Young and Innocent

Young and Innocent
Theatrical release poster
Directed by	Alfred Hitchcock
Written by	Gerald Savory (dialogue) Alma Reville (continuity)
Screenplay by	Charles Bennett Edwin Greenwood Anthony Armstrong
Based on	A Shilling for Candles 1936 novel by Josephine Tey[1]
Produced by	Edward Black (uncredited)
Starring	Nova Pilbeam Derrick De Marney
Cinematography	Bernard Knowles
Edited by	Charles Frend
Music by	Jack Beaver (uncredited) Louis Levy (uncredited)
Production company	Gaumont-British
Distributed by	General Film Distributors
Release dates	November 1937 (1937-11) (London) 17 February 1938 (1938-02-17) (US)
Running time	83 minutes
Country	United Kingdom
Language	English

Young and Innocent, released in the US as The Girl Was Young,^[1] is a 1937 British crime thriller film directed by Alfred Hitchcock and starring Nova Pilbeam and Derrick De Marney.^[1] Based on the 1936 novel A Shilling for Candles by Josephine Tey, the film is about a young man on the run from a murder charge who enlists the help of a woman who must put herself at risk for his cause. An elaborately staged crane shot Hitchcock devised, which appears towards the end of the film, identifies the real murderer.^[1]