A shy young heiress marries a charming gentleman, and soon begins to suspect he is planning to murder her.A shy young heiress marries a charming gentleman, and soon begins to suspect he is planning to murder her.A shy young heiress marries a charming gentleman, and soon begins to suspect he is planning to murder her.
- Won 1 Oscar
- 5 wins & 2 nominations total
Cedric Hardwicke
- General McLaidlaw
- (as Sir Cedric Hardwicke)
May Whitty
- Mrs. McLaidlaw
- (as Dame May Whitty)
Billy Bevan
- Ticket Taker
- (uncredited)
Faith Brook
- Alice Barham
- (uncredited)
Violet Campbell
- Mrs. Barham
- (uncredited)
Leonard Carey
- Burton
- (uncredited)
David Clyde
- Trunk Man
- (uncredited)
Clyde Cook
- Photographer
- (uncredited)
Alec Craig
- Hogarth Club Desk Clerk
- (uncredited)
Carol Curtis-Brown
- Jessie Barham
- (uncredited)
Storyline
Did you know
- TriviaIn interviews, Sir Alfred Hitchcock said that an RKO executive ordered that all scenes in which Cary Grant appeared menacing be excised from the movie. When the cutting was completed, the movie ran only fifty-five minutes. The scenes were later restored, Hitchcock said, because he shot each piece of film so that there was only one way to edit them together properly. This is a technique called 'in-camera editing', a trick Hitchcock had already employed a year before during filming of Rebecca (1940), to prevent producer David O. Selznick from interfering with the final cut of the movie.
- GoofsAlthough Johnnie admits to Lina, after taking an extremely expensive house, that he is broke, they continue to live there, employ servants, and run a very expensive car. No explanation is made of how they can afford this. The job Johnnie later gets, in an estate manager's office, would pay only a small part of these running costs.
- Alternate versionsA colorized version of the film was produced. It has been available on VHS (Turner Home Entertainment) in NTSC format for a while. A dual black & white/colorized Region-2 DVD version has been released in 2003 by Universal in PAL format.
- ConnectionsEdited into Dead Men Don't Wear Plaid (1982)
- SoundtracksWiener Blut, op. 354 (Viennese Blood)
(1871) (uncredited)
Written by Johann Strauss
Arranged by Roy Webb
Featured review
'Suspicion' may not be Hitchcock's best movie but it is one of his most entertaining.
Despite a flawed ending (imposed we're told, by nervous studio executives) 'Suspicion' is a terrific thriller. It may not be Hitchcock's best movie but it is one of his most entertaining. Cary Grant is perfectly cast as Johnnie Aysgarth, a charming rogue. This was the first of four movies he made with Hitchcock, but it's the performance I enjoy the most. Joan Fontaine, star of Hitchcock's previous movie 'Rebecca', is wonderful as Lina ("monkeyface") the woman he woos. The two make a great couple, and their acting really makes this one believable. Well loved character actor Nigel Bruce (who had also appeared in 'Rebecca', but is best known to most of us as Dr. Watson in the Basil Rathbone Sherlock Holmes movies) is also brilliant as Johnnie's old pal "Beaky". The rest of the cast includes Sir Cedric Hardwicke ('Rope') and Leo G. Carroll (six Hitchcocks in all). 'Suspicion' is a real treat for mystery/thriller fans. I wonder just how many contemporary movies in this style will be as enjoyable in sixty plus years?
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- Before the Fact
- Filming locations
- Big Sur, California, USA("Tangmere-by-the-sea" coast sea-cliff scenes)
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- Budget
- $1,103,000 (estimated)
- Gross worldwide
- $19
- Runtime1 hour 39 minutes
- Color
- Aspect ratio
- 1.37 : 1
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