---
title: 'Young and Innocent (1937)'
type: 'film'
director: 'Alfred Hitchcock'
released: '1937-01-01'
runtime_minutes: 80
genres:
  - 'Drama'
  - 'Crime'
  - 'Thriller'
countries:
  - 'United Kingdom'
canonical: 'https://cinepixo.com/movies/young-and-innocent-1937'
review_count: 0
imdb: 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0029811/'
publisher: 'CinePixo'
---

# Young and Innocent (1937)

1937 · 80 min · Drama, Crime, Thriller · United Kingdom


## Synopsis

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. An elaborately staged crane shot Hitchcock devised, which appears towards the end of the film, identifies the real murderer.

## Credits

- **Director:** [Alfred Hitchcock](https://cinepixo.com/people/alfred-hitchcock)
- **Screenplay:** [Alma Reville](https://cinepixo.com/people/alma-reville), [Josephine Tey](https://cinepixo.com/people/josephine-tey), [Charles Bennett](https://cinepixo.com/people/charles-bennett)
- **Original Music Composer:** [Jack Beaver](https://cinepixo.com/people/jack-beaver)
- **Producer:** [Edward Black](https://cinepixo.com/people/edward-black)
- **Director of Photography:** [Bernard Knowles](https://cinepixo.com/people/bernard-knowles)
- **Editor:** [Charles Frend](https://cinepixo.com/people/charles-frend)

## Cast

- [Alfred Hitchcock](https://cinepixo.com/people/alfred-hitchcock)
- [George Merritt](https://cinepixo.com/people/george-merritt)
- [Mary Clare](https://cinepixo.com/people/mary-clare)
- [Derrick De Marney](https://cinepixo.com/people/derrick-de-marney)
- [Percy Marmont](https://cinepixo.com/people/percy-marmont)
- [Frederick Piper](https://cinepixo.com/people/frederick-piper)
- [John Longden](https://cinepixo.com/people/john-longden)
- [Edward Rigby](https://cinepixo.com/people/edward-rigby)
- [Nova Pilbeam](https://cinepixo.com/people/nova-pilbeam)
- [Jerry Verno](https://cinepixo.com/people/jerry-verno)
- [Basil Radford](https://cinepixo.com/people/basil-radford)
- [Torin Thatcher](https://cinepixo.com/people/torin-thatcher)

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Source: https://cinepixo.com/movies/young-and-innocent-1937
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