Suspicion 1941

     This film is based on a novel by Francis Iles.  Lina McLaidlaw is traveling home on a train when Johnny Aysgarth comes into her compartment area.  He doesn’t have the exact amount of change to upgrade to first class and he borrows money and a stamp from Lina.  They meet again when she sees him in her neighborhood.  Later he stops by with two women to escort her to church with them.  It takes only a few encounters but they begin to fall in love.  They marry and after their lavish honeymoon, she learns Johnny doesn’t have any money.  He expects to live on her money that is still in the care of her parents and she receives an allowance of 500 pounds a year from them. Johnny borrows money, steals money and gambles money away.  Lina thinks about leaving the marriage but she loves him?

      I thought this was interesting and good.  I liked the clothing, hairstyles and cars except there is one aspect of that I didn't like.  It seems like chalk grating on a chalkboard or a shovel grating on gravel!!  When Johnny refers to Lina as monkey face as a term of endearment, I want to yell!!  “Don’t let him call you that hideous term!!!”  Also, how do they maintain their lavish lifestyle without money?  3 ½* (I liked this movie)

99 min, Mystery directed by Alfred Hitchcock with Cary Grant, Joan Fontaine, Cedric Hardwicke, Nigel Bruce, Dame May Whitty, Isabel Jeans, Heather Angel, Auriol Lee, Reginald Sheffield, Leo G. Carroll.

Note:  Imdb 7.5 out of 10, 100% critic 78% audience on Rotten Tomatoes, Amazon 4.4* out of 5* with 272 reviews.

Special Note:  Joan Fontaine won an Academy Award for her role in this film.  Alfred Hitchcock wanted to portray the same ending as in the novel but he was overruled by RKO executives.