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Actors: Gregory Peck, Alida Valli, Charles Laughton, Charles Coburn, Ann Todd, Ethel Barrymore, Louis Jourdan, Leo G. Carroll
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| Review Summary and Plot Commentary about The Paradine Case |
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THE PARADINE CASE is a David O. Selznick production directed by Alfred Hitchcock in 1947. Ethel Barrymore was nominated for the Academy Award in the Best Actress in a Supporting Role category.
London, 1946. Mrs. Paradine's counsellor, Charles Coburn, asks the well-known lawyer Gregory Peck to help him defend his client. Mrs. Paradine is charged with the murder of her blind husband. Peck, happily married until now with Ann Todd, falls violently in love with the beautiful Alida-Mrs. Paradine-Valli and believes her to be innocent of the crime despite all the evidences.
--Daniel Staebler, Resident Scholar
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| Analysis of The Paradine Case |
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Ratings are on a 1-10 scale (Low to High)
Plot
Composition of Movie
Planning/preparing, gather info, debate puzzles/motives - 50%
Feelings, relationships, character bio/development - 50%
Time/Era of Movie:
- 1930's-1950's
Legal/Political Thriller?
Yes
Legal Thriller Plotlets:
- finding out whether someone is really guilty
Main Character
Identity:
- Male
Profession/status:
- a lawyer creature
Age:
- 40's-50's
Eccentric:
Yes
- deluded
Hair style
- short/standard straight (man)
Body type
- average (man)
Events of movie makes character more...
- sad
Ethnicity/Nationality
- British
How sensitive is this character?
- sensitive to others' feelings
Intelligence
- Average intelligence
Physique
- average physique
Secondary Main Character
Identity:
- Female
Hair color
- blonde
Hair style
- (woman) medium/shoulderlgn, straight
How much in movie?
- 60%
Ethnicity/Nationality
- British
Main Adversary
Identity:
- Female
Age:
- 20's-30's
Profession/status:
- wife/homemaker
How much of work is main antagonist actually present in:
- 80%
Hair type
- (woman) medium/shoulderlgn wavey
Intelligence
- Smarter than most other characters
Physique
- average physique
How sensitive is this character?
- mean, arrogant
Setting
Europe
Yes
European country:
- England/UK
City?
Yes
City:
- London
Misc setting
- prison
Style
Accounts of torture and death?
- non-gory references to death/punishment
Movie makes you feel...
- frustrated
How many deaths in film?
- 1
Sex/nudity in movie?
Yes
What kind of sex:
- kissing
Unusual forms of death
- poisoning
Check here if B&W
Yes
Any profanity?
- None
If Soundtrack VERY NOTICEABLE...
- Orchestra/classical
Is this movie based on a
- book
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