Here. I don't mind Nova Pilbeam or Derrick De Marney, though Percy Marmont (her father), Edward Rigby ('Old Will') and Mary Clare (the suspicious aunt) get the acting honours. Hitch teased De Marney incessantly but treated 18 year old Pilbeam with deference, and they both adored the dog (who is saved from the mine, if you pay attention.)
Charles Burnett helped develop the screenplay, originally known as A Shilling for Candles but then Myron Selznick nabbed him for Hollywood. Many other writers contributed, including Joan Harrison, the Hitchcocks and others, all overlooked by Angus MacPhail. Hitch is at his most sarcastic about the workings of the English police (perhaps thinking back to that practical joke played on him as a child when he was 'imprisoned' at the local police station).
Charles Frend is the editor, Bernard Knowles the remarkable cameraman.
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