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The Manxman is a 1929 British silent romance film directed by Alfred Hitchcock and starring Anny Ondra, Carl Brisson and Malcolm Keen. The film is based on a popular 1894 romantic novel The Manxman by Hall Caine, which had previously been made into a film 13 years earlier.
The Manxman is a novel by Hall Caine, first appearing as a serial in The Queen, The Lady's Newspaper and Court Chronicle between January and July 1894. Published as one volume in August 1894 by Heinemann, The Manxman ended the system of three-volume novels.
A drama romance film directed by Alfred Hitchcock, based on a novel by Hall Caine. It tells the story of a love triangle between a fisherman, a lawyer and a girl on the Isle of Man.
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- Drama, Romance
- Alfred Hitchcock
- 1929-12-16
A fisherman and a rising young lawyer, who grew up as brothers, fall in love with the same girl. Despite their differing backgrounds, fisherman Pete and lawyer Philip have been life-long friends on the Isle of Man. Pete wants to marry Kate, the landlord's daughter at the local inn. However, Kate's father doesn't think he is good enough.
Set in a remote Isle of Man fishing community (but shot in Cornwall), The Manxman is Alfred Hitchcock’s penultimate silent film and one of the best and most mature works of his early career. The film was adapted from the bestselling novel by Sir Hall Caine, published in 1894, which had sold half a million copies.
The Manxman is a 1929 British silent drama film directed by Alfred Hitchcock and starring Anny Ondra, Carl Brisson and Malcolm Keen. The film is based on a popular 1896 romantic novel The Manxman by Hall Caine, which had previously been made into a 1917 film.
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Watch The Manxman with a subscription on Prime Video. A woman faces a crisis of conscience when her father insists that she marry a lawyer instead of her true love.
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