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Notorious (1946)

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Sublime direction from Hitchcock, and terrific central performances from Ingrid Bergman and Cary Grant make this a bona-fide classic worthy of a re-visit.

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Sublime direction from Hitchcock, and terrific central performances from Ingrid Bergman and Cary Grant make this a bona-fide classic worthy of a re-visit.

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Though Alfred Hitchcock's Notorious was produced by David O. Selznick's Vanguard Films, Selznick himself had little to do with the production, which undoubtedly pleased the highly independent Hitchcock. Ingrid Bergman plays Alicia Huberman, who goes to hell in a handbasket after her father, an accused WWII traitor, commits suicide. American secret agent Devlin (Cary Grant) is ordered to enlist the libidinous Alicia's aid in trapping Alexander Sebastian (Claude Rains), the head of a Brazilian

Unrated, 1 hr. 41 min.

Mystery & Suspense, Classics

Mar 13, 2001

RKO Radio Pictures

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Check up another smash hit for a fine and experienced team.

January 1, 2000 Full Review Source: New York Times | Comment
New York Times
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Alfred Hitchcock's Notorious is the most elegant expression of the master's visual style, just as Vertigo is the fullest expression of his obsessions.

January 1, 2000 Full Review Source: Chicago Sun-Times | Comment
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as much of a romance as it is a spy thriller

February 6, 2012 Full Review Source: 7M Pictures | Comment
7M Pictures

Second only to Psycho as my favorite Hitchcock movie.

January 25, 2012 Full Review Source: Creative Loafing | Comment
Creative Loafing

Hitchcock's second masterpiece (after Shadow of a Doubt) is a richly dense meditation on romantic love, featuring exquisite performances by Ingrid Bergman and Cary Grant.

April 28, 2011 Full Review Source: EmanuelLevy.Com | Comment

A nearly flawless espionage thriller that has been mimicked many times since, but never equaled.

February 13, 2009 Full Review Source: Combustible Celluloid | Comment
Combustible Celluloid

It's the accuracy, efficiency and control of Hitchcock's direction that most impress. They enable him to dovetail the film's thriller format and romantic story to dizzying, expressive and unique effect.

January 16, 2009 Full Review Source: Time Out | Comment

A glorious exercise in film style, where virtuoso camerawork combines with the characters to create a wonderful harmony of visuals and narrative - and where the complexities of character and story exist above and beyond the dictates of genre.

January 16, 2009 Full Review Source: Film4 | Comment

Hitchcock's classic 1946 thriller Notorious is a terrific romantic tango between Ingrid Bergman's exotic and spicy socialite and Cary Grant's prim and proper American spy. It's also shameless war propaganda.

January 16, 2009 Full Review Source: Times [UK] | Comment
Times [UK]

Notorious has fascinating echoes of other Hitchcock movies such as Rebecca and Psycho. A must-see or must-see-again.

January 16, 2009 Full Review Source: Guardian [UK] | Comment
Guardian [UK]

One of Hitchcock's best

March 16, 2007 Comment

Stunning, smooth Hitchcock thriller benefits from Cary and Ingrid.

March 9, 2006 Comment
Video-Reviewmaster.com

There's no mincing words here: NOTORIOUS is badly dated.

June 27, 2005 Full Review Source: LYTRules.com | Comments (11)

Shimmering and stealthy in its violence, Notorious is Hitchcock's best of the 1940s.

August 14, 2003 Comment
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Audience Reviews for Notorious

Notorious is an almost flawless movie that holds up in 2011 and seems completely fresh more than sixty years on. The characters are complex, due to a note perfect script by the great Ben Hecht, one of the great film writers, surprisingly naturalistic and intense performances from film icons Cary Grant, Ingrid Bergman

December 30, 2011
Josh Morris

Super Reviewer

Hitchcock's classic espionage film contains beautiful black and white images and amazing camerawork.

November 13, 2011
Graham Jones

Super Reviewer

    1. Madame Sebastian: You are protected by the enormity of your stupidity.
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