Young and Innocent (1937)

Director:

Alfred Hitchcock

Writers:

Josephine Tey (based on the novel entitled "A Shilling For Candles" by)
Charles Bennett (screenplay) ...
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Release Date:

17 February 1938 (USA)

Genre:

Crime | Mystery | Thriller

Tagline:

A romantic murder-mystery drama!

Plot:

Man on the run from a murder charge enlists a beautiful stranger who must put herself at risk for his cause.

Plot Keywords:

Police | Murder | Beach | Escape | Boy

Cast

Nova Pilbeam	...	Erica Burgoyne
Derrick De Marney	...	Robert Tisdall (as Derrick de Marney)
Percy Marmont	...	Col. Burgoyne
Edward Rigby	...	Old Will
Mary Clare	...	Erica's Aunt
John Longden	...	Det. Insp. Kent
George Curzon	...	Guy
Basil Radford	...	Erica's Uncle
Pamela Carme	...	Christine
George Merritt	...	Det. Sgt. Miller
J.H. Roberts	...	Solicitor
Jerry Verno	...	Lorry Driver
H.F. Maltby	...	Police Sergeant
John Miller	...	Police Constable
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Frank Atkinson	...	Petrol Pump Attendant (uncredited)
Clive Baxter	...	Burgoyne Boy (uncredited)
Pamela Bevan	...	Bit Part (uncredited)
Albert Chevalier	...	Bit Part (uncredited)
Syd Crossley	...	Policeman (uncredited)
William Fazan	...	Bit Part (uncredited)
Gerry Fitzgerald	...	Singer (uncredited)
Pat Fitzpatrick	...	Boy (uncredited)
Richard George	...	Policeman (uncredited)
Alfred Hitchcock	...	Photographer Outside Courthouse (uncredited)
Mike Johnson	...	Tramp at Tom's Hat Cafe (uncredited)
Anna Konstam	...	Bathing Girl (uncredited)
Fred O'Donovan	...	Bit Part (uncredited)
Frederick Piper	...	Bit Part (uncredited)
Bill Shine	...	Manager of Tom's Hat Cafe (uncredited)
Peggy Simpson	...	Bathing Girl (uncredited)
Torin Thatcher	...	Nobby's Lodging House Caretaker (uncredited)
Beatrice Varley	...	Accused Man's Wife in First Court Case (uncredited)
Jack Vyvian	...	Police Constable at Grand Hotel (uncredited)
Humberston Wright	...	Bit Part (uncredited)

Directed by
Alfred Hitchcock

Writing credits
Josephine Tey		(based on the novel entitled "A Shilling For Candles" by)
Charles Bennett		(screenplay) &
Edwin Greenwood		(screenplay) &
Anthony Armstrong		(screenplay)
Gerald Savory		(dialogue)
Alma Reville		(continuity)

Produced by
Edward Black	....	producer (uncredited)

Original Music by
Jack Beaver		(uncredited)

Cinematography by
Bernard Knowles		(photography)

Film Editing by
Charles Frend		(film editor)

Art Direction by
Alfred Junge		(art direction)

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Pen Tennyson	....	assistant director (uncredited)

Art Department
Albert Whitlock	....	scenic artist (uncredited)

Sound Department
A. O'Donoghue	....	recording

Camera and Electrical Department
Stephen Dade	....	camera operator (uncredited)
Reg Johnson	....	assistant camera (uncredited)

Costume and Wardrobe Department
Marianne	....	wardrobe

Music Department
Al Goodhart	....	song (as Goodhart)
Al Hoffman	....	song (as Hoffman)
Samuel Lerner	....	song (as Lerner)
Louis Levy	....	musical director
Louis Levy	....	composer: additional music (uncredited)

Production Companies

• Gaumont British Picture Corporation (as A Gaumont British Production)

