The Manxman

IMDb RATING

YOUR RATING

A fisherman and a rising young lawyer, who grew up as brothers, fall in love with the same girl.A fisherman and a rising young lawyer, who grew up as brothers, fall in love with the same girl.A fisherman and a rising young lawyer, who grew up as brothers, fall in love with the same girl.

See production info at IMDbPro

IMDb RATING

6.2/10

3.4K

YOUR RATING

See production info at IMDbPro

Photos28

+ 22

Top cast9

Edit

Anny Ondra

Kate Cregeen

Carl Brisson

Pete Quilliam

Malcolm Keen

Philip Christian

Randle Ayrton

Caesar Cregeen

Clare Greet

Mrs. Cregeen
(as Claire Greet)

Kim Peacock

Ross Christian
(uncredited)

Nellie Richards

Wardress
(uncredited)

Wilfred Shine

Doctor
(uncredited)

Harry Terry

Wedding Guest
(uncredited)

Director
- Alfred Hitchcock
Writers
- Hall Caine
- Eliot Stannard
All cast & crew
Production, box office & more at IMDbPro

More like this

5.8

6.1

5.4

5.7

6.0

5.7

6.3

5.7

5.4

5.8

6.9

5.7

Storyline

Edit

Did you know

Edit

Trivia
Two key lines in this movie have no intertitles, the viewer having to lip-read them. (At around one hour and four minutes) Kate reveals to Philip, "Philip, I am going to have a baby." Four minutes later, she reveals to her husband Pete, "I am going to have a baby."

Goofs
(at around 1 min) Philip puts his right hand in his pocket, but it is not in the pocket in the subsequent shot.

Quotes
[first title card]
Title Card: "What shall it profit a man if he gain the whole world and lose his own soul?"

Alternate versions
There is an Italian edition of this film on DVD, " THE MANXMAN (1929) + BLACKMAIL (1929)", distributed by DNA Srl (2 Films on a single DVD), re-edited with the contribution of film historian Riccardo Cusin. This version is also available for streaming on some platforms.

Connections
Featured in My Name Is Alfred Hitchcock (2022)

User reviews59

Review

Featured review

8/10

excellent love triangle on the Isle of Man

Hitchcock's final silent, 'The Manxman', has two stars you'll see elsewhere in his films - Carl Brisson, from 'The Ring', and Anny Ondra, from 'Blackmail'. It's a tale of three friends, a promise, a search for riches, and forbidden love. Malcolm Keen plays the friend who finds his loyalties tested while he strives to make good in his chosen career of the law.

Beautifully shot and quite modern in tone, this boasts a lovely performance from Ondra, while Brisson convinces as a fisherman who trusts too much and sees too little. At times this story seems to veer towards the tragic, but has an ending which does work. The Cornish scenery which stands in for the Isle of Man is lovely, while the Hitchcock trademarks are clearly there. Well worth a look and very enjoyable.