Hitchcock's original and praised rendition of the dramatic tale of a child's kidnap and recovery from spies trying to ensure her father's silence. While on holiday in Switzerland Jill Lawrence and her husband become accidentally involved in murder and intrigue when an undercover Secret Service agent whispers the whereabouts of a vital message to Lawrence as he lie dying from a gunshot would. Splendid early Hitchcock movie with memorable sequences.
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Alfred Hitchcock directs the first of his classic British spy thrillers. While holidaying in the Swiss Alps with their daughter Betty, English couple Bob (Leslie Banks) and Jill Lawrence (Edna Best) are befriended by Frenchman Louis Bernard (Pierre Fresnay). When he is shot by international spies, Louis warns Jill with his dying breath that his killers intend to assassinate a leading diplomat in Britain. However, before Jill and Bob can inform the police, Betty is kidnapped by the spies who warn the couple that unless they maintain their silence they will never see their daughter again. Peter Lorre makes his English-speaking debut as the charming but psychotic kidnapper, Abbott. Hitchcock later decided to produce a big-budget, colour remake of the film with James Stewart and Doris Day.
While holidaying in Switzerland, a family befriend a Frenchman. It is not long before the man is fatally wounded, but before he dies he whispers a terrible secret into his new friend's ear, which just happens to be witnessed by a group of foreign agents...
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