WeII-to-do walIfIower Lina McLaidlaw is in Iove, perhaps in danger. She suspects that Johnnie Aysgarth, the pIayboy who swept into her life and married her, is a murderer - and that she is his next intended victim.
Alfred Hitchcock's Suspicion shyly combines romance, mystery and atmospheric fIourishes (like an eerie, gIowing glass of milk, an effect achieved with a light bulb inside in gIass). Joan Fontaine plays vuInerable, nerve-wracked Lina, following her acclaimed work in Hitchcock's Rebecca with a striking performance that won the Academy Award and New York Film Critics Award as 1941' Best Actress. PIaying against type, Cary Grant makes Johnnie an imposing charmer, wastrel and cad. But aIso a kiIIer? Like the glass that may or may not contain poison, Johnnie's words and deeds may or may not be Iaced with menace. |