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Writers:
John Colton (play) and
Margaret Linden (play) ...
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Release Date:
8 October 1949 (USA) more
Tagline:
Mystery, murder and passion from the master of suspense! more
Plot:
In 1831, Irishman Charles Adare travels to Australia to start a new life with the help of his cousin who has just been appointed governor... more | full synopsis
NewsDesk:
Veteran Actor Hume Cronyn Dies at 91
(From WENN. 16 June 2003)
User Comments:
Hitchcocks Greatest? more (27 total)
Cast
(Cast overview, first billed only)| Ingrid Bergman | ... | Lady Henrietta Flusky | |
| Joseph Cotten | ... | Sam Flusky | |
| Michael Wilding | ... | Hon. Charles Adare | |
| Margaret Leighton | ... | Milly | |
| Cecil Parker | ... | The Governor | |
| Denis O'Dea | ... | Mr. Corrigan | |
| Jack Watling | ... | Winter | |
| Harcourt Williams | ... | The Coachman | |
| John Ruddock | ... | Mr. Potter | |
| Bill Shine | ... | Mr. Banks | |
| Victor Lucas | ... | The Rev. Smiley | |
| Ronald Adam | ... | Mr. Riggs | |
| Francis De Wolff | ... | Major Wilkins (as Francis de Wolff) | |
| G.H. Mulcaster | ... | Dr. Macallister | |
| Olive Sloane | ... | Sal |
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117 min
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Color (Technicolor)
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1.37 : 1 more
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Mono (Western Electric Sound System)
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UK:A (original rating) (1949) | UK:PG (re-rating) (2006) | Argentina:13 | Chile:14 | Finland:K-12 | Germany:12 | Spain:13 | Peru:14
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Margaret Leighton appeared with her future husband Michael Wilding in this film. After their marriage in 1964, they worked together several more times, but, by his own admission, Wilding preferred retirement and was happy just to be a supportive audience member for his wife. In this film, Michael Wilding played Charles Adare and Margaret Leighton played Milly. more
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Factual errors: The opening narration declares that "In 1770 Captain Cook discovered Australia". While Cook was the first Englishman to visit Australia, Dutch explorers had navigated the country before him. more
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Referenced in 'Topaz': An Appreciation by Film Critic/Historian Leonard Maltin (2001) (V) more
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Under Capricorn, is along with Notorious, I Confess and Rear Window Hitchcocks greatest film. Under Capricorn has been greatly under appreciated mainly because it was a commercial failure and because Hitchcock talked the movie down saying that he only made it for Ingrid Bergman. The truth is that he had been working on getting it made for years, would he really put his production company under pressure on it's second project with a $2.5 million budget if he didn't care for it. Maybe part of its mixed reputation is because it's not a thriller, being a character driven movie, at just under two hours long its not you're typical Hitchcock movie. But the story is revealed in a wonderful way, with such a great romantic feeling that I'm amazed that it's not more highly thought off by the general public. If there ever was a more beautifully film movie I've never seen it. Ingrid Bergman is as she always is, brilliant; her 10-minuet scene in which she tells wilding the whole story of what happened is pure magic. Another great moment is when Bergman has locked herself in her room and wilding comes through her window. Joseph Cotton is also on top form. Really all that I've got left to say is if you haven't yet seen this film and you get the chance to don't waste that chance. I wish it would come out on DVD or video I've nearly worn my copy out.