Cary Grant

Joan Fontaine

Cedric Hardwicke

Nigel Bruce

May Whitty

Isabel Jeans

Heather Angel

Auriol Lee

Reginald Sheffield

Leo G. Carroll

Billy Bevan

Faith Brook

Violet Campbell

Leonard Carey

David Clyde

Clyde Cook

Alec Craig

Carol Curtis-Brown

Vernon Downing

Rex Evans

Edward Fielding

Gavin Gordon

Lumsden Hare

Alfred Hitchcock

Gertrude Hoffmann

Kenneth Hunter

Dorothy Lloyd

Aubrey Mather

Nondas Metcalf

Rita Page

Hilda Plowright

Clara Reid

Maureen Roden-Ryan

Donald Stuart

Denis Tankard

Pax Walker

Ben Webster

Elsie Weller

Constance Worth

Franz Waxman

Alma Reville

Anthony Berkeley

Joan Harrison

Samson Raphaelson

Harry Stradling Sr.

Harry E. Edington

William Hamilton

Mel Berns

Darrell Silvera

Edward Stevenson

Van Nest Polglase

Dewey Starkey

Vernon L. Walker

John E. Tribby

Carroll Clark

Mystery

Romance

Thriller

Suspicion

RKO Radio Pictures

United States of America

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Could this be Cary Grant as his most benignly menacing? The story itself is really nothing particularly new - a sort of "Gaslight" meets "Rebecca" style story that sees shy young heiress "Lina" (Joan Fontaine) hook up with debonaire "Johnnie" (Grant) and after a whirlwind romance the two are wed. His friend "Gordon" (Nigel Bruce) appears for a visit and soon some holes begin to emerge in her new husband's backstory. Further investigation reveals that lying is not something he has much difficulty with and after a few bumps on their road and when she discovers a letter from their insurers suggesting he was trying to borrow on her life policy, she begins to fear for her own life... Hitchcock's storytelling - at times the camerawork makes us feel like a peeping Tom - and Franz Waxman's tension-laden score add loads to this strongly character driven effort. Bruce shines as the jovial gent to whom "Lina" takes rather a liking, Fontaine herself treads the cinematographic line between reason and paranoia with some considerable skill - but it is Grant who really stands out. His character is likeable, plausible and if you've ever read Anthony Berkeley's rather wordy book "Before the Fact" then you'll recognise that his portrayal is really pretty spot on - can we believe him, do we (want to) believe him - and at the end, well.... It's great this. Well worth the watch.