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Number Seventeen [VHS] [1932]
 
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Number Seventeen [VHS] [1932]

VHS ~ Leon M. Lion
2.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (3 customer reviews)

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  • Actors: Leon M. Lion, Anne Grey, John Stuart, Donald Calthrop, Barry Jones
  • Directors: Alfred Hitchcock
  • Writers: Alfred Hitchcock, Alma Reville, Joseph Jefferson Farjeon, Rodney Ackland
  • Producers: Leon M. Lion, John Maxwell
  • Format: Black & White, PAL
  • Classification: U
  • Studio: 4 Front Video
  • VHS Release Date: 4 Jun 2001
  • Run Time: 63 minutes
  • Average Customer Review: 2.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
  • ASIN: B00005JI00
  • Amazon.co.uk Sales Rank: 30,214 in Video (See Bestsellers in Video)

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The police catch a gang of jewel thieves with help from a female accomplice.

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3.0 out of 5 stars Early Steps, 31 Dec 2002
By J. Skade "joeskade" (London, England) - See all my reviews
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This creaky British thriller certainly has its weaknesses: a nonsensical plot, some wobbly camera work at the beginning and some unconvincing model work at the end; but it is nevertheless an entertaining film and fascinating to anyone interested in Hitchcock. His debt to the German expressionists is evident especially in the strongly visual opening sequence. The hero is a generic stiff upper lip type, interchangable with most thrillers of the period and the array of villains is hardly distinguished- but the tramp character adds a little fun.

Hitchcock shows no interest in the stolen jewels mcguffin or in developing the romantic subplot - it is certainly not a labour of love, but it is one more step towards his classic British thrillers.

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2.0 out of 5 stars British Gaumont Productions, 11 Oct 2001
By jasonyoung72@yahoo.com (London, England) - See all my reviews
Having had success studying engineering at the University of London and going on to work as an illustrator for the 'Lasky Players Company', Hitchcock got the break to make early British silent and talking pictures. 'Number Seventeen' is one of those films which means that there is nothing distinctly Hitchcockian about it, but certainly very British. His move to Hollywood after 'Jamaica Inn' enabled him to transcend his skills as a director from being cultural to being a director.
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1.0 out of 5 stars Yes, you will end up squinting at the screen..., 9 May 2006
By L. Davidson (Belfast, N.Ireland) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Alfred Hitchcock Collection, Vol. 5: Number 17 [DVD] [1932] [Region 1] [US Import] [NTSC] (DVD)
"Number 17" is perhaps the worst of Hitchcock's 1930's films, although I have not yet seen them all . Even taking into account it's age, it's grainy picture and fuzzy sound, this film is a poor effort , certainly when compared to "Murder" and "Juno and the Paycock" , which were made around the same time. A lot of the camerawork was shaky and I spent much of the film trying to identify which characters were which ,first in a house and then on a steam train. This endeavour wasn't helped by nearly all of the men being dressed in trilby hats and grey overcoats and speaking with the same clipped English accents. All except dear old cor-lumme-luvaduck-Guv'nor Ben of course , the not very lovable halfwit. The plot is about a gang of thieves who try to flee the country with a valuable necklace with the police hot on their tails. The action scenes in the final part of this short film were also unimpressive ; I don't think that model train set was fooling anyone...

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