A gang of thieves gather at a safe house following a robbery, but a detective is on their trail..


Is it worth the time? Look, if you’re a completionist for early British cinema or just want to see Hitchcock trying to figure out how to film a chase without a massive budget, give Number 17 a spin. It’s short—barely over an hour—and it moves like it’s having a panic attack. If you need clean plots and characters you c...


Comparing the cinematic DNA and archive impact of two defining moments in cult history.

Alfred Hitchcock

Harry Southwell
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"Is it worth the time? Look, if you’re a completionist for early British cinema or just want to see Hitchcock trying to figure out how to film a chase without a massive budget, give Number 17 a spin. It’s short—barely over an hour—and it moves like it’s having a panic attack. If you need clean plots and characters you can actually track, skip it. You’ll be lost within ten minutes. The whole thing feels like a stage play that decided to get drunk and run into the street. Most of the action happen..."
Herbert Langley
Joseph Jefferson Farjeon, Rodney Ackland, Alma Reville, Alfred Hitchcock
United Kingdom
Thriller, Crime, Mystery

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