Notorious

Pros: Ingrid Bergman, Cary Grant, Story, Direction, Cinematography

Cons: Corny process shots - see review

The Bottom Line: One of my favorite Hitchcocks, Notorious pushes the envelope of female sexuality far beyond anything of its time and far more tastefully than anything after

Review: Notorious (1946) "The important drinking hasn't started yet." Alicia Hubermann Ingrid Bergman plays the dishonored daughter (Alicia Hubermann) of an unrepentant Nazi who is convicted of treason and then takes poison to avoid serving ...

Pros: Great acting, cinematography and subtlety make this a suspense classic

Cons: This and other Hitchcock classics have inspired a lot of cinematic poop.

The Bottom Line: As classic suspense films go, it doesn't get much better than this -- this is Hitchcock, Grant and Bergman all in their prime.

Review: Alfred Hitchcock’s Notorious is a classic suspense film, one that essentially serves as a primer for scores of directors and writers to copy in subsequent decades. With classic performances from Cary Grant, Ingrid Bergman and Claude Rains, and...

Pros: The depth and breadth of a quality cast. Taut, smooth direction. Wonderful rising suspense

Cons: Takes a while to get into gear.

The Bottom Line: "Notorious" is a masterfully directed and cunningly acted first-class picture that provides an intense romantic edge rarely replicated in Hitchcock's other pictures. An archetypal thriller.

Review: God Bless the “MacGuffin!” This most well known of director Alfred Hitchcock’s stylistic devices is the force thrusting us beyond the opening of Hitchcock’s 1945 classic “Notorious” starring Ingrid Bergman, Cary Grant and Claude ...

Pros: fantastic story, beautiful cinematography, terrific cast

Cons: not a one

Review: Though I do love Vertigo and Rebecca I think Notorious must be my favorite Hitchcock film. It has everything: spies, Nazis, forbidden romance, not to mention a cast full of first rate actors. It's also one of the most beautiful films ever made. The...

Pros: Gee, let's see...acting, directing, writing, cinematography. That about covers it.

Cons: If there are any, it takes a better viewer than I to see them.

Review: I admit, I feel unqualified somehow to criticize an Alfred Hitchcock movie. Ever since I saw Rear Window a year ago, I’ve been amazed by his talent, when in the service of a fairly ordinary plot (Strangers on a Train) and more so when he...

Pros: One of the greatest movies of all time

Cons: They don't make them like this anymore.

Review: I've been a Cary Grant fan going way way back. When I saw my first Cary Grant movie at around the age of thirteen or fourteen I immediately fell in love with him. He was everything that a man should be. Beautiful, charming, debonair, suave,...

Pros: Great cast, wonderful script, beautifully shot.

Cons: None that I can think of.

Review: NOTORIOUS isn't one of Hitchcock's more famous films, but it should be. It's one of my favorites, mainly due to the star power of Cary Grant and Ingrid Bergman. They never looked better and, thanks to Hitch, they have marvelous roles to play. One of his...

Pros: Cary Grant at his dramatic best

Cons: None.

Review: Two of my favorite talents, Cary Grant and Alfred Hitchcock teamed before in Suspicion. The result was less than satisfactory. Cary Grant proved he could play a menacing character with just a few subtle changes in his established persona. He was still...

Pros: Acting, direction, script, cinematography, editing

Cons: Notoriously poor score (no pun intended)

The Bottom Line: Yet another Hitchcock film I recommend.

Review: Many film watchers tend to forget about Alfred Hitchcock's films in the 1940s, which is mainly due to the success of his films in the 1950s and the early 1960s (most notably films like Psycho, The Birds, Rear Window and...

Pros: great acting, pace of film, good story

Cons: villain doesn't seem all that villainous

The Bottom Line: A great movie that showcases some great actors. If you've never seen it, you should.

Review: First released in 1946, Notorious built on the fears of Nazis following the Second World War where people were seeing Nazis and conspiracies everywhere. Surprisingly, that’s the one angle of the film that doesn’t hold up quite so ...