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The Manxman is a 1929 British silent romance film directed by Alfred Hitchcock and starring Anny Ondra, Carl Brisson and Malcolm Keen. The film is based on a popular 1894 romantic novel The Manxman by Hall Caine, which had previously been made into a film 13 years earlier.
The Manxman: Directed by Alfred Hitchcock. With Carl Brisson, Malcolm Keen, Anny Ondra, Randle Ayrton. A fisherman and a rising young lawyer, who grew up as brothers, fall in love with the same girl.
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- Drama, Romance
- Alfred Hitchcock
- 1929-12-16
The Manxman (1929) Synopsis. Despite their differing backgrounds, fisherman Pete and lawyer Philip have been life long friends on the Isle of Man. Pete wants to marry Kate, the landlord's daughter at the local inn, however Kate's father doesn't think he is good enough.
The Manxman is a 1929 British silent drama film directed by Alfred Hitchcock and starring Anny Ondra, Carl Brisson and Malcolm Keen. The film is based on a popular 1896 romantic novel The Manxman by Hall Caine, which had previously been made into a 1917 film.
- Alfred Hitchcock
The Manxman (1929) Two men fall in love with the same woman in Alfred Hitchcock’s melodrama, set on the Isle of Man (though filmed in Cornwall). “Hitch makes the most of his locations... while the frequent use of shots taken through windows anticipates the interest in voyeurism in his later work.”. Geoff Andrew, Time Out Film Guide The ...
Alfred Hitchcock. Director. Hall Caine. Novel. A fisherman and a rising lawyer who grew up together as brothers fall in love with the same woman.
Set in a remote Isle of Man fishing community (but shot in Cornwall), The Manxman is Alfred Hitchcock’s penultimate silent film and one of the best and most mature works of his early career. The film was adapted from the bestselling novel by Sir Hall Caine, published in 1894, which had sold half a million copies.
