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The Skin Game is a British film of genre Drama directed by Alfred Hitchcock released in USA on 20 june 1931 with Edmund Gwenn
The Skin Game (1931)
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Add to a movie listReleased in USA 20 june 1931
Length 1h25
Directed by Alfred Hitchcock
OriginUnited-kingdom
Genres Drama
Rating56%
The Skin Game (1931) is a British feature film by Alfred Hitchcock, based on a play by John Galsworthy and produced by British International Pictures (BIP). The story revolves around two rival families, the Hillcrists and the Hornblowers, and the disastrous results of the feud between them.
After being thought to be in the public domain for decades, the film's rights were obtained by French media company Canal+ in 2005. A restored and remastered print of the film was released on DVD by Lionsgate Home Entertainment in 2007.
Synopsis
The plot tells the story of a feud between two affluent families, the long-established (upper class) Hillcrists, played by C.V. France, Helen Haye, and Jill Esmond, and the nouveau riche (formerly working class) Hornblowers, played by Edmund Gwenn, John Longden, and Frank Lawton. Two underlying themes in the story are class warfare and the urbanization of the countryside.Actors
Edmund Gwenn
(Mr. Hornblower)
Helen Haye
(Mrs. Hillcrist)
C.V. France
(Mr. Hillcrist)
Jill Esmond
(Jill Hillcrist)
John Longden
(Charles Hornblower)
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