Movie #733 ........................."Suspicion'

Movie #733 "Suspicion" --- I can't remember sitting down and watching this all the way through, and I had some time this a.m. so I did just that, and I'm glad I did. I was reminded just how good it was. I have mostly seen the one famous scene from this film: Cary Grant carrying that lighted up glass of milk which his wife, played superbly by Joan Fontaine,think is filled with poison.......is it or isn't it? Only if you watch to the very end of the movie, do you find the answer. After seeing the biopic on Hitch, and knowing that was his own dog in the film, and that he had problems from the studio in doing this one because he kept being told that audiences wouldn't like Grant as any kind of villain, I found I enjoyed this film even more. It's easy to forgive a few moments that are a bit sudsy ---- but the story works well and in the Hitchcock way of maintaining suspense to the very end, it was a lovely film to watch and admire. I still don't like the awful mattes he used --- he's soooo much better when he can control light and cast those beautiful shadows onto the house, on her face, on his. Well done, Hitch, and worthy of a second look, for sure! I give this 4.5 stars out of 5 Suspicion 1941 NR 99 minutes Shy and beautiful Lina (Joan Fontaine, in an Oscar-winning performance) falls head over heels for handsome gambler Johnnie (Cary Grant) -- but after the couple elopes, she begins to fear for her life when she discovers Johnnie's true nature and dark past in this Alfred Hitchcock thriller. Lina's doubts about her husband are compounded when he expresses a growing fascination with poison and a colleague of his meets an untimely death. Cast:Cary Grant, Joan Fontaine, Cedric Hardwicke, Nigel Bruce, Dame May Whitty, Alfred Hitchcock Genre:Classic Thrillers, Mystery, Psychological Thrillers, Classics