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Blackmail

Synopsis

After stabbing an artist to death in self-defense during an attempted rape, Alice White tries to cover her tracks, only to discover her detective boyfriend Frank has been assigned to the case. When a criminal witness threatens to expose Alice's secret, Frank and Alice face an impossible moral dilemma: let an innocent man take the blame, or confess to a killing that was justified but impossible to prove in Alfred Hitchcock's groundbreaking first sound thriller.

Drama, Thriller

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Details

Title:
Blackmail

Latest releases:
July 28, 1929

Decade:
Years 1920

Country of origin:
United Kingdom

Duration
85mn

Genres
Drama, Thriller

Actors
Anny Ondra, Sara Allgood, Charles Paton, John Longden