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Suspicion
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Suspicion is a 1941 American black-and-white mystery, romance, and thriller film directed by Alfred Hitchcock. The screenplay was written by Alma Reville, Samson Raphaelson, and Joan Harrison, with production by Hitchcock and RKO Pictures. The cast includes Joan Fontaine, Cary Grant, Cedric Hardwicke, and Nigel Bruce. The film was distributed by RKO Pictures and Netflix, and is available in video on demand format.
The narrative is set in England and explores themes of poison, a married couple, a telegram, an investigation, and a honeymoon. Franz Waxman composed the score, while Harry Stradling served as director of photography. William Hamilton edited the film, and Van Nest Polglase was the production designer. The runtime is 99 minutes.
Suspicion received an Academy Award for Best Actress and was nominated for Academy Award for Best Picture. It is recognized in the Academy Award Best Actress collection. The film has a vote average of 7.127 on TMDb and a rating of 7.2 on IMDb. It was released on November 14, 1941, with other publication dates in January and November of that year.
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7.1A 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.
Cast
- Cary Grant as John D. 'Johnnie' Aysgarth
- Joan Fontaine as Lina McLaidlaw Aysgarth
- Cedric Hardwicke as General McLaidlaw
- Nigel Bruce as Gordon Cochrane 'Beaky' Thwaite
- May Whitty as Mrs. McLaidlaw
- Isabel Jeans as Mrs. Newsham
Themes
- poison
- married couple
- telegram
- investigation
- honeymoon
- marriage
- kiss
- money
- murderer
- loan
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Key facts
- Directed by
- Alfred Hitchcock
- Screenplay by
- Samson Raphaelson , Joan Harrison , Alma Reville
- Based on
- Before the Fact , 1932 novel, by Francis Iles
- Produced by
- Alfred Hitchcock , Harry E. Edington
- Starring
- Cary Grant , Joan Fontaine , Sir Cedric Hardwicke , Nigel Bruce , Dame May Whitty
- Cinematography
- Harry Stradling Sr.
- Edited by
- William Hamilton
- Music by
- Franz Waxman
- Production company
- RKO Radio Pictures
- Distributed by
- RKO Radio Pictures
- Release date
- November 14, 1941 ( 1941-11-14 )
- Running time
- 99 minutes
- Country
- United States
- Language
- English
- Budget
- $1.1 million
- Box office
- $4.5 million
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- film
- Genre
- mystery film
- Country of origin
- United States
- Original language
- English language
- Director
- Alfred Hitchcock
- Screenwriter
- Joan Harrison
- Cast member
- Edward Fielding
- Composer
- Franz Waxman
- Producer
- Alfred Hitchcock
- Production company
- RKO Pictures
- Cinematographer
- Harry Stradling
- Narrative location
- England
- Duration
- 99
- FilmAffinity ID
- 781972
- Distribution format
- video on demand
- Image
- Suspicion (1941 poster).jpg
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- Commons category
- Suspicion (1941 film)
- publication date
- 1941-11-28
- film editor
- William Hamilton
- title
- Suspicion
- color
- black-and-white
- production designer
- Van Nest Polglase
- distributed by
- Netflix
- assessment
- Bechdel test
- review score
- 74/100
- capital cost
- 1800000
- aspect ratio (W:H)
- Academy ratio
- box office
- 4500000
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Encyclopedic overview
Cary Grant and Joan Fontaine Suspicion is a 1941 American romantic psychological thriller film noir directed by Alfred Hitchcock, and starring Cary Grant and Joan Fontaine as a married couple. It also features Sir Cedric Hardwicke, Nigel Bruce, Dame May Whitty, Isabel Jeans, Heather Angel, and Leo G. Carroll. The film was inspired by the Francis Iles's 1932 novel Before the Fact.
For her role as Lina, Joan Fontaine won the Academy Award for Best Actress in 1941, making it the only Oscar-winning acting performance in an Alfred Hitchcock film. In the film, a romantically inexperienced woman marries a charming playboy after initially rejecting him. He turns out to be penniless, a gambler, and dishonest in the extreme. She comes to suspect that he is also a murderer, and that he is attempting to kill her.
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