Young and Innocent
Studio: Gaumont, Gaumont-British Picture Corporation
Starring: Nova Pilbeam, Derrick De Marney, Basil Radford
Director: Alfred Hitchcock
Writer: Charles Bennett, Alma Reville, Josephine Tey
Producer: Edward Black
Young and Innocent, released in the US as The Girl Was Young, is a 1937 British crime thriller film directed by Alfred Hitchcock and starring Nova Pilbeam and Derrick De Marney. Based on the 1936 novel A Shilling for Candles by Josephine Tey, the film is about a young man on the run from a murder charge who enlists the help of a woman who must put herself at risk for his cause.
Trivia
- Based on A Shilling for Candles (1936 mystery novel by Josephine Tey).
- The film was the first of two Hitchcock made for producer Ted Black, the other being The Lady Vanishes.
- Leading lady Nova Pilbeam was only 17 at the time of filming.
Filming Locations
- Pinewood Studios
Previous Showings
13 Runs • 10 Festivals
18,281 tickets sold
All runs on record (13):
- April 30 - May 1, 1990 · 317 ticketsw/ Secret Agent
- July 10 - 13, 1993 · 1,941 ticketsw/ The Lady Vanishes
- February 19 - 23, 2000 · 4,444 ticketsHitchcock 2000w/ The Lady Vanishes
- July 31 - August 1, 2003 · 1,185 ticketsSummer 2003w/ The 39 Steps
- April 22 - 24, 2005 · 1,985 ticketsw/ Notorious
- January 25 - 28, 2008 · 1,794 ticketsHITCHCOCK: Ten Weeks of the films of the Master of Suspensew/ The Lady Vanishes
- September 1 - 3, 2009 · 681 ticketsHITCHCOCKw/ The Lady Vanishes
- February 14 - 17, 2013 · 1,948 ticketsHitchcock 2013w/ Secret Agent
- January 22 - 25, 2015 · 1,941 ticketsHitchcock 2015w/ Dial M for Murder
- March 13 - 14, 2019 · 356 ticketsHitchcock, Master of Suspensew/ The Lady Vanishes
- April 25 - 26, 2024 · 546 ticketsHitchcock, The Master of Suspensew/ Sabotage
- June 25 - 26, 2025 · 440 ticketsHitchcock, The Master of Suspensew/ Sabotage
- April 23 - 24, 2026 · 703 ticketsHitchcock, The Master of Suspensew/ Shadow of a Doubt