Blackmail Page #3

Synopsis: Alice White is the daughter of a shopkeeper in 1920's London. Her boyfriend, Frank Webber is a Scotland Yard detective who seems more interested in police work than in her. Frank takes Alice out one night, but she has secretly arranged to meet another man. Later that night Alice agrees to go back to his flat to see his studio. The man has other ideas and as he tries to rape Alice, she defends herself and kills him with a bread knife. When the body is discovered, Frank is assigned to the case, he quickly determines that Alice is the killer, but so has someone else and blackmail is threatened.
Genre: Crime, Thriller
Director(s): Alfred Hitchcock
Production: Scott Entertainment
 
IMDB:
7.0
Rotten Tomatoes:
92%
NOT RATED
Year:
1929
85 min
977 Views


Did they? That's good isn't it?

Well, I hope you get him Frank!

If they do, that will mean motive,

won't it? You

reckon you'll get him soon?

I don't know.

- Well, I came in here to phone.

- That's all right.

Alice? Come here a minute will

you?

But I must be going now. Good-bye

Mrs. White, good-bye Mr. White.

Now you two.

Sssshhhh... Be careful...

What happened last night?

Why don't you tell me?

Look. Do you know where I found this?

It's the only piece of evidence that you

were there. I am keeping it back.

For God's sake, say something!

If you're not using the

phone... aahhh.

I want to get on to Scotland Yard.

Okay.

- I want the best cigar in the shop.

Certainly sir. Would you like to

telephone while I go down?

- No thanks, I can wait.

- What does he mean?

Very well sir. What sort of cigar

would you like sir? I've got...

I got Corona, Corona.

- Corono.

- Corono. Certainly sir.

- Any news of the murder.

- No, not yet.

Have you heard anything?

No, no news.

Are you... quite sure.

What the hell business is it of yours

anyway.

You know, I looked everywhere for

that other glove last night.

But you detectives are much better

at finding these things.

Ah, here we are sir.

Excuse me, will you?

Thank you. Oh they look good.

They ought to. I've had them for

years.

- Is it all right sir.

- Yes, I thought the top was broken, but it's all right.

- Have you a light?

- Yes, here you are.

Quite silly of me, hadn't noticed it.

Is it all right sir?

Of course... sorry.

Extraordinary actually...

I can't quite

I say... would you pay for this?

Is this gentleman a friend of yours

Frank?

No, we're not exactly friends.

At least not yet.

But we're going to do a little

business together, aren't we Frank?

I'll look after the shop, father.

You go in and finish your paper.

What for? Oh... all right my dear, all

right.

Quite unfortunate that poor young

man died around the corner last night.

Look here you...

Perhaps it's fortunate, that your little secret

only came into the hands of a man like me.

You know, there are some men who would

make money out of a thing like that.

What a chance for blackmail.

Oh, oh that's awful.

I couldn't do a thing like that.

Good-morning Miss. Two of each

there.

By the way. You're a detective.

Let me give you a tip.

Don't wave important clues in

telephone boxes.

They've got glass doors.

Detectives in glass houses,

shouldn't wave clues.

Come on, out with it. What do you

want?

What do I want?

Oooooh...

Couldn't we discuss that over

breakfast.

Mother this is a friend of Frank's.

Mr...?

- Tracy.

- Pleased to meet you.

- Mr. Tracy, would you like

Rate this script:0.0 / 0 votes

Charles Bennett

Charles Bennett was an English playwright, screenwriter and director probably best known for his work with Alfred Hitchcock. more…

All Charles Bennett scripts | Charles Bennett Scripts

0 fans

Submitted on August 05, 2018

Discuss this script with the community:

0 Comments

    Translation

    Translate and read this script in other languages:

    Select another language:

    • - Select -
    • 简体中文 (Chinese - Simplified)
    • 繁體中文 (Chinese - Traditional)
    • Español (Spanish)
    • Esperanto (Esperanto)
    • 日本語 (Japanese)
    • Português (Portuguese)
    • Deutsch (German)
    • العربية (Arabic)
    • Français (French)
    • Русский (Russian)
    • ಕನ್ನಡ (Kannada)
    • 한국어 (Korean)
    • עברית (Hebrew)
    • Gaeilge (Irish)
    • Українська (Ukrainian)
    • اردو (Urdu)
    • Magyar (Hungarian)
    • मानक हिन्दी (Hindi)
    • Indonesia (Indonesian)
    • Italiano (Italian)
    • தமிழ் (Tamil)
    • Türkçe (Turkish)
    • తెలుగు (Telugu)
    • ภาษาไทย (Thai)
    • Tiếng Việt (Vietnamese)
    • Čeština (Czech)
    • Polski (Polish)
    • Bahasa Indonesia (Indonesian)
    • Românește (Romanian)
    • Nederlands (Dutch)
    • Ελληνικά (Greek)
    • Latinum (Latin)
    • Svenska (Swedish)
    • Dansk (Danish)
    • Suomi (Finnish)
    • فارسی (Persian)
    • ייִדיש (Yiddish)
    • հայերեն (Armenian)
    • Norsk (Norwegian)
    • English (English)

    Citation

    Use the citation below to add this screenplay to your bibliography:

    Style:MLAChicagoAPA

    "Blackmail" Scripts.com. STANDS4 LLC, 2024. Web. 1 May 2024. <https://www.scripts.com/script/blackmail_4223>.

    We need you!

    Help us build the largest writers community and scripts collection on the web!

    Watch the movie trailer

    Blackmail

    Browse Scripts.com

    The Studio:

    ScreenWriting Tool

    Write your screenplay and focus on the story with many helpful features.