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Number Seventeen (1932)

Hitchcock was, as he was in many of his early pictures, contractually bound to do this film. He was set up with British International Pictures to do their version of this novel/play.  The result is a nice little film with a fantastic climactic action sequence.

The story follows a group of people as they all take sides and fight for a stolen necklace.  The majority of the film was set in an old mansion that was dimly lit and full of shadows. Hitchcock did a nice job with the available lighting to help set a mood and move the story along. 

As it progresses, we move from the house to the train station and wonderful train vs. bus chase scene commences. The action was obviously done with miniatures, but it doesn’t detract from the outcome.  All in all the story was a bit weak, but the last twenty minutes picks up a little of that slack.

(Written and directed by Hitchcock)

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