Blackmail

About Blackmail

London, 1929. Frank Webber, a very busy Scotland Yard detective, seems to be more interested in his work than in Alice White, his girlfriend.

Alfred Hitchcock's Blackmail is a 1929 crime thriller film. The film is filed under blackmail, boyfriend girlfriend relationship, scotland yard, and black and white.

Anny Ondra appears as Alice White, Sara Allgood as Mrs. White, Charles Paton as Mr. White, and John Longden as Detective Frank Webber. It runs 86 minutes and was released in July 1929.

The screenplay is by Alfred Hitchcock and Michael Powell. The story is adapted from a stage production. In the United States it streams on Amazon Prime Video, Amazon Prime Video with Ads, and Artiflix.

The Woman in Green, The 39 Steps, and Pandora's Box make useful companions to Blackmail. TMDB voters put it at 6.5 out of 10 across 292 votes and it carries a NR rating.