The Skin Game
UK - 1931 - black and white
| Written by: Alfred Hitchcock Alma Reville Based upon the play by: Cinematography by: Film
editing by: Produced by: |
Cast C.V. France (Mr. Hillcrest) Helen Haye (his wife) Jill Esmond (Jill Hillcrest) Edmund Gwenn (Mr. Hornblower) John Longden (Charles Hornblower) Phyllis Konstam (Chloe Hornblower) Frank Lawton (Rolf Hornblower) Herbert Ross (Mr. Jackman) Dora Gregory (his wife) Edward Chapman (Dawker) R.E. Jeffrey (First Stranger) George Bancroft (Second Stranger) Ronald Frankau (Auctioneer) Ivor Barnard |
| A rich
family, the Hillcrests, is fighting against the
speculator, Hornblower, who sends away poor farmers to build factories on their lands. When Mrs. Hillcrest finds out that Chloe Hornblower was a prostitute, she uses this secret to blackmail the speculator and force him to stop his business. Chloe is not strong enough to bear the scandal and she kills herself in the swimming pool. |
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