Notorious
NOTORIOUS (U)
D: Alfred Hitchcock
RKO (Alfred Hitchcock)
US 1946
101 mins
Thriller/Drama/Romance
W: Ben Hecht
DP: Ted Tetzlaff
Ed: Theron Warth
Mus: Roy Webb
PD: Albert D'Agostino & Carroll Clark
Cos: Edith Head
Cary Grant (T.R. Devlin), Ingrid
Bergman (Alicia Huberman), Claude Rains (Alexander Sebastian), Louis Calhern (Paul Prescott)
Amongst The Master Of Suspense, Alfred Hitchcock's most famous
works, Notorious combines thrills, romance and international intrigue, helped by the scintillating pairing of Cary Grant and Ingrid Bergman.
Following her father's incarceration for being a nazi spy, a
socialite is forced to work for the US government to investigate a Nazi renegade.
The twisted love affair is very much at the centre of the
film. Grant's character is untrusting, unsympathetic and passive, while Bergman is excellent as the poisoned candy, though perhaps the best performance of the film belongs to Claude
Rains.
Hitchcock fills the film with his usual flair and some superb
camera shots, making this one of the finest examples of his work.
8/10
