Abbey: A New Era (2022), produced by Ronald Neame's grandson Gareth Neame, is partly inspired by Blackmail. Preservation and home video status A restoration of Blackmails silent version was completed in 2012, as part of the BFI's £2 million "Save the Hitchcock 9" project to restore all of the director's surviving silent films. Like Hitchcock's other British films, all of which are copyrighted worldwide, Blackmail has been heavily bootlegged on home video. Additionally, various licensed, restored releases of both silent and sound versions have appeared on DVD and video on demand from Optimum in the UK, Lionsgate in the US, and others. At the end of 2025, Blackmail will enter the public domain in the United States but for the silent version, this is only in its non-restored, scoreless form. It will remain copyrighted in the rest of the world until the end of 2065. ReferencesNotesBibliography''' Ryall, Tom, Blackmail'' (London: British Film Institute, 1993) External links Blackmail at Silent Era Blackmail sound test on YouTube Alfred Hitchcock Collectors’ Guide: Blackmail at Brenton Film Copyright Catalog at Library of Congress; select "Document number" and type "V8003P432" Cinema Then, Cinema Now: Blackmail (1990) film discussion hosted by Jerry Carlson of CUNY TV 1929 films 1920s psychological thriller films British crime thriller films British black-and-white films Transitional sound films Films set in London Films set in 1929 Films shot at British International Pictures Studios Films directed by Alfred Hitchcock British films based on plays 1920s thriller drama films British thriller drama films 1929 drama films Early sound films British Museum in media Films set in museums 1920s English-language films 1920s British films