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Suspicion

1941 film directed by Alfred Hitchcock

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A sheltered heiress falls for a charming playboy and elopes with him, but soon discovers his gambling vice and mounting debts. As his lies deepen and those around them meet mysterious ends, she begins to suspect that her husband’s affection may conceal a deadly motive—and that she could be his next victim.

Released: 1941-11-1499 minDir: Alfred HitchcockMystery, Romance, Thriller

Cast

Cary Grant as John D. 'Johnnie' Aysgarth
Joan Fontaine as Lina McLaidlaw Aysgarth
Cedric Hardwicke as General McLaidlaw
Nigel Bruce as Gordon Cochrane 'Beaky' Thwaite
May Whitty as Mrs. McLaidlaw
Isabel Jeans as Mrs. Newsham

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Key facts

Directed by: Alfred Hitchcock
Screenplay by: Samson Raphaelson , Joan Harrison , Alma Reville
Based on: Before the Fact , 1932 novel, by Francis Iles
Produced by: Alfred Hitchcock , Harry E. Edington
Starring: Cary Grant , Joan Fontaine , Sir Cedric Hardwicke , Nigel Bruce , Dame May Whitty
Cinematography: Harry Stradling Sr.
Edited by: William Hamilton
Music by: Franz Waxman
Production company: RKO Radio Pictures
Distributed by: RKO Radio Pictures
Release date: November 14, 1941 ( 1941-11-14 )
Running time: 99 minutes

Key dates

Published: 28 November 1941

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Wikidata facts

Instance of: film
Award: Academy Award for Best Actress
Genre: thriller film
Country of origin: United States
Original language: English language
Director: Alfred Hitchcock
Screenwriter: Joan Harrison
Cast member: Edward Fielding
Composer: Franz Waxman
Producer

Article

Cary Grant and Joan Fontaine Suspicion is a 1941 American romantic psychological thriller film noir directed by Alfred Hitchcock, and starring Cary Grant and Joan Fontaine as a married couple. It also features Sir Cedric Hardwicke, Nigel Bruce, Dame May Whitty, Isabel Jeans, Heather Angel, and Leo G. Carroll. The film was inspired by the Francis Iles's 1932 novel Before the Fact.

For her role as Lina, Joan Fontaine won the Academy Award for Best Actress in 1941, making it the only Oscar-winning acting performance in an Alfred Hitchcock film. In the film, a romantically inexperienced woman marries a charming playboy after initially rejecting him. He turns out to be penniless, a gambler, and dishonest in the extreme. She comes to suspect that he is also a murderer, and that he is attempting to kill her.