The Skin Game (1931)

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Contents 1 Synopsis 2 Technical Information 3 DVD Recommendations 4 Recent DVD Releases 4.1 released in 2008 4.2 released in 2007 5 See Also... 6 Image Gallery 7 Film Frames 8 Themes 9 Cast and Crew

[edit] Synopsis

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. (© IMDB)

[edit] Technical Information

• black & white
• sound mix: mono
• aspect ratio:
• running time: 85 minutes
• production studio: British International Pictures

[edit] DVD Recommendations

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[edit] Recent DVD Releases

• to view all of the DVD releases of this film, see The Skin Game (1931) - DVD releases

[edit] released in 2008

Chantage (1929) / The Skin Game (1931) - Studio Canal (France, 2008) R2 PAL 1.33:1

[edit] released in 2007

	The Skin Game (1931) - Lionsgate (USA, 2007) - part of a box set R1 NTSC 1.33:1
	The Skin Game (1931) - Optimum Releasing (UK, 2007) - part of a box set R2 PAL 1.33:1

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[edit] See Also...

For further relevant information about this film, see also...

• 1000 Frames of The Skin Game (1931)
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[edit] Image Gallery

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[edit] Film Frames

[edit] Themes

[edit] Cast and Crew

Directed by:

• Alfred Hitchcock
• Frank Mills - assistant director

Starring:

• Edmund Gwenn - Mr Hornblower
• Helen Haye - Mrs Amy Hillcrest
• C V France - Squire John Hillcrest
• Jill Esmond - Jill Hillcrest
• Phyllis Konstam - Chloe Hornblower
• John Longden - Charles Hornblower
• Frank Lawton - Rolf Hornblower
• Herbert Ross - Mr Jackman
• Dora Gregory - Mrs Jackman
• Edward Chapman - Dawke

Produced by:

• John Maxwell

Written by:

• John Galsworthy - original play
• Alfred Hitchcock
• Alma Reville

Photographed by:

• Jack E Cox

Edited by:

• A R Gobbett
• Rene Marrison

Hitchcock's Major Films
1920s	The Pleasure Garden · The Mountain Eagle · The Lodger · Downhill · Easy Virtue · The Ring · The Farmer's Wife · Champagne · The Manxman · Blackmail
1930s	Juno and the Paycock · Murder! · The Skin Game · Rich and Strange · Number Seventeen · Waltzes from Vienna · The Man Who Knew Too Much · The 39 Steps · Secret Agent · Sabotage · Young and Innocent · The Lady Vanishes · Jamaica Inn
1940s	Rebecca · Foreign Correspondent · Mr and Mrs Smith · Suspicion · Saboteur · Shadow of a Doubt · Lifeboat · Spellbound · Notorious · The Paradine Case · Rope · Under Capricorn
1950s	Stage Fright · Strangers on a Train · I Confess · Dial M for Murder · Rear Window · To Catch a Thief · The Trouble with Harry · The Man Who Knew Too Much · The Wrong Man · Vertigo · North by Northwest
1960s	Psycho · The Birds · Marnie · Torn Curtain · Topaz
1970s	Frenzy · Family Plot
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