Young and Innocent

A solid, if checklist-like mid-tier early Hitchcock movie. Innocent man on the run, spunky woman swept up in it all, chasing a Macguffin, police on their tail, romance, some mild comedy, and a solution that kind of feels out of nowhere … yup, it’s all there. Nova Pilbeam as Erica is fun, as she had a lot of sass (I could hear reviewers of the time saying “the dame’s got moxie!”), and Derrick De Marney does a fine job as the titular character. It’s nothing I’d recommend to someone who’s starting in on Hitchcock’s library, but it’s a pleasant enough romp.