Indiscreet (1958)

Director:

Stanley Donen

Writers:

Norman Krasna (play)
Norman Krasna (screenplay)

Release Date:

20 May 1958 (USA)

Genre:

Comedy | Romance

Tagline:

How dare he make love to me - And not be a married man!

Plot:

Anna Kalman is an accomplished actress who has given up hope of finding the man of her dreams. She is in the middle of taking off her face cream...

Plot Keywords:

Actress | Revenge | Male Female Relationship | Beautiful Woman | Financier

Awards:

Nominated for 3 Golden Globes. Another 3 nominations

Cast

Cary Grant	...	Philip Adams
Ingrid Bergman	...	Anna Kalman
Cecil Parker	...	Alfred Munson
Phyllis Calvert	...	Mrs. Margaret Munson
David Kossoff	...	Carl Banks
Megs Jenkins	...	Doris Banks

Runtime:

100 min

Country:

UK

Language:

English

Color:

Color (Technicolor)

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Sound Mix:

Mono (RCA Sound Recording)

Certification:

Iceland:L | Australia:PG | Finland:S | Sweden:Btl | USA:Unrated | West Germany:6

Filming Locations:

Cleopatra's Needle, Victoria Embankment, Westminster, London, England, UK

Company:

Grandon Productions Ltd.

Trivia:

When the censors had a problem with Cary Grant and Ingrid Bergman in a scene in bed together, director Stanley Donen shot an overhead split screen sequence showing both stars side by side in bed, but with a clearly visible "border" between them.

Goofs:

Boom mic visible: Boom microphone shadow visible when Anna cooks breakfast.

Quotes:

Alfred: You know, I'm too old for this sort of evening. I always was.

Movie Connections:

Referenced in El curso en que amamos a Kim Novak (1980)

Soundtrack:

Indiscreet

lovely film, lovely stars

You can't get much higher on the star ladder than Cary Grant and Ingrid Bergman, and these two are reunited for the light comedy, "Indiscreet," based on the play "Kind Sir." It's about a successful actress in London who's through with men and suddenly becomes very interested in them again when she's introduced to Cary Grant. He could sure shake me out the doldrums, too. The trouble with Grant is that he's a married man...he says.

Bergman is charming and quite funny. I especially love the phone call when Grant calls up from the lobby - all for the benefit of the apartment staff - and she makes faces, rolls her eyes and indicates that this charade of "oh, well, just come up for one drink then" is only for the sake of her reputation - meanwhile, she's found out about a charade of his own and is ripping mad at him. She plots to get even with him - and what a plot! I love the way this film was done - these two are having an affair but it's only assumed, never actually shown. Grant is his usual stunningly handsome, elegant self, and few actors had his turn of a phrase or panache. He and Bergman, as in Notorious, make a beautiful, magnetic couple. This is not a laugh-out-loud comedy, but it is a delight. This film was remade for TV with the gorgeous Lesley-Anne Down and Robert Wagner, but it wasn't the same without the stars and Stanley Donen's touch.