Suspicion (1941)

19/02/2025 38 min

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This week, we talk about Alfred Hitchcock's 1941 mystery Suspicion. Joan Fontaine plays a woman who suspects her husband, played by Cary Grant, may be more sinister than she may have at first realized.***SPOILER ALERT*** We do talk about this movie in its entirety, so if you plan on watching it, we suggest you watch it before listening to our takes.Details: An RKO Radio Picture, produced by Alfred Hitchcock and Harry E. Edington. Screenplay by Samson Raphaelson, Joan Harrison, and Alma Reville, based on the novel Before the Fact by Francis Iles. Starring Joan Fontaine, Cary Grant, Nigel Bruce, Sir Cedric Hardwicke, and Dame May Whitty. Cinematography by Harry Stradling Sr. Music by Franz Waxman.Ranking: 22 out of 52. Ranking movies is a reductive parlor game. It’s also fun. And it’s a good way to frame a discussion. We aggregated over 70 ranked lists from critics, fans, and magazines Suspicion got 1,881 ranking points.