Suspicion (1941)

Name: Suspicion (1941)
Duration: 1 h 39 min

1hr 39m

1hr 39m
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A shy young heiress marries a charming gentleman, and soon begins to suspect he is planning to murder her. More Details »

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Movie Info & Cast

Director:

Alfred Hitchcock

Writer:

Samson Raphaelson, Joan Harrison, Alma Reville

Release Date:

Nov 14, 1941

Runtime:

1hr 39m

Synopsis

A shy young heiress marries a charming gentleman, and soon begins to suspect he is planning to murder her.

Cast

Cary Grant
Joan Fontaine
Cedric Hardwicke
Nigel Bruce
May Whitty
Isabel Jeans
Heather Angel
Auriol Lee
Reginald Sheffield
Leo G. Carroll

Letterboxd User Reviews

3.5

RATINGS 54 FANS

3.5

Sep 1, 2018

never trust a man whose pet name for you is "monkeyface"

2.1K Likes

s. mill

Jul 8, 2019

if i am killed by cary grant DO NOT PROSECUTE CARY GRANT because HE caught ME slipping!!! that is on me!!!

1.3K Likes

eely

Sep 11, 2020

Suspicion is a mid-tier Hitchcock, but aside from the utter cop-out ending I liked it a lot. It's well-made melodrama that gradually turns into suspense thriller. The milk scene was absolute masterful. The film is elevated by Joan Fontaine’s Oscar winning performance, she…

789 Likes

Nakul
Nov 26, 2021

Red flags don’t exist when it’s Cary Grant

711 Likes

nick

Dec 29, 2021

Monkeyface, I've been broke all my life.Eight words every woman wants to hear.

704 Likes

Krautsalat

Mar 4, 2025

this man is a NIGHTMARE before murder even comes into the equation.

480 Likes

jourdain searles
Sep 13, 2014

Frustrating, but more interesting than simply calling this "failure" suggests, especially aesthetically. Dave Kehr rightly calls us to "note [Hitchcock's] subtlety in establishing the menace of the Cary Grant character by never allowing him to be seen walking into a shot."…

465 Likes

Peter Labuza

Jul 24, 2020

Yeah you guessed it, that glass of milk was brighter than my future

428 Likes

luvi

Aug 18, 2016

"You mustn't mind Johnnie cutting up. That's what makes him Johnnie." Hitchcock is probably no one's idea of a feminist filmmaker, but this is such a clear-eyed view of the way a ruthless charmer like Cary Grant's character can prey on, manipulate, and bully the women in…

398 Likes

Joe

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Platypus Lord liked

Suspicion

A quirky little early Hitchcock entry with a masterful air of prolonged tension and paranoia in the back half. Cary Grant & Joan Fontaine are both terrific. The first half plays more like a depressing study of an unhealthy marriage. Interesting still, but not the most enjoyable.

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Piper loved

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loved the movie but if someone tries to call ME monkeyface it’s on sight

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mason williams loved

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Cary Grant is a real knucklehead in this one.

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Eliz loved

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Based on 15 Critics

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Generally favorable reviews based on 25 Reviews

Marred by a blatantly artificial English countryside and by a somewhat clichéd story, it's nevertheless a supreme example of Grant's ability to be simultaneously charming and sinister, and of the director's skill with neat expressionistic touches (most notably, the glass of milk).

Geoff Andrew

Time Out

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