Suspicion

1941 "In his arms she felt safety...in his absence, haunting dread!"
7.3| 1h39m| NR| en| More Info
Released: 14 November 1941 Released
Producted By: RKO Radio Pictures
Country: United States of America
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Wealthy, sheltered Lina McLaidlaw is swept off her feet by charming ne'er-do-well Johnnie Aysgarth. Though warned that Johnnie is little more than a fortune hunter, Lina marries him anyway and remains loyal to her irresponsible husband as he plows his way from one disreputable business scheme to another. Gradually Lina comes to the conclusion that Johnnie intends to kill her in order to collect her inheritance.

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Cubussoli Very very predictable, including the post credit scene !!!
SnoReptilePlenty Memorable, crazy movie
Bob This is one of the best movies I’ve seen in a very long time. You have to go and see this on the big screen.
Scarlet The film never slows down or bores, plunging from one harrowing sequence to the next.
Kirpianuscus first, it is a real interesting film. because, in many scenes it seems be an experiment to mix different pieces from different genres. it is, in same measure, a dark comedy, a thriller, mystery and quiz. the occasion to discover a different Cary Grant, exploring his art for romantic comedy in admirable manner and occasion for Joan Fontain to guide the viewer on the web of innocence, rumors, fear and need to know the truth. the end is a compromise. brutal, uncomfortable but, maybe, part of experiment, solution to escape from the predictability or the scissor of censors. a strange film because it contains the lines who define Hitchcock universe but, in same measure, seems profound different. and, finally, this is far to be a bad thing.
vincentlynch-moonoi This is one of my favorite Cary Grant films, although it is certainly not at the top of my Alfred Hitchcock picks. I thought I had already reviewed it, and was coming on the site to update because I had just upgraded to the new Blu Ray edition. A comment about that first. I do not feel that the upgrade from regular DVD to Blu Ray is, in this case, worth it; the improvement is marginal.Joan Fontaine (Lina) is a bookish, almost spinsterish young woman who stumbles upon an intriguing ne'er-do-well (Johnnie Aysgarth), played by Cary Grant. When Fontaine hears her parents (Sir Cedric Hardwicke and Dame May Witty) in a conversation where they discuss the unlikelihood of her ever marrying, she falls in love with Grant, almost in spite of her parent's viewpoint. But, she soon is in real love with Grant, and they marry rather quickly. Into the picture comes Nigel Bruce as sort buffoonish 'Beaky', whom Grant sort of watches out for...or does he. In one incident after another, Grant disappoints Fontaine: first he turns out to have no job or income, then he gets a job...and secretly loses it, and then he sells her father's prize chairs without her permission. She begins to like Beaky, and it begins to appear that Grant may plan on murdering the silly man to gain his money in a business deal. Sure enough, Bruce dies, and Grant's involvement seems almost a certainty. And then, the question becomes: will he also murder FOntaine...by poisoned milk? Or does he finally become a man?Cary Grant is my favorite actor (or at least tied with Spencer Tracy). And he is perfect for his role here...and plays it to maximum effect. On the other hand, although I don't dislike her, I'm not a fan of Joan Fontaine...but in watching this film this time around, I have to admit that Fontaine (who won the Academy Award for this performance) literally steals the show. Sir Cedric Hardwicke and Dame May Witty have very minor roles here. Important to the film, but very brief. Nigel Bruce's role is more substantial, and he is good in it, but I sometimes tire of him always playing the buffoon.It's difficult to find much wrong with this film. It is in Hitchcock's more subtle career phase...which I much prefer. Apparently the film is MUCH different than the novel; the film leaves out all of Grant's infidelities. And, instead of being a real cad (as in the book), the film becomes more a tale of a woman with suspicions. Today, I'm sure the film would be a very much different one.
Ross622 Alfred Hitchcock's Suspicion is a movie with a great suspenseful mood where Lina Auysgarth (Joan Fontaine) suspects that her husband John (Cary Grant)suspects that he is going to kill her. Though I really liked the story, acting, writing, and directing. My 2 biggest gripes with this movie is a small part of the story which is that Fontaine's character suspects that Grant's character is going to kill him when she visualized him killing Mr. Thwaite she just faints and just jumps to the conclusion that she may be the next target when she isn't. The ending just isn't an original Hitchcock ending because Grant and Fontaine end up happily ever after (really not like other Hitchcock movies). But in the end it is a well done movie with equally wonderful work from the cast and crew to this movie.On average 9.8/10= 98%
Adam Peters (61%) What maybe could have been old Hitch's better films is sadly hampered by studio interference in which they annoyingly stifled the ending almost like a bucket of cold water poured on top infecting the whole movie with a cursed sense of pointlessness forever. The basic premise is perfect thriller material, and doubts are raised and lowered throughout making for some quite gripping scenes. Although there's no getting away from that ending, but this is still a very well made, and very Hitchcockian movie, with a strong able cast and likable characters, that overall could and should have sadly been even better. Worth a watch, but sadly lacking.