Based on an original story by writer and critic Walter C. Mycroft, this was directed by Alfred Hitchcock, who co-wrote it with Eliot Stannard. This is the second comedy that Hitchcock made after The Farmer’s Wife; he later voiced his unhappiness with the film in François Truffaut’s Hitchcock/Truffaut, saying that the movie had no story. During a press conference for Family Plot, he again said that it was his least favorite movie.
Betty (Betty Balfour) uses a plane to fly to see her boyfriend (Jean Bradin) in France, which upsets her wealthy father (Gordon Harker). She meets a mysterious stranger (Ferdinand von Alten) and breaks up with her boyfriend just as her family loses all their money. But it’s all a lie; the father has hired the man and has tipped off the boyfriend.
Not my favorite Hitchcock, but he would be OK with me saying that.
You can watch this on YouTube.
