Mr. & Mrs. Smith (1941) 6.5
Not a typical Hitchcock movie, this is a comedy about a couple who learn that their marriage was not valid. Director:Alfred HitchcockWriter:Norman Krasna (story) |
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Mr. & Mrs. Smith (1941) 6.5
Not a typical Hitchcock movie, this is a comedy about a couple who learn that their marriage was not valid. Director:Alfred HitchcockWriter:Norman Krasna (story) |
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Ann
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David
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Gene Raymond | ... |
Jeff
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Chuck
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Mr. Custer
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Lucile Watson | ... |
Mrs. Custer
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William Tracy | ... |
Sammy
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Charles Halton | ... |
Mr. Deever
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Esther Dale | ... |
Mrs. Krausheimer
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Emma Dunn | ... |
Martha
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Gertie
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Patricia Farr | ... |
Gloria
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William Edmunds | ... |
Proprietor Lucy's
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Pamela Blake | ... |
Lily
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New York sophisticates David Smith and Ann Smith née Krausheimer have been lovingly and passionately married for three years, or so they believed. They are told individually that due to a technicality - an unresolved municipal and state jurisdictional issue at the time of their supposed marriage - their wedding was not legal, and as such they are not really married. Despite David saying earlier in the day that if he had to do his life all over again that he would not have married her (even though he loves her), it is Ann that decides not to marry David this second time around due to an action, or in reality inaction, by David in reaction to the news of their marriage being invalid. While Ann goes about her life as a supposedly single woman (which includes calling herself Ann Krausheimer), David does whatever he can to win Ann back. But winning Ann's hand may be difficult as part of Ann's new life is dating other men. One of those other men and the most serious is David's best friend ... Written by Huggo
As a long-time Hitchcock fan, I avoided this as I would some of his silent dramas, as not typical of his work. However, I just watched one of the funniest, smartest, and sweetest screwball comedies I have ever seen, ranking for me with My Man Godfrey and Miracle of Morgan's Creek. Carole Lombard is absolutely radiant and I found myself laughing out loud many times, something I don't do usually when watching a movie alone. I adored it and I can't see why its rating isn't higher here. Hitchcock excelled as much at comedy as suspense and this one proves it.