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Starring: Cary Grant, Joan Fontaine, Nigel Bruce, Dame May Whitty, Cedric Hardwicke, Leo G. Carroll
| SUSPICION is a movie directed by Alfred Hitchcock in 1941 in Hollywood. For her performance, Joan Fontaine won the 1942 Academy Award in the Best Actress in a leading role category.
Joan Fontaine, the only daughter of a retired english general, is 27 years old and lives secluded with her books and her parents in a small english town. She is seduced by Cary Grant, a charming gambler and playboy who marries her. As they return from their honeymoon, Joan -Lina- Fontaine discovers that Cary Grant doesn't have any money at all. She convinces him to accept a job but Cary Grant prefers to gamble at the horse races. Lina then accidentally learns that Cary Grant has stolen from his new employer's accounts and that he doesn't go to work anymore. Her love for him is so powerful that she accepts his lies about it. Having a new idea , Cary -Johnnie- Grant persuades his friend Beaky to invest money in a real estate operation that should make both of them rich but Beaky dies in France in strange circumstances. Little by little, Lina suspects that Cary Grant may have killed his best friend for money and could desire to kill her now for mysterious reasons. If not, why is Johnnie so interested in untraceable poisons, why does he spend time with Isobel Sedbusk, the local lesbian murder mystery writer, and discuss hours with her how to commit the perfect crime ? A classic Hitchcock with the famous "milk in the glass" scene. | ||
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Plot Time/era of movie: - 1930's-1950's Romance/Love/Hugging Yes Kind of romance: - seduction (yum!) - Lover is... Main Character Identity: - Female Profession/status: Age: - 20's-30's Eccentric: Yes - deluded Hair color? - brunette (Brown) Hair type - - (woman) medium/shoulderlgn curly Events of movie makes character more... - sad Ethnicity/Nationality How sensitive is this character? - sensitive to others' feelings Sense of humor? - Mostly serious with occasional humor Intelligence - Smarter than most other characters Physique - average physique Secondary Main Character Identity: - Male Hair color - brunette (Black) Hair style - - (man) short/standard straight Body type - (man) average build How much in movie? - 90%-100% Ethnicity/Nationality - British Main Adversary Identity: - a fight for survival Setting Europe Yes European country: - England/UK Mountains/Cliffs Yes Mountains: - falling off Small town? Yes Small town people: - dumb Rednecks, like Gomer Pyle Misc setting Style Accounts of torture and death? - generic/vague references to death/punishment Movie makes you feel... - excited Sex/nudity in movie? Yes What kind of sex: - kissing Check here if B&W Yes If soundtrack VERY NOTICEABLE... - Orchestra/classical Is this movie based on a - book |
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