Young and Innocent

About Young and Innocent

When a young writer is falsely accused of murdering a famous actress, he escapes custody and joins forces with the daughter of a police constable to prove his innocence.

Young and Innocent is a 1937 mystery romance film directed by Alfred Hitchcock. Nova Pilbeam appears as Erica Burgoyne, Derrick De Marney as Robert Tisdall, Percy Marmont as Col. Burgoyne, and Edward Rigby as Old Will.

Released in February 1937, it runs 83 minutes. Written by Anthony Armstrong and Charles Bennett. The story is adapted from a novel.

Shelv files it under countryside, birthday party, manhunt, and country house. In the United States it streams on Criterion Channel and IndieFlix Shorts Amazon Channel. It scores 6.5 out of 10 from 262 TMDB voters and it carries a NR rating.

The Invisible Man, Murder on the Orient Express, and The Irishman make useful companions to Young and Innocent, all filed under black and white and murder.