Despite a silly cop-out ending (imposed by RKO), a gripping domestic thriller with Fontaine suitably nervy as the prim young woman who marries Grant, only to come increasingly to suspect that he intends to murder her. Marred by a blatantly artificial English countryside and by a somewhat clichéd story, it's nevertheless a supreme example of Grant's ability to be simultaneously charming and sinister, and of the director's skill with neat expressionistic touches (most notably, the glass of milk).
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Release Details
- Duration:99 mins
Cast and crew
- Director:Alfred Hitchcock
- Screenwriter:Samson Raphaelson, Joan Harrison, Alma Reville
- Cast:
- Cary Grant
- Joan Fontaine
- Nigel Bruce
- Cedric Hardwicke
- May Whitty
- Leo G Carroll
- Isabel Jeans
- Heather Angel
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