This week we talk about Hitchcock’s shortest movie, Number Seventeen. This 1932 crime movie is set in an abandoned house where a criminal enterprise is up to some shenanigans.

Details: Number Seventeen was released in 1932 by
British International Pictures. Produced by John Maxwell from a screenplay by Alma Reville (aka Mrs. Hitchcock), Alfred Hitchcock, and Rodney Ackland, based on J. Jefferson Farjeon’s play. It stars John Stuart, Anne Grey, Leon M. Lion, Barry Jones, Donald Calthrop, Ann Casson and Henry Caine. Cinematography by
John J. Cox.

Ranking: 49 out of 52. Ranking movies is a reductive parlor game. It’s also fun. And it’s a good way to frame a discussion. We aggregated over 70 ranking lists from critics, fans, and magazines, and will be going
through Alfred Hitchcock’s films from “worst” to “best.” Number Seventeen got 373 ranking points.