SummaryA gang of thieves gather at a safe house following a robbery, but a detective is on their trail.
Directed By:Alfred Hitchcock
Written By:Joseph Jefferson Farjeon, Alma Reville, Alfred Hitchcock, Rodney Ackland
Number 17
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51
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Metascore
Mixed or Average
40% Positive
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75
For a film that's little more than an hour long, Number 17 manages to weave a complex plot of who's who and whodunit.
70
Most of the film is set in an abandoned house, where enjoyably murky intrigues abound, and the last ten minutes feature a chase sequence with miniatures that is almost as much fun.
42
The story is practically impossible to follow, the direction is imprecise, and the whole thing is visually dizzying.
40
There are occasional flourishes that testify to the director's ingenuity and ability - Expressionist lighting, faces looming over spiral staircases, hats blown off in the wind - and Hitch throws in plenty of knockabout English humour, but the plotting is half-baked and the special effects are so crude that they make the back projection in Marnie look like the last word in verisimilitude.
30
Like the play, the story is vague and, despite its intended eerieness, unconvincing. [02 Aug 1932, p.17]
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