Review of Young and Innocent (1937) by Wes S — 18 Sep 2013

This largely forgotten Hitchcock film is one of my favourites. It was made between Sabotage and The Lady Vanishes and, in its low-key way, it is just as captivating as either of those films. It's chock-a-block with brilliant scenes, such as the hilarious fist fight at Tom's Hat and Basil Radford's character persuading his annoyingly interrogative wife into playing Blind Man's Buff so Erica and Robert can escape, but the best comes at the end.

The Master uses the most audacious crane shot which sweeps around and above the ballroom of the Grand Hotel before coming to rest on the twitching eyes of the murderer. The acting of the two leads isn't the subtlest but to me it makes them one of the most likeable pairings in the Hitchcock canon.