Suspicion
1941
In his arms she felt safety...in his absence, haunting dread!
Directed by Alfred Hitchcock
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Intensity
A sheltered heiress falls for a charming playboy and elopes with him, but soon discovers his gambling vice and mounting debts. As his lies deepen and those around them meet mysterious ends, she begins to suspect that her husband’s affection may conceal a deadly motive—and that she could be his next victim.
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- Director
- Alfred Hitchcock
- Written by
- Anthony Berkeley Cox, Alma Reville, Joan Harrison, Samson Raphaelson
- Produced by
- Harry E. Edington
- Composer
- Franz Waxman
- Cinematographer
- Harry Stradling Sr.
- Editor
- William Hamilton
- Studio
- RKO Radio Pictures
- Origin country
- United States
- Runtime
- 1h 39m
- Language
- English
- TMDB
- 7.1/10 (918 votes)
- Rotten Tomatoes
- 97% Fresh
- Metacritic
- 74/100
- IMDb
- 7.2/10 (45,863 votes)
Cast
Cary Grant
John D. 'Johnnie' Aysgarth
Joan Fontaine
Lina McLaidlaw Aysgarth
Cedric Hardwicke
General McLaidlaw
Nigel Bruce
Gordon Cochrane 'Beaky' Thwaite
May Whitty
Mrs. McLaidlaw
Isabel Jeans
Mrs. Newsham
Heather Angel
Ethel the Maid
Auriol Lee
Isobel Sedbusk
Reginald Sheffield
Reggie Wetherby
Leo G. Carroll
Captain George Melbeck
Billy Bevan
Ticket Taker (uncredited)
Faith Brook
Alice Barham (uncredited)
Violet Campbell
Mrs. Barham (uncredited)
Leonard Carey
The McLaidlaw's Butler Burton (uncredited)
David Clyde
Trunk Man (uncredited)
Clyde Cook
Photographer (uncredited)
Alec Craig
Hogarth Club Desk Clerk (uncredited)
Carol Curtis-Brown
Jessie Barham (uncredited)
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