Above Suspicion (1943)

Director:

Richard Thorpe

Writers:

Helen MacInnes (novel)
Keith Winter (screenplay) ...

Release Date:

May 1943 (USA)

Genre:

Drama | Thriller

Plot:

Oxford Professor Richard Myles and new bride Frances are off on a European honeymoon. It isn't your typical honeymoon though...

Plot Keywords:

Honeymoon | Germany | Oxford | Professor | France

Cast

Joan Crawford	...	Frances Myles
Fred MacMurray	...	Richard Myles
Conrad Veidt	...	Hassert Seidel
Basil Rathbone	...	Sig von Aschenhausen
Reginald Owen	...	Dr. Mespelbrunn
Richard Ainley	...	Peter Galt
Cecil Cunningham	...	Countess
Ann Shoemaker	...	Aunt Ellen
Sara Haden	...	Aunt Hattie
Felix Bressart	...	Mr. A. Werner
Bruce Lester	...	Thornley
Johanna Hofer	...	Frau Kleist
Lotte Palfi Andor	...	Ottilie (as Lotta Palfi)
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Madam Borget	...	Patron in Frisky Rabbit (as Mme. Borget)

Runtime:

90 min | 91 min (Turner library print)

Country:

USA

Language:

English | French | German | Arabic

Color:

Black and White

Aspect Ratio:

1.37 : 1

Sound Mix:

Mono (Western Electric Sound System)

Certification:

Finland:S | Sweden:15 | USA:Approved (PCA #9144) | USA:Passed (National Board of Review)

Filming Locations:

Bishop, California, USA

Company:

Loew's

Trivia:

Female bit players were not allowed to wear makeup in scenes that took place in Germany, as Adolf Hitler had banned it in 1933.

Quotes:

[newlyweds Richard and Frances Myles register at a hotel under assumed names]
Walmer Hotel proprietor: Mr. and Mrs. Smith? I suppose that's all right. Mind you draw the blinds.
Richard Myles: [embarrassed] Huh?
Walmer Hotel proprietor: There's a practice blackout tonight.

Movie Connections:

Referenced in Unfinished Business (1986)

Soundtrack:

RIenzi: Overture

A Honeymoon To Spy For

"Above Suspicion" is an average spy yarn, but fun. It was Joan Crawford's last movie at MGM. She was disappointed with the movie, but she was wrong. It is always fun to see a well-dressed, just-married couple take an European honeymoon, not knowing where they are going, to spy for the British. This was before WWII.

Joan Crawford and Fred MacMurray made a great team. MacMurray had the skill to team well with every leading lady he worked with. It was great to see Crawford work with Conrad Veidt again. They worked well in "A Woman's Face". Too bad Crawford and Veidt never worked again. Mr. Veidt died in 1943. This was his last movie.