Notorious 1946

     This film is based on the story The Song of the Dragon by John Taintor Foote.  Alicia Huberman’s father was a German Nazi and he was convicted of treason against the United States.  He was executed and soon after Alicia is approached by a government agent.  He asks her to spy on a group of her father’s Nazi friends operating out of Rio de Janeiro.  Alicia is happy to work with Devlin on this case and she is ready to get out of the States.  Alicia is in love with Devlin but she accepts Alexander Sebastian's marriage proposal in order to be able to spy on him and his associates.  Alicia learns that Devlin is leaving Rio and she goes to see him.  He thinks she has been drinking and that’s what she did when her father died?
     It is implied that Alicia is having an affair with Devlin and her future husband Sebastian.  Other characters frequently comment on her immoral character.  Devlin also allows Alicia to drive while she is very drunk.  Being a spy must not be easy because you need to watch your back at all times and you never know when someone will turn on you!!  3 1/2* (I liked this movie)  
 
102 min, Drama directed by Alfred Hitchcock, written by Ben Hecht with Cary Grant, Ingrid Bergman, Claude Rains, Louis Calhern, Leopoldine Konstantin, Reinhold Chunzel, Moroni Olsen, Ivan Triesault, Alexis Minotis, Wally Brown, Charles Mendl, Ricardo Costa, E.S. Krumschmidt, Fay Baker.

Note:  Imdb 7.9 out of 10 with 86,755 reviews, Amazon 4.5* out of 5* with 388 reviews, Letterboxd 4* out of 5* with 202 reviews, Metacritic 100 with 16 critics (positive), 7.9 out of 10 with 39 reviews (34 positive, 2 mixed, 3 negative), Common Sense Media Kathryn McGarr age 11+, drinking, drugs & smoking 3*.

Special Note:  Filmed in Ro de Janeiro, Brazil; Miami, Florida; Arcadia and Beverly Hills, California.  There is a key in this film with the letters UNICA.  Cary Grant had the key after filming.  Several years later he gave the key to Ingrid Bergman.  He thought it gave him luck and he hoped it would do the same for her.  Many years later Ingrid gave the key to Alfred Hitchcock at a tribute presentation.  Leopoldine Konstantin plays the mother of Claude Rains but she is actually only four year older.  Hitchcock claimed that the FBI had him under surveillance for three months because this movie deals with uranium?  Hitchcock appears at about one hour and four minutes into the film.  At the party, he gets a glass of champagne from the bartender.  Hitchcock and Bergman got along well during production but he was very infatuated with her.