This is early Hitchcock. It's not a silent film, but the first 10 minutes or so are silent, with action shots of police chases - old police vans and Morse code.
The movie is slow at times, but I wasn't bothered because the sets, costumes, lights, makeup are all 20's vintage and fun to watch. For me the novelty of watching the behavior and scenes of the times made up for a dated movie.
The characters held up - the careless boyfriend, shallow girlfriend looking for fun, the blackmailer. The rapist. These were all well done. My fav tho, was the ending. Great ending. The fun thing about watching a director's early work is watching it evolve.
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