Number 13

John · External Since: Aug 09, 2003 Posts: 14

It's hard to feel any affection for this mess of a movie. The comedy
displayed by the silly actors (for want of a better word) fails to
amuse, and there are no moments of suspense to relieve the viewer from
straining to hear their inane lines from the poorly recorded sound. The
chase at the end is flat and confusing, and the editing throughout the
film is sloppy. I still say Hitchcock must have been kidnapped by a less
clever director. I'm glad he was released to make "The Man Who Knew Too
Much."

bigsilentfan · External Since: Jan 13, 2005 Posts: 564

On Mar 26, 12:50?am, West18j... DeleteThis @webtv.net (John) wrote:
> It's hard to feel any affection for this mess of a movie. The comedy
> displayed by the silly actors (for want of a better word) fails to
> amuse, and there are no moments of suspense to relieve the viewer from
> straining to hear their inane lines from the poorly recorded sound. The
> chase at the end is flat and confusing, and the editing throughout the
> film is sloppy. I still say Hitchcock must have been kidnapped by a less
> clever director. I'm glad he was released to make "The Man Who Knew Too
> Much."

It was all I could do to watch this film once and that was more than
enough wasted time. There are many other (but not all) Hitchcock
films that can be enjoyed again and again.

Rich

Marmalade_man · External Since: Aug 03, 2006 Posts: 2

On Mar 26, 2:33 pm, bigsilent... RemoveThis @aol.com wrote:
> On Mar 26, 12:50?am, West18j... RemoveThis @webtv.net (John) wrote:
>
> > It's hard to feel any affection for this mess of a movie. The comedy
> > displayed by the silly actors (for want of a better word) fails to
> > amuse, and there are no moments of suspense to relieve the viewer from
> > straining to hear their inane lines from the poorly recorded sound. The
> > chase at the end is flat and confusing, and the editing throughout the
> > film is sloppy. I still say Hitchcock must have been kidnapped by a less
> > clever director. I'm glad he was released to make "The Man Who Knew Too
> > Much."
>
> It was all I could do to watch this film once and that was more than
> enough wasted time. There are many other (but not all) Hitchcock
> films that can be enjoyed again and again.
>
> Rich

Hi John and Rich:

Am I missing something?

Where did you get access to Hitchcock's film NUMBER 13?
I thought it was unfininished and that all footage was lost.

Best wishes,

- Vic

sawakatoome · External Since: Feb 26, 2005 Posts: 260

What the?!

I obviously got confused. I thought they were talking about 'Number
Seventeen'.

Now that you mention it Vic, 'Number Thirteen' doesn't actually exist,
does it? .. or so I thought.

Fergal #.

On Apr 4, 1:16 pm, "Marmalade_man" <marmalade_....DeleteThis@yahoo.com> wrote:
> On Mar 26, 2:33 pm, bigsilent....DeleteThis@aol.com wrote:
>
>
>
>
>
> > On Mar 26, 12:50?am, West18j....DeleteThis@webtv.net (John) wrote:
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> > > It's hard to feel any affection for this mess of a movie. The comedy
> > > displayed by the silly actors (for want of a better word) fails to
> > > amuse, and there are no moments of suspense to relieve the viewer from
> > > straining to hear their inane lines from the poorly recorded sound. The
> > > chase at the end is flat and confusing, and the editing throughout the
> > > film is sloppy. I still say Hitchcock must have been kidnapped by a less
> > > clever director. I'm glad he was released to make "The Man Who Knew Too
> > > Much."
>
> > It was all I could do to watch this film once and that was more than
> > enough wasted time. There are many other (but not all) Hitchcock
> > films that can be enjoyed again and again.
>
> > Rich
>
> Hi John and Rich:
>
> Am I missing something?
>
> Where did you get access to Hitchcock's film NUMBER 13?
> I thought it was unfininished and that all footage was lost.
>
> Best wishes,
>
> - Vic- Hide quoted text -
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> - Show quoted text -

Old Movie Fan · External Since: Jan 19, 2005 Posts: 163

Sorry, looks like I jumped in without double checking. It was "Number
Seventeen" that we were slamming.

More proof that it's forgettable,

Rich

John · External Since: Aug 09, 2003 Posts: 14

Sorry for being at the wrong address. It's not the first time, I'm
afraid.

John