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Mr. and Mrs. Smith (1941)
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Reviews Counted:13
Fresh:7
Rotten:6
Average Rating:5.7/10
Runtime: 1 hr 36 mins
Genre: Comedies
Synopsis: Although Alfred Hitchcock had some lighter moments in early English productions such as RICH AND STRANGE, MR. AND MRS. SMITH was Hitchcock's only American comedy and may have come about through... Although Alfred Hitchcock had some lighter moments in early English productions such as RICH AND STRANGE, MR. AND MRS. SMITH was Hitchcock's only American comedy and may have come about through Hitchcock's friendship with star Carole Lombard. The film opens with Lombard and Robert Montgomery as a happily married though bickering couple. In one spat Lombard challenges Montgomery with the age-old question, "If you had it to do it all over again, would you marry me?" To which Montgomery replies with an off-handed "No!" Unfortunately for Montgomery, he is given a chance to stand by his hasty words when the couple learns that due to a legal technicality, their marriage isn't valid. Thrown out of the house by Lombard, Montgomery must find someway to prove his love is indeed sincere--but not before Lombard gets a chance to make him suffer a little. Hitchcock shows an unusual charm for the genre, making a wildly enjoyable and thoroughly appealing romantic comedy. [More]
Starring: Carole Lombard, Robert Montgomery, Gene Raymond, Jack Carson
Starring: Carole Lombard, Robert Montgomery, Gene Raymond, Jack Carson, Philip Merivale, Betty Compson, Lucile Watson, William Tracy
Director: Alfred Hitchcock
Director: Alfred Hitchcock
Producer: Harry E. Edington
Screenwriter: Norman Krasna
Composer: Edward Ward, Roy Webb
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Reviews for Mr. and Mrs. Smith
When all's said and done, the most that can be remarked about it is how odd it is that this Hitchcock picture is so very predictable.
Hitchcock would later admit that he had no idea what he was doing out of his element.
It's so crisp and snappy that one might think Howard Hawks or Ernst Lubitsch had made it.
Many 'minor' Hitchcocks turn out to be intriguing films once you forgive them for not being thrillers.
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