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Though Alfred Hitchcock's Notorious was produced by David O. Selznick's Vanguard Films, Selznick himself had little to do with the production, which undoubtedly pleased the highly independent Hitchcock. Ingrid Bergman plays Alicia Huberman, who goes to hell in a handbasket after her father, an accused WWII traitor, commits .. Read more
| Starring | Cary Grant, Ingrid Bergman, Claude Rains, Louis Calhern |
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| Director | Alfred Hitchcock |
| Genres | Drama, Romance |
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Though Alfred Hitchcock's Notorious was produced by David O. Selznick's Vanguard Films, Selznick himself had little to do with the production, which undoubtedly pleased the highly independent Hitchcock. Ingrid Bergman plays Alicia Huberman, who goes to hell in a handbasket after her father, an accused WWII traitor, commits suicide. American secret agent Devlin (Cary Grant) is ordered to enlist the libidinous Alicia's aid in trapping Alexander Sebastian (Claude Rains), the head of a Brazilian neo-Nazi group. Openly contemptuous of Alicia despite her loyalty to the American cause, Devlin calmly instructs her to woo and wed Sebastian, so that that good guys will have an inside woman to monitor the Nazi chieftain's activities. It is only after Alicia and Sebastian are married that Devlin admits to himself that he's fallen in love with her. The MacGuffin in this case is a cache of uranium ore, hidden somewhere on Sebastian's estate. Upon discovering that his wife is a spy, Sebastian balks at eliminating her until ordered to do so by his virago of a mother (Madame Konstantin). Tension mounts to a fever pitch as Devlin, a day late and several dollars short, strives to rescue Alicia from Sebastian's homicidal designs. Of the several standout sequences, the film's highlight is an extended love scene between Alicia and Devlin, which manages to ignite the screen while still remaining scrupulously within the edicts of the Production Code. In later years, Hitchcock never tired of relating the story of how he and screenwriter Ben Hecht (who was nominated for an Oscar) fell under the scrutiny of the FBI after electing to use uranium as a plot device -- this before the bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki. A huge moneymaker for everyone concerned, Notorious remains one of Hitchcock's best espionage melodramas. In 1992, Notorious was remade for cable television; it goes without saying that the original is vastly superior.~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide
| Starring | Cary Grant, Ingrid Bergman, Claude Rains, Louis Calhern, Alexis Minotis, Moroni Olsen, Wally Brown, Reinhold Schunzel, Ivan Triesault |
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| Director | Alfred Hitchcock |
| Studio | FREMANTLE |
| Run time | DVD: 1 hr 38 mins |
| Certificate | |
| Collections | 100 Top Thrillers |
| Genres | Drama, Romance |
| Language | DVD: English |
| Released | Production year: 1946 To Rent: DVD: 22 Oct 2001 |
One of Hitchcock's finest films of the '40s, using its espionage plot about Nazis hiding out in South America as a mere... read more on Time Out
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Notoriously good
The more I watch Hitchcock, the more I come to see his genius as a director of thrillers. Notorious is another example of the great director at work, telling ... read more »
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dedicated lady
two great actors, grant and bergman. i wish they'd known such lasting and strong love in their own lives as they portrayed in this movie. riveting.
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Definitely Watch
Brilliant film. Thank you, Hitchcock for another great suspense. Grant and Bergman have awesome chemistry and style. Another film that simply draws you in.
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Good old Hitchcock
Ok so for me it didnt have the same impact as say Lifeboat, Rear Window or North by Northwest which I absolutely love, but it was still pretty good! I love the ... read more »
Ang Lee's new film - his second filmed in China, after Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon, and his first since the acclaimed Brokeback Mountain - begins with such an intensely observed game of mahjong you half expect the Hulk to appear from underneath the table and scatter these society ladies who have so little to talk about but their husbands, business, and black market goods. We are in Japanese-occupied Shanghai, 1942. The hostess, Mrs Yee (Joan Chen), is sitting pretty. Her husband (Tony Leung) Read more