Number Seventeen | |
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Directed by | Alfred Hitchcock |
Screenplay by | Alfred Hitchcock Alma Reville Rodney Ackland |
Based on | Number Seventeen by Joseph Jefferson Farjeon |
Produced by | John Maxwell |
Starring | John Stuart Anne Grey Leon M. Lion Donald Calthrop Barry Jones Ann Casson |
Cinematography | Jack Cox Bryan Langley |
Edited by | A.C. Hammond |
Music by | Adolph Hallis |
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Distributed by | Wardour Films |
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Running time | 64 minutes |
Country | United Kingdom |
Language | English |
Number Seventeen is a 1932 British comedy thriller film directed by Alfred Hitchcock and starring John Stuart, Anne Grey and Leon M. Lion. The film, which is based on the 1925 burlesque stage play Number Seventeen written by Joseph Jefferson Farjeon,[1] concerns a group of criminals who commit a jewel robbery and hide their loot in an old house over a railway leading to the English Channel. The film's title is derived from the house's street number.