This is one of Hitchcock's best films.
Notorious (1946)
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Reviews Counted:29
Fresh:28
Rotten:1
Average Rating:9.1/10
Consensus: 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.
Runtime: 2 hrs
Genre: Dramas
Synopsis: NOTORIOUS is Alfred Hitchcock's classic romantic espionage thriller, with passionate, brilliant performances by Cary Grant and Ingrid Bergman, featuring one of the most famous screen kisses in film... NOTORIOUS is Alfred Hitchcock's classic romantic espionage thriller, with passionate, brilliant performances by Cary Grant and Ingrid Bergman, featuring one of the most famous screen kisses in film history. At the end of World War II, American military intelligence drafts the alluring daughter (Bergman) of a convicted Nazi to infiltrate a band of nefarious Germans who have fled to Brazil. She is teamed with a dashing but chilly agent (Cary Grant) with whom she falls deeply in love. Because of her past, however, the rigid and judgmental agent refuses to trust her--and their relationship falls completely apart when she agrees to marry the ringleader of the Germans (Claude Rains) in order to have better access to information. The marriage touches off an intricate downward spiral of deceit and betrayal, leaving Bergman trapped in the home of an enemy. If her husband ever discovers the truth about her mission, her life will be in mortal danger. Punchy dialog animates this action-driven thriller that maintains its suspenseful drama to the very end. [More]
Starring: Cary Grant, Ingrid Bergman, Claude Rains, Louis Calhern
Starring: Cary Grant, Ingrid Bergman, Claude Rains, Louis Calhern, Reinhold Schunzel, Moroni Olsen, Ivan Triesault, Alexis Minotis, Wally Brown
Director: Alfred Hitchcock
Director: Alfred Hitchcock
Producer: Alfred Hitchcock
Composer: Roy Webb
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Reviews for Notorious
This brilliant Hitchcock offering combines romance, suspense, and international intrigue with unforgettable performances from Grant and Bergman.
While there's little action in Notorious, there is plenty of suspense.
Gorgeously shot in luminous monochrome, it’s all wrapped up with an extremely suspenseful last reel.
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.
If Rear Window was brilliant because of how deep it was, and Vertigo was brilliant for how existential it was, Notorious is brilliant because of how simple it is.
Notorious (1946) is a classic Hitchcockian post-war psychological suspense/thriller. The basis of the film came from the 1921 Saturday Evening Post two-part
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