Though Grant and Hitchcock only made four movies together in the span of their long careers, each film made an intense impact on American culture after its release. The British director Alfred Hitchcock began his legendary career in the late s when he directed silent pictures, which laid the groundwork for his plot-twisting suspense-filled classics to come.
The most notable thrillers from his s British era are The 39 Steps and The Lady Vanishes , both of which use his common Macguffin tactic and involve spies or international enemies. At the time Lina is ready to leave him, her fear is escalated when she becomes suspicious that Johnnie has killed others and is planning to murder her. The film stars Cary Grant alongside Joan Fontaine, who won the Best Actress Oscar for her Suspicion performance and whose mental torture is the focus of the suspense.
The screenplay is subpar when considering Hitchcock's dialogue-filled psychological thrillers like Rebecca and Notorious.
Suspicion 's bland script makes the characters' charisma and naivete less convincing. Grant wasn't able to shine in the central role that he excels in like To Catch a Thief or North by Northwest , though he does provide the necessary nuances for audiences to suspect him of the vile acts Fontaine's character fears.
To Catch a Thief uses a core romantic plotline to uplift its suspense, but the film's spy-angle conflict focuses more on action and excitement. To Catch a Thief is a slight disappointment considering its suspense is sub-par compared to the stars' prior collaborations with Hitchock, but the charm of Grant and Kelly, the setting on the French Riviera, and the cinematography keep it locked in the category of classic Hitchcock.
Their partnership spanned twenty years, and they teamed on four films, each with its own place in the classic movie pantheon. Hitchcock had hoped that Grant would make one more film with him near the end of Grant's career — Torn Curtain. Poor Hitchcock had to settle for Paul Newman. Cary Grant was supposed to play the villain in this film, based on a novel about a man who plots to murder his wife.
From a creative standpoint, Suspicion was the least successful film Grant and Hitchcock made together, but still worthwhile — look out for the famous poisoned milk. Taut, terrific Hitchcock suspense as the girl comes under the suspicion of the evil Rains and his nasty Nazi mama. Cary has to figure out a rescue — and how to make it all up to Ingrid. A bit more light-hearted than their previous outings, To Catch a Thief pairs gorgeous Grant with another luminous Hitchcock favorite, Grace Kelly , all set on the French Riviera.
Glamour overload. Grant is a former cat burglar whose WWII heroics earned his freedom, and Kelly is a rich American girl traveling with her salty, down-to-earth mother. This one literally sparkles, and the costumes — with Kelly in them — are to die for. Their last collaboration is my favorite Hitchcock film , and my favorite Cary Grant film. She asks what happened to his first two marriages and he tells her they divorced him because he led too dull of a life.
After they are married, she begins to suspect him of ulterior motives for marrying her, hence her growing suspicion of him. He comes slowly up the stairs, the camera focused on the glass of milk which she believes is poisoned.
She believes the milk is poisoned and Johnny is trying to kill her to get access to her money because he is careless with money. In the end of the movie it turns out that Johnnie is innocent after all although careless with money and his trying to kill her was all in her imagination. However, according to The Art of Hitchcock, Fifty Year of his motion pictures, the ending Hitchcock really wanted was for Johnny to have actually ended up poisoning his wife with the afore-mentioned glass of milk.
Perhaps this played into the lack of chemistry between the two on film. Notorious , in our opinion, is one of the best Hitchcock movies that he made in the s. The storyline holds together well, it has a good mixture of romance and suspense, although, per usual Hitchcock style, it does have a sudden ending. Notorious is set in post world war II South America. Devlin and Alicia fall in love, but when Alicia is faced with a tough decision, he lets her make up her own mind.
Notorious , like a lot of Hitchcock films, is a bit slow to get going. Hitchcock takes him time showing how Devlin has to recruit Alicia, and how the two of them fall in love.
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