The Skin Game (1931)

Directed by

Alfred Hitchcock

Genre

drama film

Country

United Kingdom

Runtime

1h 17m

Rated

NR

Rating

5.4 of 10 from 92 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

Two families in a small English town are locked in a bitter feud. Their rivalry escalates and leads to tragic consequences for everyone involved.

tensedramaticbrittishslow-burnclassically-stagedconflict-drivengrimsocially-aware

What happens

The Skin Game is a 1931 British drama film by Alfred Hitchcock, based on the 1920 play by John Galsworthy and produced by British International Pictures. The story revolves around two rival families, the Hillcrists and the Hornblowers, and the disastrous results of the feud between them. Edmund Gwenn and Helen Haye reprised their respective roles as Mr. Hornblower and Mrs. Hillcrist from the 1921 silent version. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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