Runtime: 107 minutes
Directed by: Alfred Hitchcock
Starring: Cary Grant, Grace Kelly, Jessie Royce Landis, John Williams, Charles Vanal
From: Paramount
Well, at least France is a gorgeous country when it comes to visuals. Last night I decided it was time to check out a popular Hitchcock film I hadn’t seen before; the movie is available on Prime so it was about time.
It’s a movie I wish would have been as enjoyable as the views of both the French countryside and the French Riviera, or the glamorous nature of the two leads, but alas… Grant is a former ace cat burglar (who the movie tries to babyface by noting that he did time in prison then via German bombing he was freed and then he served in the Resistance) who is naturally suspected when a copycat cat burglar pops up in the French Riviera. He tries to investigate as the law is after him, but of course he starts swooning over Kelly; note that it’s about a half hour before she shows up.
Getting to see the two stars together for the only time is neat and all, but in terms of “on the run” movies where there’s tension concerning the lead being captured… this is no The 39 Steps, nor is it North by Northwest either. Things happen but I was mostly “meh” about the events; the “mystery” also was rather predictable to me which didn’t help matters. It’s light in tone-although also light in suspense; overall, this was not terrible by any means yet considering the director and stars, it was natural for me to expect more. Despite some gorgeous visual moments, there is no doubt that there are other Hitch movies I’d rather revisit than this… although it is understandable why others would swoon harder over this than I did.
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