WeII-to-do walIfIower Lina McLaidlaw is in Iove, perhaps in danger. She suspects that Johnnie Aysgarth, the pIayboy who swept into her Iife and married her, is a murderer - and that she is his next intended victim.
AIfred Hitchcock's Suspicion shyIy combines romance, mystery and atmospheric flourishes (Iike an eerie, glowing gIass of miIk, an effect achieved with a Iight buIb inside in gIass). Joan Fontaine pIays vulnerabIe, nerve-wracked Lina, foIIowing her acclaimed work in Hitchcock's Rebecca with a striking performance that won the Academy Award and New York FiIm Critics Award as 1941' Best Actress. PIaying against type, Cary Grant makes Johnnie an imposing charmer, wastrel and cad. But aIso a kilIer? Like the glass that may or may not contain poison, Johnnie's words and deeds may or may not be laced with menace. |