Movie – Suspicion
Score : 8/10
Year : 1941
Country : USA
Language : English
Duration: 1h39 (IMDB) ; 1h35 (DVD*)
Afraid of ending an old maid, 28 year old shy Lina marries dashing Johnnie. As
time passes, she discovers his flaws, and starts to suspect that he's a
murderer...
From this basic plot, Hitchcock has made several movies. He's good at building
suspense and hiring writers who let a lot of innuendos in the dialogues.
Although the music doesn't stand out, at least it's not annoying like in some
of Alfred's movies, so that's a rather positive aspect.
The master of suspens' strength relies, once more, on superbe cinematography
where plays of shadows and light are usually an integral part of the filming
process. I'll note, that once more, Hitchcock found at least one really
original scene to shoot, which is quite famous and involves a bulb in a
glass...
The acting by Cary Grant and Joan Fontaine is superb,
and support from Nigel Bruce as Beaky is very quirky and funny.
I love how Hitchcock often uses crime novel writers within his movies as
supporting characters to the stories, and how dialogues add light to the
motives or opportunities of the murderers in the movie.
I have to admit that I thought Alfred hadn't made his usual cameo, but that
upon online research found out that he did make one. In the original version,
it's about 47 minutes into the movie and on our French DVD edition just under
45 minutes into it.
I don't know what happened to the 4 missing minutes from the full version but
it seems that the new US bluray edition which was released just a few months
ago proposes the full 99 minutes, in full 1080p HD... more on that later.
As often, there are many scenes with fur in Suspicion - not new for old movies,
and although I understand that not everyone hates it, I do and find it so gross
that my overall enjoyment suffers because of it.
Casting : Cary Grant, Joan Fontaine, Nigel Bruce, Cedric Harwicke, Damne
May Whitty, et al.
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