A peculiar and neglected early Hitchcock stage adaptation.
Number Seventeen
A great play. A great novel. And a greater film.
1932 · 1h 3m · TV-PG
Crime, Mystery, Thriller
Directed by
Alfred Hitchcock
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Number Seventeen
Overview
A gang of jewel thieves hides out in an abandoned London house after a robbery, unaware that a detective is among them in disguise.
Director and cast
Critics on Rotten Tomatoes
Top critics, in their words
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.
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