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Truly Awful

posted 11 years ago by gbennett5
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This gets my vote as Hitchcock's worst English film, possibly his worst
film ever. Slow, clumsy, incredibly uninvolving story. I stuck with it due
to my passion for Hitch, admiration for the great Sylvia Sidney and a 75
minute running time (although it feels like it ran for two and a half hours).
There isn't a shred of suspense and only the last twenty minutes, or so,
are worth a peek. Instantly forgettable film.

[–] markthemoduk 10 years ago

Rubbish. It's a cracking movie.

[–] princesstinymeat 10 years ago

I agree. I just watched it and found it riveting.

[–] r_freeman 10 years ago

haha, I'm trying to watch it on YouTube, and it's bad. Even though it's Hitch, I'm finding it hard to watch. I'm going to stick with it though. I'm going to watch all his films.

- Opinions are like A-holes, everyone has them.

[–] directorscut 10 years ago

haha, I'm trying to watch it on YouTube, and it's bad. Even though it's Hitch, I'm finding it hard to watch.

No sht. Watching any film on youtube would make it hard to watch.

Get a proper DVD you bum.

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[–] r_freeman 10 years ago

So watching it on DVD would make it a good film? I don't think so.

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[–] Starcraft_rules 10 years ago

He's right though. There are only public domain copies on Youtube and they look hideous. Proper DVDs has remastered image and audio which is important for old films like this.

[–] LinusW 8 years ago

Blu-ray is even better. Network has a fine version of this out on BD.

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