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Mr. & Mrs. Smith is a 1941 American comedy film directed by Alfred Hitchcock. Produced by David O. Selznick for RKO Pictures, the movie features Carole Lombard, Robert Montgomery, Gene Raymond, and Jack Carson in the cast. Norman Krasna wrote the screenplay, with Edward Ward composing the music and Harry Stradling serving as director of photography. The narrative is set in New York City.
The film is classified as a screwball comedy and a comedy of remarriage. It was released in the United States on January 31, 1941, and runs for 95 minutes. Presented in black-and-white with an Academy ratio aspect ratio, the production had a budget of 743000. It has been distributed by RKO Pictures and Netflix, including via video on demand. Critical reception includes a review score of 65% and an IMDb rating of 6.3 based on 12,072 votes.
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6.0Happily married for three years, Ann and David Smith live in New York. One morning Ann asks David if he had to do it over again, would he marry her? To her shock, he answers, "No". Later that day, they separately discover that, due to a legal complication, they are not legally married.
Cast
- Carole Lombard as Ann
- Robert Montgomery as David
- Gene Raymond as Jeff
- Jack Carson as Chuck
- Philip Merivale as Mr. Custler
- Lucile Watson as Mrs. Custler
Themes
- taxi
- police
- smoking
- office
- rain
- gin
- diary
- champagne
- snow
- lawyer
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Ratings
IMDb
6.3/10
12,072 votes
Rotten Tomatoes
65%
Metacritic
63/100
- Year
- 1941
- Runtime
- 95 min
- Genres
- Comedy, Romance
- Rated
- Approved
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Key facts
- Directed by
- Alfred Hitchcock
- Written by
- Norman Krasna
- Produced by
- Harry E. Edington
- Starring
- Carole Lombard Robert Montgomery Gene Raymond Jack Carson Philip Merivale Lucile Watson
- Cinematography
- Harry Stradling
- Edited by
- William Hamilton
- Music by
- Edward Ward
- Production company
- RKO Radio Pictures
- Distributed by
- RKO Radio Pictures
- Release date
- January 31, 1941 ( 1941-01-31 )
- Running time
- 95 minutes
- Country
- United States
- Language
- English
- Budget
- $743,000
- Box office
- $1.4 million
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- film
- Genre
- comedy film
- Country of origin
- United States
- Original language
- English language
- Director
- Alfred Hitchcock
- Screenwriter
- Norman Krasna
- Cast member
- James Flavin
- Composer
- Edward Ward
- Producer
- David O. Selznick
- Production company
- RKO Pictures
- Cinematographer
- Harry Stradling
- Narrative location
- New York City
- Duration
- 91
- FilmAffinity ID
- 874145
- Distribution format
- video on demand
- Image
- Robert Montgomery and Carole Lombard in Mr and Mrs Smith trailer 2.jpg
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- Commons category
- Mr. & Mrs. Smith (film)
- publication date
- 1941-01-31
- film editor
- William Hamilton
- title
- Mr. & Mrs. Smith
- distributed by
- Netflix
- different from
- Mr. & Mrs. Smith
- color
- black-and-white
- review score
- 65%
- aspect ratio (W:H)
- Academy ratio
- capital cost
- 743000
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Encyclopedic overview
Mr. & Mrs. Smith is a 1941 American screwball comedy film directed by Alfred Hitchcock, written by Norman Krasna, and starring Carole Lombard and Robert Montgomery. It also features Gene Raymond, Jack Carson, Philip Merivale, and Lucile Watson.
Mr. & Mrs. Smith was the only pure comedy Hitchcock made in the United States. Although he later claimed to have done it only as a favor to Lombard, files at RKO show that Hitchcock himself actively pursued the project.
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