Wednesday, August 5, 2026

Alfred Hitchcock Movie: *** Number Seventeen (1932)

 Number seventeen refers to a house, to which a group of jewelry thieves are congregating to find the jewels and be on their way.  The catch is a detective also present.  There has also been a murder, but the body disappears.  Barton (John Stuart) is the detective in disguise.  However several people are bad men.  The worse is Henry Doyle (Barry Jones), who is the gang leader.  Sheldrake (Garry Marsh) is the most ruthless.  The crooks get away from the house and jump a train, Nora Brant (Anne Grey) in tow.  She would like to get away but was with the criminals in the beginning.  There is a train chase, Barton in a bus trying to catch up to the train.  The train catches, but where are the jewels.  Turns out the hobo in the house, Ben (Leon M. Lion) was able to get the jewels away from the thieves.  He presents them to the inspector at the end.  This movie has a chase, and a train crash, and murder on the train as the conductors are killed.  It shows early special effects. and it provides entertainment.  

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