THE MANXMAN (UK, 1929, Alfred Hitchcock)
/Alfred Hitchcock’s final silent film chronicles a dramatic love triangle on the Isle of Man, and is based on the popular 1894 novel THE MANXMAN by Hall Caine.
Read MoreAlfred Hitchcock’s final silent film chronicles a dramatic love triangle on the Isle of Man, and is based on the popular 1894 novel THE MANXMAN by Hall Caine.
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