Primera película sonora del maestro del suspense, también conocida como La muchacha de Londres. Basada en una obra teatral de Charles Bennett, destacan los experimentos sonoros del autor, como cuando la palabra "cuchillo" se repite una y otra vez en la mente de la conmocionada protagonista.
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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.

Argumento: Charles Bennett (Obra de teatro). Guión: Alfred Hitchcock, Benn W. Levy, Michael Powell. Música: Hubert Bath. Fotografía: Jack E. Cox. Título Original: Blackmail. Año: 1929. País: Reino UnidoDuración: 85 min. Género: Thriller
30/04/09
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