We all have to start somewhere, and Alfred Hitchcock's career as a director begins somewhat inauspiciously with this routine melodrama filmed in Munich and starring confusingly similar-looking American actresses Virginia Valli and Carmelita Geraghty. Hitch slips in a couple of flourishes early on, but it's not long before his ingenuity is overwhelmed by the sheer ordinariness of the plot. Highlight of the movie is undoubtedly Miles Manders' most caddish of cads with a taste for booze, drugs and native girls.
Review of The Pleasure Garden
