The Manxman (1929) | Presenting Hitchcock Podcast

Gooooood evening. In this months episode of Presenting Hitchcock, Cory and Aaron make complicated bedfellows as they discuss “The Manxman.”

The Picture:

Picture Title: The Manxman

Written by: Eliot Stannard, based on the novel by Sir Hall Caine

Starring: Carl Brisson, Malcolm Keen, Anny Ondra, Randle Ayrton, and Clare Greet

Directed by: Alfred Hitchcock

Year Released: 1929

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Not the best quality, but the picture is on Dailymotion.

Our Favourite Trivia:

Hitchcock began work on the film just two weeks after the birth of his daughter Patricia Hitchcock.

Alfred Hitchcock’s last silent movie.

The film is based on the 1894 novel by Sir Hall Caine. The novel had been adapted in 1916 in a silent film directed by George Loane Tucker, and there are no known copies of the film after a fire destroyed the MGM vault in 1965.

The Manxman began filming on the Isle of Man, but Hitchcock eventually relocated production to Polperro, Cornwall due to frequent creative interference from author Hall Caine, who lived on the Isle of Man.

A signatory on the fishermen’s petition against steam trawlers is Jack Cox. Jack E. Cox was Sir Alfred Hitchcock’s cameraman on this movie.

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Next up, we’ll be discussing “The 39 Steps.”

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