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Following a heist in which a valuable diamond necklace is stolen, a detective (John Stuart) sets off on the trail of the thieves. His life saved by a female member of the gang who has fallen in love with him, the sleuth races against time to reach the gang's hideout - an empty London house known as number 17 - and retrieve the hidden necklace before they do. (Universal Pictures UK)
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This Hitchcock film is hugely damaged by its Cimrman (or perhaps Monty Python) excessiveness, which tries to surprise with new twists and turns, but at best makes it laughable, at worst downright ridiculous. If it weren't for all the "shocking" revelations and the almost constant barrage of unnecessary dialogue, Number Seventeen could have been even better.
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