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  • Actors: Derrick De Marney, Nova Pilbeam, Percy Marmont
  • Directors: Alfred Hitchcock
  • Format: Black & White, PAL
  • Region: Region 2 (This DVD may not be viewable outside Europe. Read more about DVD formats.)
  • Number of discs: 1
  • Classification: PG
  • Studio: Network
  • DVD Release Date: 18 Aug 2008
  • Run Time: 79 minutes
  • Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
  • ASIN: B001C5G5I8
  • Amazon.co.uk Sales Rank: 31,337 in DVD (See Bestsellers in DVD)

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A case of mistaken identity sets off a chase through the Cornish countryside to find a murderer.

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4.0 out of 5 stars If it's any consolation to you, I want you to know that I'm innocent..., 3 Sep 2008
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One of Hitchcock's (unfairly) forgotten films, living in the shadow of his more famous British works such as The 39 Steps and The Lady Vanishes, Young And Innocent remains one of the highlights of his pre-American era and is one of the sweetest movies in his entire canon.

A film actress is found dead on a beach by Robert Tisdall (Derrick De Marney), but as he was seen running away from the body, she was strangled by the belt of his stolen raincoat and she's left him some money in her will, the police arrest him. Managing to escape from the courthouse, after some first aid treatment by the police commissioner's daughter Erica (Nova Pilbeam), he goes on the run and subsequently meets up with Erica again who, although initially reluctant, eventually agrees to help him to prove his innocence.

We know from the very beginning that the real murderer is a man with twitching eyes and whilst the film is ostensibly about Robert and Erica's hunt to find the killer, it's more about their journey to falling in love with each other. Pilbeam is superb, and ever so lovely, and Hitch's real-life fondness for her shines through in every scene. It would be a cold-hearted male viewer indeed who could watch this film and not fall in love with Erica, or at the very least not understand why Robert is so smitten. De Marney, who never really interested the director as much, suffers as a result but still gives a strong performance.

There are a strong set of supporting cast members, with wonderful comedic touches (notice throughout the film that it's the children who behave better than the adults - for instance it's the adults running around the birthday party in silly hats playing games whilst the children are more formal). There are also some trademark set pieces to enjoy, including the stunning crane shot towards the end of the film which zooms in from 145 feet to 4 inches to reveal where the murderer is.

Hitchcock fans will love the film, noticing some neat touches that will remind them of some of his later works (the use of birds in the film for one) but even those with little affection for the great man would certainly be charmed. It may not manage to quite have the excitement that some of Hitchcock's other "man on the run" movies have, but Young And Innocent remains a charming, delightful movie which left this viewer with a smile on his face from start to finish.
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4.0 out of 5 stars Young and Innocent Fun, 20 April 2009
By Kenneth F. Mcara "Kenneth F. McAra" (Dundee, Scotland) - See all my reviews
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Another of Hitchcock's innocent-man-on-the-run films, this is still a neatly turned out little thriller which has plenty of Hitchcock touches including the use of birds, the silent close-ups of terror-stricken faces, and the MacGuffin, which in this case is a raincoat.

It also has another trademark from the early British films he made - a distinctly dodgy model shot, which is lingered on for far too long. We had the creaky alpine train station in The Lady Vanishes [DVD] [1938], the unconvincingly foundering ships in Jamaica Inn [DVD] [1939] and now we see more Hornby trains whizzing past each other on a set straight out of Railway Modeller.

This aside, the film is a mild diversion which never really grips in the same way that some of the other thrillers do. As has been acknowledged elsewhere, however, the long tracking/zoom shot in the dance hall is simply superb, and the good-naturedly enthusiastic fight in the truckstop reminds me of the scene in the church in The Man Who Knew Too Much [DVD] [1934] where a whole hall's worth of chairs ends up being thrown back and forth.

This DVD has been 'digitally restored' which has resulted in a relatively bright rendering of the film, but the image is generally fairly 'soft', and the sound level is set fairly low.

It may not be a classic Hitchcock film, but it's better than Jamaica Inn by the proverbial country mile!
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