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Blackmail

Reviewed by Steve Daly | Sep 25, 1992

Hitchcock's first talkie, Blackmail, links hypnotic montages with tedious chat as a Scotland Yard lug shields his girlfriend from a murder rap. Bits of sonic brilliance stand out, like the word knife suddenly making the culprit jump; too bad there's nothing that sharp on the disc's alternate audio track, featuring 92-year-old screenwriter Charles Bennett. B-

Originally posted Sep 25, 1992 Published in issue #137 Sep 25, 1992 Order article reprints

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