Young and Innocent

Director: Alfred Hitchcock

1937 / 82min / DCP

The most quintessential of Hitchcock plots—that of the wrongly accused man trying to clear his name of a crime he didn’t commit—is given a fine workout in this little-screened thriller of his English period, starring Derrick De Marney as the fugitive and Nova Pilbeam as the young woman he convinces to help him search for the killer culprit on the loose. Riveting, romantic, and suavely sensual, Young and Innocent suggests a bridge between Hitch’s British films and those he would make in Hollywood. Selected by Whit Stillman.

“The Master of Suspense—and guilt-implicating aspersions—can also be admired for his expert understanding of different social milieux and, often, the comedy that derives from them. Young and Innocent is from his 1930s British period that also included The 39 Steps and The Lady Vanishes; it, refreshingly, lives up to its title.”—Whit Stillman

Introduction by Whit Stillman on Sunday, September 10th