Suspicion (1941)

Release date: 1941-11-14
Country: USA
Language: English
Director: Alfred Hitchcock
Production Co: RKO Radio Pictures
Genre: Mystery, Thriller
Rating: 7.4/10
Length: 1h 39min

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.

Plot Keywords

homosexual subtext, cousin cousin relationship, dance, debt, embezzlement, falling in love, father in law son in law relationship, investigation, milk, glass of milk, father daughter relationship, con artist, elopement, uninvited guest, gambling, portrait painting, deception, fortune hunter, woman in jeopardy, husband wife relationship

Short Review

At times even the audience believes as the woman does. At other times doubt intrudes. This is where Suspicion shines as especially deft and adroit, and loyal also to Hitchcock precedent for keeping both characters and spectators guessing.