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In Blackmail
(1929), the first British talking picture, Hitchcock introduced important
themes and styles that would re-appear in his later work. Together with
The Lodger (1926), Blackmail is a foundational work for Hitchcock in respect
of style as well as theme.
A young woman is attacked
by a man who tries to rape her. She defends herself and kills the man with
a knife. A criminal witnessed the murder. Having kept the woman's glove
found on the scene of the crime scene, he blackmail's her.
The woman's boyfriend, a
Scotland Yard detective, is assigned to the case.
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