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"Diana Baring is an actress who is caught standing over the corpse of a fellow actress. Even worse, she has amnesia and remembers nothing about the murder, or herself. Though she desperately tries to recall anything that can help clear the fog from her mind, her amnesia is complete, as is the evidence against her. She is convicted of murder and sentenced to die. Only one person believes she is innocent, but can he prove it in time to save her?"--Container....

Based on Liam O'Flaherty's popular Irish novel, this gripping thriller is set among a group of revolutionaries in the newly independent Ireland of 1922. When one of their number kills the chief of police, he goes on the run. But when he returns to Dublin he is cruelly betrayed by his onetime friend Gypo, who then has to battle his old friends as well as his own mounting guilt.

Also known as East of Shanghai, this is a seafaring comedy from legendary director Alfred Hitchcock's early years in the British film industry. Fred Hill and his wife Emily lead a boring existence in the London suburbs. When the Hills come into an inheritance from a wealthy uncle, Fred quits his mundane job and they embark on a world cruise to get a taste of the high life. But all does not go as planned as the couple's voyage becomes fraught with...

Rebelling against the possessiveness of her police boyfriend, a young woman agrees to pose for an artist. Resisting his advances, she ends up murdering him in self-defense. Her boyfriend is assigned to the case, and soon learns the killer's identity, but so has someone else ... winding up in a dramatic chase around the British Museum. Originally begun as a silent film, it was decided mid-production to make both a silent and a sound version; in the...

A millionaire tries to teach his daughter a lesson by telling her that he has been ruined, to save her from the man with whom she is planning to elope.

In an empty London house, a hobo named Ben looks for shelter but instead finds a corpse. When a detective shows up, he questions Ben but is interrupted when a girl falls through the roof. Her father has vanished, and she's received an inscrutable telegram that mentions both the house and a missing necklace. Soon more suspicious characters turn up, all looking for the necklace, and none of them are who they claim to be. With its exhilarating climactic...

The lady vanishes: During a transcontinental train trip in Europe, a young woman is alarmed to discover a passenger has disappeared -- The farmer's wife: (silent) A lonely widowed farmer is looking for a new bride, not realizing the housekeeper helping him with his search is secretly in love with him -- The Manxman (silent): A romantic tale of intrigue involving a love triangle concerning three residents of the Isle of Man -- Alfred Hitchcock presents:...

Blackmail (85 min. ; 1929): "When Frank's job at Scotland Yard comes between them, Alice accepts a date with another man. The handsome artist invites Alice to pose for a portrait but then tries to assault her. She kills him in self-defense. Assigned to the case, Detective Frank soon learns the identity of the killer, but so has someone else... During production of this [originally] silent feature, Hitchcock added dialogue with the advent of talking...