In his arms she felt safety...in his absence, haunting dread!
A sheltered heiress falls for a charming playboy and elopes with him, but soon discovers his gambling vice and mounting debts. As his lies deepen and those around them meet mysterious ends, she begins to suspect that her husband’s affection may conceal a deadly motive—and that she could be his next victim.
- 7.1
- 1941
- Released
- 1h 39m
Cary Grant
John D. 'Johnnie' Aysgarth
Joan Fontaine
Lina McLaidlaw Aysgarth
Cedric Hardwicke
General McLaidlaw
Nigel Bruce
Gordon Cochrane 'Beaky' Thwaite
May Whitty
Mrs. McLaidlaw
Isabel Jeans
Mrs. Newsham
Heather Angel
Ethel the Maid
Auriol Lee
Isobel Sedbusk
Reginald Sheffield
Reggie Wetherby
Leo G. Carroll
Captain George Melbeck
Billy Bevan
Ticket Taker (uncredited)
Faith Brook
Alice Barham (uncredited)
Violet Campbell
Mrs. Barham (uncredited)
Leonard Carey
The McLaidlaw's Butler Burton (uncredited)
David Clyde
Trunk Man (uncredited)
Clyde Cook
Photographer (uncredited)
Alec Craig
Hogarth Club Desk Clerk (uncredited)Carol Curtis-Brown
Jessie Barham (uncredited)
Vernon Downing
Benson (uncredited)
Rex Evans
Mr. Bailey (uncredited)
Edward Fielding
Antique Shop Proprietor (uncredited)
Gavin Gordon
Dr. Bertram Sedbusk (uncredited)
Lumsden Hare
Inspector Hodgson (uncredited)
Gertrude Hoffmann
Mrs. Wetherby (uncredited)Kenneth Hunter
Sir Gerald (uncredited)Dorothy Lloyd
Miss Wetherby (uncredited)
Aubrey Mather
Executor of General Laidlaw's Will (uncredited)Nondas Metcalf
Phyllis Swinghurst (uncredited)
Rita Page
Secretary (uncredited)Hilda Plowright
Postmistress (uncredited)Clara Reid
Mrs. Craddock (uncredited)Maureen Roden-Ryan
Maid - Winnie (uncredited)
Donald Stuart
Photographer (uncredited)Denis Tankard
Footman (uncredited)Pax Walker
Maid - Phoebe (uncredited)
Ben Webster
The Registrar William Howe (uncredited)Elsie Weller
Miss Wetherby (uncredited)
Constance Worth
Mrs. Fitzpatrick (uncredited)
Released
en
$1,103,000.00
$4,500,000.00
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- #telegram
- #investigation
- #honeymoon
- #marriage
- #kiss
- #money
- #murderer
- #loan
- #suspicious
- #suspect husband
- #bluebeard
Reviews
Could this be Cary Grant as his most benignly menacing? The story itself is really nothing particularly new - a sort of "Gaslight" meets "Rebecca" style story that sees shy young heiress "Lina" (Joan Fontaine) hook up with debonaire "Johnnie" (Grant) and after a whirlwind romance the two are wed. His friend "Gordon" (Nigel Bruce) appears for a visit and soon some holes begin to emerge in her new h