, 1h25 Directed byAlfred Hitchcock OriginUnited-kingdom GenresDrama ThemesThéâtre, Films based on plays ActorsEdmund Gwenn, Helen Haye, C.V. France, Jill Esmond, John Longden, Phyllis Konstam Roles First Stranger Rating56% 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.
, 1h38 Directed byAlfred Hitchcock OriginUnited-kingdom GenresThriller, Crime ThemesFilms based on plays ActorsHerbert Marshall, Norah Baring, Phyllis Konstam, Una O'Connor, Edward Chapman, Miles Mander Roles Foreman of the Jury Rating62% Diana Baring (Norah Baring), a young actress in a travelling theatre troupe, is found in a daze with blood on her clothes, standing by the murdered body of another young actress, Edna Druce. The poker used to commit the murder was at Diana's feet, but she has no memory of what happened during the minutes the crime was committed. The two young women were thought to have been rivals, and the police arrest her. Diana withholds some important information deliberately, to protect something about the identity of a man that she will not name.