Murder

Alfred Hitchcock film; Herbert Marshall, Norah Baring, Phyllis Konstam

released: 1930 Nov 24   duration: 1:42:18

United Kingdom. The police find the actress, Diana Baring, near the body of her friend. All the circumstantial evidence seems to point to her and, at the end of the trial, she is condemned. Sir John Menier, a jury member, suspects Diana's boyfriend, who works as an acrobat wearing a dress.

Trivia:

This movie was made twice by Hitchcock at the same time, this version in English, and the German version called Mary. Many scenes were used in both versions.

This is the first film in which a person's thoughts are heard on the soundtrack, occurring at 0:09:28.

This is the fourth of 40 films in which Alfred Hitchcock makes a cameo appearance. At 1:02:48, for 4 seconds, he walks with a female companion past the house where the murder takes place, while Sir John and Markham chat in the background.

At 1:35:03, and for the next 80 seconds, a clown and another man are seen holding juggling clubs. This is shown again a second time. The next 3 times this occurs, the clubs can be seen being juggled in the background, but the juggler doing it is obscured behind other people.

The entire movie may be seen here.


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