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The Manxman (1929)

90 min · Melodrama, drama film, melodrama, silent film

Popularity3.5/5
12-month trend1.7k780Expand

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1.7k02025-09: 901 views2025-10: 1,675 views2025-11: 981 views2025-12: 1,006 views2026-01: 1,012 views2026-02: 780 views2026-03: 869 views2026-04: 829 views2026-05: 945 views2026-06: 799 views2026-07: 847 views2026-08: 980 views
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2025-09 to 2026-08

Directors

Alfred Hitchcock

Cast

Carl Brisson, Malcolm Keen, Anny Ondra, Randle Ayrton, Clare Greet, Wilfred Shine, Kim Peacock, Nellie Richards, Harry Terry

The story

thumb|thumbtime=5|The Manxman (1929) The film tells the story of two close childhood friends, a handsome but poor fisherman, Pete Quilliam (Carl Brisson), and a well-educated middle-class lawyer, Philip Christian (Malcolm Keen); Both the young men are smitten with beautiful and lively Kate (Anny Ondra), the pub owner's daughter. In Pete's case, Kate is also interested in him, or at least she enjoys having him as a suitor. Pete proposes, asking Philip to make the case to Kate's dour father, Caesar Cregeen (Randle Ayrton).

Catalogue themes and tags

Fisherman, Forbidden Love, Friends, Friendship, Inseln, Lovestory, Marriage, Marriage Proposal, Star-Rechtsanwalt, vater, verlieben, Silent film, Drama, Indie, Black-and-white

Genres

Melodrama, drama film, melodrama, silent film

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