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Magazine page advertisement for the 1941 Alfred Hitchcock movie
"Suspicion
", starring Cary Grant and Joan Fontaine. The film is a romantic psychological thriller based on the novel Before the Fact by Francis Iles.
Key Information
Release Date: November 14, 1941.
Director: Alfred Hitchcock.
Main Stars: Cary Grant and Joan Fontaine.
Plot: A sheltered woman, Lina McLaidlaw (Fontaine), marries a charming ne'er-do-well, Johnnie Aysgarth (Grant), and later comes to suspect he might be trying to kill her for her inheritance.
Accolades: Joan Fontaine won the Academy Award for Best Actress for her role, the only Oscar-winning acting performance ever directed by Alfred Hitchcock. The film also received a Best Picture nomination.
Studio Intervention: Hitchcock originally intended the film to end with Grant's character being a murderer, consistent with the source novel, but the studio RKO demanded a change to a different, less controversial ending because they did not want their major star to play a killer. |
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