"In his arms she felt safety...in his absence, haunting dread!"

1941

1h 39m

7.1(846 votes)

Mystery

Romance

Thriller

Overview

A wealthy and sheltered young woman elopes with a charming playboy and soon learns of his bad traits, including his extreme dishonesty and lust for money. Gradually, she begins to suspect that he intends to kill her to collect her life insurance.

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Cary Grant

John D. 'Johnnie' Aysgarth

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Joan Fontaine

Lina McLaidlaw Aysgarth

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Cedric Hardwicke

General McLaidlaw

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Nigel Bruce

Gordon Cochrane 'Beaky' Thwaite

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May Whitty

Mrs. McLaidlaw

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Isabel Jeans

Mrs. Newsham

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Heather Angel

Ethel the Maid

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Auriol Lee

Isobel Sedbusk

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Reginald Sheffield

Reggie Wetherby

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Leo G. Carroll

Captain George Melbeck

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Billy Bevan

Ticket Taker (uncredited)

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Faith Brook

Alice Barham (uncredited)

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Violet Campbell

Mrs. Barham (uncredited)

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Leonard Carey

The McLaidlaw's Butler Burton (uncredited)

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David Clyde

Trunk Man (uncredited)

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Clyde Cook

Photographer (uncredited)

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Alec Craig

Hogarth Club Desk Clerk (uncredited)

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Carol Curtis-Brown

Jessie Barham (uncredited)

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Vernon Downing

Benson (uncredited)

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Rex Evans

Mr. Bailey (uncredited)

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Edward Fielding

Antique Shop Proprietor (uncredited)

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Gavin Gordon

Dr. Bertram Sedbusk (uncredited)

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Lumsden Hare

Inspector Hodgson (uncredited)

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Alfred Hitchcock

Man Mailing Letter (uncredited)

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Gertrude Hoffmann

Mrs. Wetherby (uncredited)

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Kenneth Hunter

Sir Gerald (uncredited)

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Dorothy Lloyd

Miss Wetherby (uncredited)

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Aubrey Mather

Executor of General Laidlaw's Will (uncredited)

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Nondas Metcalf

Phyllis Swinghurst (uncredited)

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Rita Page

Secretary (uncredited)

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Hilda Plowright

Postmistress (uncredited)

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Clara Reid

Mrs. Craddock (uncredited)

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Maureen Roden-Ryan

Maid - Winnie (uncredited)

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Donald Stuart

Photographer (uncredited)

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Denis Tankard

Footman (uncredited)

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Pax Walker

Maid - Phoebe (uncredited)

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Ben Webster

The Registrar William Howe (uncredited)

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Elsie Weller

Miss Wetherby (uncredited)

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Constance Worth

Mrs. Fitzpatrick (uncredited)

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