One Good Movie 8

A weekly newsletter for movie lovers with taste but not much time.

February 10, 2023

Cough,

I'm sick, so today's movie is cinematic comfort food.

If you're a Hitchcock fan, you've seen it. But I doubt you have it in your regular rotation.

And it pairs nicely with last week's train film.

The movie was one of Hitchcock's last in Britain before making Hollywood pictures. Hitchcock demonstrates full command of his visual grammar.

Charters and Caldicott are an early example of gay coding in a Hitchcock film. The duo went on to appear in films, radio programs, and a television series.

A woman disappears. Train passengers deny ever seeing the woman. Mystery ensues.

Complications of gender and politics mixed with dry British humor.

-Guy

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