January, 1911.

Cast & crew

Directed by Sir Alfred Hitchcock Written by Charles Bennett and D. B. Wyndham-Lewis Associate Producer Ivor Montagu Photography Curt Courant Editor H St. One hundred Stewart Music Arthur Benjamin

Lawrence - Leslie Banks Jill - Edna Best Abbott - Peter Lorre Ramon - Frank Vosper Clive - Hugh Wakefield Betty Lawrence - Nova Pilbeam Louis - Pierre Fresnay Nurse Agnes - Cicely Oates Binstead - B.The. Clarke Smith Gibson - George Curzon