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Notorious

1946 film by Alfred Hitchcock

Film · TMDB

7.7

In order to help bring Nazis to justice, U.S. government agent T.R. Devlin recruits Alicia Huberman, the American daughter of a convicted German war criminal, as a spy. As they begin to fall for one another, Alicia is instructed to win the affections of Alexander Sebastian, a Nazi hiding out in Brazil. When Sebastian becomes serious about his relationship with Alicia, the stakes get higher, and Devlin must watch her slip further undercover.

Released: 1946-08-21103 minDir: Alfred HitchcockThriller, Romance, Mystery, Drama

Cast

Cary Grant as T.R. Devlin
Ingrid Bergman as Alicia Huberman
Claude Rains as Alexander Sebastian
Leopoldine Konstantin as Madame Anna Sebastian
Louis Calhern as Captain Paul Prescott
Alex Minotis as Joseph

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Ratings · OMDb

IMDb

7.9/10

113,367 votes

Rotten Tomatoes

96%

Metacritic

100/100

Rated: Approved
Awards: Nominated for 2 Oscars. 4 wins & 3 nominations total

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Key facts

Directed by: Alfred Hitchcock
Written by: Ben Hecht
Produced by: Alfred Hitchcock
Starring: Cary Grant Ingrid Bergman Claude Rains Louis Calhern Leopoldine Konstantin
Cinematography: Ted Tetzlaff
Edited by: Theron Warth
Music by: Roy Webb
Production companies: RKO Radio Pictures Vanguard Films
Distributed by: RKO Radio Pictures
Release dates: August 15, 1946 ( 1946-08-15 ) ( New York City ) September 6, 1946 ( 1946-09-06 ) (United States)
Running time: 101 minutes
Country: United States
Language

Key dates

Published: 6 September 1946

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Wikidata facts

Instance of: film
Part of: National Film Registry
Genre: mystery film
Country of origin: United States
Original language: Portuguese
Main subject: espionage
Director: Alfred Hitchcock
Cast member: Fay Baker
Composer: Roy Webb
Producer: Alfred Hitchcock

Article

Notorious is a 1946 American spy film noir directed and produced by Alfred Hitchcock, starring Cary Grant, Ingrid Bergman, and Claude Rains as three people whose lives become intimately entangled during an espionage operation.

The film follows U.S. government agent T. R. Devlin (Grant), who enlists the help of Alicia Huberman (Bergman), the daughter of a convicted German spy, to infiltrate a group of German emigrés hiding out in Rio de Janeiro after World War II. The situation becomes complicated when the two fall in love as Huberman is instructed to seduce Alex Sebastian (Rains), an IG Farben executive who had previously been infatuated with her. It was shot in late 1945 and early 1946, and was released by RKO Radio Pictures in August 1946.