The Ring
(1927) England
B&W : Eight reels / 8454 feet
Directed by Alfred Hitchcock
Cast: Carl Brisson [‘One Round’ Jack Sander], Lilian Hall Davis [Mabel, the girl], Ian Hunter [Bob Corby], Gordon Harker [George, Jack’s trainer], Forrester Harvey [James Ware, the promoter], Harry Terry [the showman]; Clare Greet [the fortune teller], Billy Wells [a boxer], Charles Farrell [a second]
British International Pictures, Limited, production; distributed by Wardour Films, Limited [A British International Picture]. / Scenario by Alfred Hitchcock + [Eliot Stannard and Alma Reville], from a screen story by Alfred Hitchcock. Art direction by C.W. Arnold (C. Wilfred Arnold). Assistant director, Frank Mills. Photography (cinematography) by John J. Cox. Presented by British International Pictures, Limited. / © 1927. Released October 1927. / Standard 35mm spherical 1.33:1 format. / Hitchcock’s sixth film. [?] Butler-Cinema p. ? lists the length as 8400 feet; another source lists the length as 8007 feet; Gifford-British n. 08265 lists the film’s length as 8454 feet. British Board of Film Censors certificate: A. The original nitrate camera negative of the British domestic version has decomposed. / Silent film.
Drama.
Survival status: Prints exist [35mm nitrate positive (French release print), 16mm reduction positives].
Current rights holder: StudioCanal/Canal+ Image UK.
Keywords: Athletes: Boxers - Carnivals - Fairgrounds - Love triangles - Negroes - Sports: Boxing
Listing updated: 11 April 2025.
References: Film credits, film viewing : Butler-Cinema p. ?; Gifford-British n. 08265; Perry-British pp. 57, 60l, 328; Ryall-Blackmail pp. 25, 40; Shipman-Cinema p. 97; Sinyard-Silent p. 170; Taylor-Hitchcock pp. 89-91, 93, 94, 103, 110 : Website-BFI.
Home video: Blu-ray Disc, DVD.
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