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Champagne (Original title)
Date: 1928 (Release)

Country: United Kingdom

Directed by: Alfred Hitchcock

Synopsis: A millionaire disagrees with his daughter over a love affair and decides to teach her a lesson by pretending to lose all his money. Later he is forced to admit the hoax and agree to his daughter's romance.

Genre:
Comedy

Subjects:
Money, Wealth, Deception
Releases
Date: 1928Country: United KingdomRelease type: unknownFormat: 35mm Film - Black and White - SilentRuntime: 95 mins Length: 8038 FeetLanguage: English
Date: 2012Country: United KingdomRelease type: RestorationFormat: 35mm Film - Black and White - SilentAspect ratio: 1.33:1Runtime: 104 mins 50 secs - Language: English

Credits (13)
Presents: British International Pictures, Distributed by: Wardour Films, [Producer]: John Maxwell, Assistant Director: Frank Mills, Scenario by: Eliot Stannard, Adaptated by: Alfred Hitchcock, From an Original Story by: Walter C. Mycroft, Photography by: John J. Cox, [Camera Assistant]: Alfred Roome, [Stills]: Michael Powell, Art Director: C.W. Arnold, Produced at: Elstree Studios
Cast (12)
Betty Balfour (Betty, the girl), Jean Bradin (the boy), Theo von Alten (the man), Gordon Harker (Mark, Betty's father), Clifford Heatherley ([impresario]), Hannah Jones ([club servant]), Marcel Vibert ([maître d'hotel]), Claude Hulbert ([club guest on staircase]), Jack Trevor ([the officer]), Sunday Wilshin ([girl]), Balliol & Merton ([dancers]), Phyllis Konstam