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Notorious (1946)

UNRATED 101 min  -  Film-Noir | Romance | Thriller  -   6 September 1946 (USA)
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A woman is asked to spy on a group of Nazi friends in South America. How far will she have to go to ingratiate herself with them?

Director:

Alfred Hitchcock
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Notorious -- A post-WWII story of a beautiful playgirl sent by the US government to marry a suspected spy living in Brazil. Grant is the agent assigned to watch her. Duplicity and guilt are important factors in this brooding, romantic spy thriller. Notorious -- A woman is asked to spy on a group of Nazi friends in South America. How far will she have to go to ingratiate herself with them?
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Cast

Complete credited cast:
Cary Grant ...
Ingrid Bergman ...
Claude Rains ...
Louis Calhern ...
Leopoldine Konstantin Leopoldine Konstantin ...
Mme. Sebastian (as Madame Konstantin)
Reinhold Schünzel Reinhold Schünzel ...
Dr. Anderson (as Reinhold Schunzel)
Moroni Olsen Moroni Olsen ...
Walter Beardsley
Ivan Triesault Ivan Triesault ...
Eric Mathis
Alex Minotis Alex Minotis ...
Joseph
Wally Brown Wally Brown ...
Mr. Hopkins
Charles Mendl Charles Mendl ...
Commodore (as Sir Charles Mendl)
Ricardo Costa Ricardo Costa ...
Dr. Barbosa
Eberhard Krumschmidt Eberhard Krumschmidt ...
Hupka
Fay Baker Fay Baker ...
Ethel
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Storyline

Following the conviction of her German father for treason against the U.S., Alicia Huberman takes to drink and men. She is approached by a government agent (T.R. Devlin) who asks her to spy on a group of her father's Nazi friends operating out of Rio de Janeiro. A romance develops between Alicia and Devlin, but she starts to get too involved in her work. Written by Col Needham <col@imdb.com>  

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Plot Keywords:

Spy | Wine Cellar | German | Wine | Love  | See more »

Taglines:

Notorious woman of affairs... Adventurous man of the world! See more »

Genres:

Film-Noir | Romance | Thriller

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Details

Country:

USA

Language:

English | French | Portuguese

Release Date:

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Also Known As:

Alfred Hitchcock's Notorious See more »

Filming Locations:

Beverly Hills, California, USA See more »

Box Office

Budget:

$2,000,000 (estimated)

Gross:

$8,000,000 (USA)
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Technical Specs

Runtime:

Sound Mix:

Mono (RCA Sound System)

Aspect Ratio:

1.37 : 1
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Trivia

Both Cary Grant and Ingrid Bergman found the famous kissing scene quite problematic, according to Alfred Hitchcock, because of the complicated blocking that needed to be remembered in the several long takes that it took to shoot it. See more »

Goofs

Crew or equipment visible: In the scene when Alicia and Sebastian were having coffee (1:20), there is a hair at the bottom of the screen - the gate wasn't checked. See more »

Quotes

[first lines]
[Title card]: Miami, Florida, Three-Twenty P.M., April the Twenty-Fourth, Nineteen Hundred and Forty-Six...
[reporters and photographers converse amongst themselves outside the courtroom]
Judge: Is there any legal reason why sentence should not be pronounced?
District Attorney: No, your honor.
John Huberman: Yes, I have something to say. You can put me away, but you can't put away what's going to happen to you, and to this whole country next time. Next time we are going...
Defense Counsel: [whispering] I wouldn't say any more. We'll need that for the appeal.
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Connections

Featured in "Siskel & Ebert: Hail, Hail, Black and White" (1989) See more »

Soundtracks

"Carnaval, Op. 9, Scènes mignonnes sur quatre notes: 'Chopin'"
(uncredited)
Written by Robert Schumann
Performed in the distance as Alicia enters Alex's house for the first time See more »