Peter Lorre

A baby photographer, mistaken for a private detective, leads him to get involved with a beautiful and mysterious woman trying to locate her missing uncle. Shortly after starting the case, both are kidnapped by a sinister gang of foreign agents and framed for murder. A comic turn on classic film noir and those hard-boiled Mickey Spillane thrillers.

"An ordinary British couple vacationing in Switzerland suddenly find themselves embroiled in a case of international intrigue when their daughter is kidnapped by spies plotting a political assassination. This fleet and gripping early thriller from the Master of Suspense, Alfred Hitchcock, was the first film the director made after signing to the Gaumont-British Picture Corporation. Besides affirming Hitchcock's genius, it gave the brilliant Peter...