Distributors

• General Film Distributors (GFD) (1937) (UK) (theatrical) (controlled throughout the world excluding U.S.A. by) (as General Film Distributors Ltd. London, W.I.)
• Gaumont British Picture Corporation of America (1938) (USA) (theatrical) (retitled)
• Crown Video (1985) (USA) (VHS)
• Video Collection International (1993) (UK) (VHS)
• Timeless Video (1994) (USA) (VHS)
• Hallmark Home Entertainment (1995) (USA) (VHS)
• Take 2 Video (1995) (USA) (VHS)
• Delta Expedition (2000) (USA) (DVD)
• Orbit Media (2000) (UK) (DVD)
• Whirlwind Media (2000) (USA) (DVD)
• Delta Expedition (2001) (USA) (DVD)
• Alpha Video Distributors (2002) (USA) (DVD)
• Rhino Home Video (2002) (USA) (DVD)
• Ryko Distribution (2002) (USA) (DVD)
• Laserlight Entertainment (2003) (USA) (DVD)
• BCI Eclipse (2004) (USA) (DVD)
• Sunset Home Visual Entertainment (SHE) (2005) (USA) (DVD)
• Castle Communications (????) (Finland) (VHS)
• Future Film (2006) (Finland) (DVD) (8-disc Hitchcock Classic Collection)
• Mainostelevisio (MTV3) (1980) (Finland) (TV) (as MTV2)
• Yleisradio (YLE) (1989) (2008) (2010) (Finland) (TV)
• Concorde Home Entertainment (2003) (Germany) (DVD)
• Criterion Collection, The (????) (USA) (video) (laserdisc)
• LS Video (????) (USA) (VHS)
• MGM Home Entertainment (2008) (Canada) (DVD)
• MGM Home Entertainment (2008) (USA) (DVD)
• Rank Video Library (1986) (UK) (VHS)
• Samuel Goldwyn Company, The (????) (USA) (TV)
• Stokey Video (????) (USA) (VHS)

Also Known As:

"The Girl Was Young" - USA
"Inocencia y juventud" - Argentina, Spain
"Jovem e Inocente" - Brazil, Portugal
"Fiatal és ártatlan" - Hungary
"Giovane e innocente" - Italy
"Innocència i joventut" - Spain (Catalan title)
"Jeune et innocent" - France
"Jung und unschuldig" - Germany
"Nea kai athoa" - Greece (reissue title)
"Neos kai athoos" - Greece (imdb display title)
"Nuori ja viaton" - Finland
"På farliga vägar" - Sweden
"Ung och oskyldig" - Sweden
"Ung og uskyldig" - Denmark
"Ung og uskyldig" - Norway (imdb display title)

Runtime:

80 min | USA:83 min

Country:

UK

Language:

English

Color:

Black and White

Aspect Ratio:

1.37 : 1

Sound Mix:

Mono (Western Electric Mirrophonic Recording)

Certification:

Finland:K-12 (1995) | Iceland:12 | USA:TV-G (TV rating) | Argentina:Atp | Australia:PG | Germany:6 | UK:A (original rating) | UK:U (video rating) (1986) | USA:Unrated | Canada:PG

Filming Locations:

Lime Grove Studios, Lime Grove, Shepherd's Bush, London, England, UK

Company:

Gaumont British Picture Corporation

Trivia:

The hand that pulls Nova Pilbeam's character out of the hole in the mine scene was that of her future husband Pen Tennyson; they met on this film.

Goofs:

Revealing mistakes: When the murder was published in the newspapers, one says it was the first of September 1937, but the next newspaper was dated 1936.

Quotes:

[first lines]
Husband:Christine!
Christine:Don't shout, I tell you! Don't shout!

Movie Connections:

Featured in Paul Merton Looks at Alfred Hitchcock (2009) (TV)

Soundtrack:

May I Have the Next Romance With You

Classic Hitchcock

Hitchcock is in a class by himself. I'll give any of his films multiple viewings. The story and structure of "Young and Innocent" resemble "The 39 Steps," with a young woman helping a young man on the run thwart the police and prove his innocence. This film is a standout, though, not because of the story or acting (both charming), but because of a virtuoso bit of directing by the Master, in which the location of the killer is revealed. As I watched the scene unfold for the first time, I remember thinking, "This is what makes Hitchcock Hitchcock." I wish I had never seen any Hitchcock films so I could watch them all again for the first time. His is a brilliant body of work, and this is an often overlooked example of his mastery of the film art.