Friday, August 12, 2011

NOTORIOUS – 1946

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NOTORIOUS – 1946

Director: Alfred Hitchcock
Stars: Cary Grant, Ingrid Bergman and Claude Rains

SYNOPSIS:
Following the conviction of her German father for treason against the U.S., Alicia Huberman takes to drink and men. She is approached by a government agent (T.R. Devlin) who asks her to spy on a group of her father's Nazi friends operating out of Rio de Janeiro. A romance develops between Alicia and Devlin, but she starts to get too involved in her work.

RELEASE DATES:
USA  15 August 1946 (New York City, New York)
USA 22 August 1946 (Los Angeles, California)
TECHNICAL:
Runtime: 101 min
Sound Mix: Mono (RCA Sound System)
Colour: Black and White
Aspect Ratio: 1.37 : 1
Claude Rains was made to stand on a box for several of his scenes with Ingrid Bergman (not, however, in the honeymoon return scene). This gives the strange effect that Rains and Cary Grant are both slightly taller than Bergman, while Grant was actually about 7 inches taller than Rains.

AWARDS
1947  Nominated Oscar
Best Actor in a Supporting Role Claude Rains
Best Writing, Original Screenplay Ben Hecht
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