The Paradine Case (1947)

In a film on the theme of obsession, it is only appropriate for “The Paradine Case” to be a product of that same breed of obsession on the part of its producer, David O. Selznick.  A meddling force in the movies of Alfred Hitchcock (notice whose name comes second in this…

theriverjordan

Action! - The Master & The Fan: Hitchcock's Bumping Road To Mastering Suspense Hitchcock enters the field of legal drama without forgetting his origins in the thriller genre, resulting in a picture that does a good job of balancing both the elements of a solid legal…

Rafael "Mister Movie" Jovine

Ai, Hitchcock... A premissa desse aqui até que é promissora: um advogado britânico (Gregory Peck) se apaixona pela sua cliente, uma linda viúva acusada de envenenar o marido cego. Sabe aquela história clássica do profissional que se perde emocionalmente? Pois é. Mas a…

belle ✶

With a first hour that seriously meanders through its plot, The Paradine Case is a solid but unremarkable courtroom drama. The cast is excellent and carry the film but I found some threads of the story to be quite dumb like the weird way it handles the romance side of…

Sam Thompson

Alfred Hitchcock's courtroom drama with noir overtones. The Paradine Case builds a twisted web of deceit through an ensemble of characters inwardly following ulterior motives. We focus on a murder case, where the wife of a blind man is accused of murderering him. A…

Slig001

Don’t even ask me anything that happened in this film, I was blinded by Gregory pecks pretty face

filmsbykaitlyn

None of the character motivations made any sense but Louis Jourdan looked hot and sometimes that is enough

Zoë 🐛

36th Alfred Hitchcock film Part 1 of March 2024 Torpid awfulness dragged towards mediocrity by its supporting cast. Two of the three Charles's of Classical Hollywood give lovely turns, especially Laughton as a grotesque judge straight out of And Then There Were None.…

Doc Lyon

A decent courtroom drama with some added romance. The questioned morality is the most interesting part, and Gregory Peck was great, but it got a bit repetitive after a while. Alfred Hitchcock ranked

gregs1999