The Lodger 1926  N/R, 84 min.
Genre: Drama / Mystery / Thriller
aka: The Case of Jonathan Drew
Director: Alfred Hitchcock
Cast: Ivor Novello, June, Marie Ault, Arthur Chesney, Malcolm Keen, Alfred Hitchcock, Eve Gray, Reginald Gardiner
This is the prototype for Alfred Hitchcock's future suspense movies. "The avenger" is murdering women in London, and suspicions of being a murderer plague innocent Jonathan Drew (Ivor Novello) who has recently rented a room in a boarding house. The proprietor's daughter Daisey (June) suspects Jonathan and clues in her fiance Joe (Malcolm Keen) about her suspicions. Joe is a police detective, and he arrests Jonathan, but Jonathan manages to escape. Now, the police are on his trail, and Jonathan must evade the police until the real killer is discovered.
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The Manxman 1929  N/R, 90 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Alfred Hitchcock
Cast: Carl Brisson, Anny Ondra, Malcolm Keen, Randle Ayrton, Clare Greet, Kim Peacock, Harry Terry, Nellie Richards, Wilfred Shine
In this Alfred Hitchcock fillm, a fisherman (Carl Brisson), who everyone thought was dead, returns and finds his girlfriend (Anny Ondra) romantically involved with his best friend (Malcolm Keen).
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Operation Amsterdam 1959  N/R, 105 min.
Genre: Adventure
Director: Michael McCarthy
Cast: Peter Finch, Eva Bartok, Tony Britton, Alexander Knox, Malcolm Keen, Christopher Rhodes, Tim Turner, John Horsley, Alfred Burke, Carl Jaffe
Based on a true story, this film, set in 1940, follows a foursome whose job is to move a fortune in diamonds from Amsterdam to England before the Nazis show up–only hours away. To make it to safety, they must avoid not only the Nazis but the sympathizers as well, AND one of the four may be on the other side.
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| 1. The Lodger (1926)
aka: The Case of Jonathan Drew
2. The Manxman (1929)
3. Operation Amsterdam (1959)
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