| Release Date: | Jun 1929 |
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| Genres: | Crime / Thriller |
| Runtime: | 84 min |
| Cast: | Anny Ondra (Alice White), Sara Allgood (Mrs. White) Charles Paton (Mr. White) John Longden (Det. Frank Webber) Donald Calthrop (Tracy) Cyril Ritchard (Mr. Crewe (the artist)) Hannah Jones (Mrs. Humphries (the landlady)) Harvey Braban (The Chief Inspector (sound version)) Ex-Det. Sergt. Bishop (The Detective Sergeant) Johnny Ashby (Boy (uncredited)) Johnny Butt (Sergeant (uncredited)) Alfred Hitchcock (Man on subway) Phyllis Konstam (Gossiping Neighbour (uncredited)) Sam Livesey (The Chief Inspector (silent version)...) Phyllis Monkman (Gossip (uncredited)) Percy Parsons (Crook (uncredited)) |
Alice White is the daughter of a shopkeeper in 1920's London. Her boyfriend, Frank Webber is a Scotland Yard detective who seems more interested in police work than in her. Frank takes Alice out one night, but she has secretly arranged to meet another man. Later that night Alice agrees to go back to his flat to see his studio. The man has other ideas and as he tries to rape Alice, she defends herself and kills him with a bread knife. When the body is discovered, Frank is assigned to the case, he quickly determines that Alice is the killer, but so has someone else and blackmail is threatened.
