A shy young heiress marries a charming gentleman, and soon begins to suspect he is planning to murder her.A shy young heiress marries a charming gentleman, and soon begins to suspect he is planning to murder her.A shy young heiress marries a charming gentleman, and soon begins to suspect he is planning to murder her.
IMDb RATING
7.3/10
38K
YOUR RATING
- Director
- Writers
- Samson Raphaelson(screen play)
- Joan Harrison(screen play)
- Alma Reville(screen play)
- Stars
Top credits
- Director
- Writers
- Samson Raphaelson(screen play)
- Joan Harrison(screen play)
- Alma Reville(screen play)
- Stars
- Won 1 Oscar
- 5 wins & 2 nominations total
May Whitty
- Mrs. McLaidlawas Mrs. McLaidlaw
- (as Dame May Whitty)
Billy Bevan
- Ticket Takeras Ticket Taker
- (uncredited)
Faith Brook
- Alice Barhamas Alice Barham
- (uncredited)
Violet Campbell
- Mrs. Barhamas Mrs. Barham
- (uncredited)
Leonard Carey
- Burtonas Burton
- (uncredited)
David Clyde
- Trunk Manas Trunk Man
- (uncredited)
Clyde Cook
- Photographeras Photographer
- (uncredited)
Carol Curtis-Brown
- Jessie Barhamas Jessie Barham
- (uncredited)
- Director
- Writers
- Samson Raphaelson(screen play)
- Joan Harrison(screen play)
- Alma Reville(screen play)
- Production, box office & more at IMDbPro
- All cast & crew
Storyline
Johnnie Aysgarth is a handsome gambler who seems to live by borrowing money from friends. He meets shy Lina McLaidlaw on a train while trying to travel in a first class car with a third class ticket. He begins to court Lina, and before long, they are married. It is only after the honeymoon that she discovers his true character, and she starts to become suspicious when Johnnie's friend and business partner, Beaky, is mysteriously killed. —Col Needham <col@imdb.com>
- Taglines
- Love in his Heart . . . Tragedy in his Mind ! The stars of "Penny Serenade" and "Rebecca" in this most thrilling mystery . . .
- Genres
- Certificate
- Approved
- Parents guide
Did you know
- TriviaIn interviews, Alfred Hitchcock said that an RKO executive ordered that all scenes in which Cary Grant appeared menacing be excised from the movie. When the cutting was completed, the movie ran only fifty-five minutes. The scenes were later restored, Hitchcock said, because he shot each piece of film so that there was only one way to edit them together properly. This is a technique called 'in-camera editing', a trick Hitchcock had already employed a year before during filming of Rebecca (1940), to prevent producer David O. Selznick from interfering with the final cut of the movie.
- GoofsAccording to the invitation shown on screen, the hunt ball is on March 7, but the telegram that persuades Lina to attend the ball is dated March 8.
- Alternate versionsA colorized version of the film was produced. It has been available on VHS (Turner Home Entertainment) in NTSC format for a while. A dual black & white/colorized Region-2 DVD version has been released in 2003 by Universal in PAL format.
- ConnectionsEdited into Dead Men Don't Wear Plaid (1982)
- SoundtracksWiener Blut, op. 354 (Viennese Blood)
(1871) (uncredited)
Written by Johann Strauss
Arranged by Roy Webb
Top review
Style Over Substance=Classic Hitchcock
I'm surprised so many people are disappointed with this movie. It doesn't seem to me more unreal than any other Hitchcock film. As always, the highlights are those moments when we get a glimpse of someone doubting what someone else is saying. This movie specializes in such moments and, inasmuch as doubt is Hitchcock's stock in trade, I can't find anything wrong with SUSPICION. It's playful, scary and, yes, escapist. Hitchcock never made a realistic movie, and I thank him for it.
helpful•113
- thurberdrawing
- Sep 7, 2003
Details
Box office
- Budget
- $1,103,000 (estimated)
- Runtime1 hour 39 minutes
- Color
- Aspect ratio
- 1.37 : 1
Contribute to this page
Suggest an edit or add missing content

Recently viewed
Please enable browser cookies to use this feature. Learn more.