Young and Innocent

Original Alfred Hitchcock movie poster of the classic crime thriller, Young and Innocent (1937) for sale.

This is an actual surviving poster of Young and Innocent (The Girl Was Young), which was released in India by the National Film Development Corporation of India (NFDC).

Printed and circulated in India somewhere in the 1970s/1980s during the film’s release in India, this poster was originally intended for publicity but never ended up being used.

This original Alfred Hitchcock movie poster uses a photographic still cut paste technique in its design. Three black and white still photographs of key scenes from the film appear encased inside a film reel on the poster. The poster is set against a minimalistic black background.

Young and Innocent (American title: The Girl Was Young) is a 1937 British crime thriller film directed by Alfred Hitchcock. The film is based on the 1936 novel, “A Shilling for Candles” by Josephine Tey.

Young and Innocent tells the story about a young man on the run for suspected murder who enlists the help of a woman to prove his innocence. A signature style in most of his films, Alfred Hitchcock appears in a cameo in Young and Innocent.