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Charade (1963) 8.0
Romance and suspense in Paris, as a woman is pursued by several men who want a fortune her murdered husband had stolen. Who can she trust? Director:Stanley Donen |
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| Audrey Hepburn | ... | ||
| Walter Matthau | ... | ||
| James Coburn | ... | ||
| George Kennedy | ... | ||
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Dominique Minot | ... |
Sylvie Gaudet
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Jacques Marin | ... |
Insp. Edouard Grandpierre
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Paul Bonifas | ... |
Mr. Felix - Stamp Dealer
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Thomas Chelimsky | ... |
Jean-Louis Gaudet
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Regina is about to divorce her husband when she finds that he has been murdered after converting every penny they owned to cash, which is also missing. She meets Cary Grant who changes his name every 15 minutes or so and is interested in her husband's money, which seems to have come from a WWII payroll he stole. His partners in crime are also very interested in where the money is, as he stole it from them as well. Everyone assumes Regina MUST know where the money is. The situation becomes more tense when the searchers begin turning up dead. Written by John Vogel <jlvogel@comcast.net>
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Country:
USARelease Date:
5 December 1963 (USA) See more »Also Known As:
Charada See more »Box Office
Budget:
$4,000,000 (estimated)Company Credits
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Adam Canfield: [shakes his head] Sorry the name is Adam Canfield.
Reggie Lampert: Adam Canfield? Wonderful! Do you realize you've had three names in the past two days? I don't even know who I'm talking to any more!
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Lyric: Johnny Mercer
Music: Henry Mancini
Performed by Chorus (uncredited)
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In the dining boat scene, the background music is a vocal version of the theme song "Charade". It contains only three stanzas and the second stanza is completely different from the published lyrics. It reads: "And in a blaze of light For you Romeo came And it was closing night The ending of the play". See more »Goofs
After Peter Joshua is sprayed with a water gun by Jean-Louis, the water patterns on his jacket vary between shots. See more »Quotes
Reggie Lampert: So it's goodbye Alexander Dyle and welcome home Peter Joshua.Adam Canfield: [shakes his head] Sorry the name is Adam Canfield.
Reggie Lampert: Adam Canfield? Wonderful! Do you realize you've had three names in the past two days? I don't even know who I'm talking to any more!
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"Charade"Lyric: Johnny Mercer
Music: Henry Mancini
Performed by Chorus (uncredited)
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Audrey Hepburn's husband who only married her months earlier is seen being thrown off a train in his pajamas. Turns out she didn't know a whole lot about him, mainly the fact that he had stolen a lot of money from the OSS during World War II and double-crossed his partners in the heist. Now they and the government are looking for the money from her.
All that's been left to her as far as her husband's things are the contents of a Lufthansa travel bag and the rather mundane contents of said bag.
It's all one big Charade for Audrey, she doesn't know who to believe. She'd like to believe Cary Grant and who wouldn't, but every time she turns around Grant's got a different character name. He has a total of four during the film. The others are James Coburn, George Kennedy, Ned Glass, and Walter Matthau.
Charade boasts a fast moving plot and great location photography in both Paris and the Swiss Alps. It also has a nice musical score with a title song that was up for an Oscar that year. If the song Charade had won it would have been an unprecedented three wins in a row for the songwriting team of Henry Mancini and Johnny Mercer. But the song lost to Call Me Irresponsible from Papa's Delicate Condition.
It's ironic that Cary Grant at the last minute backed out of doing Sabrina because he thought the contrast in age between him and Audrey Hepburn would not be believed by the audience. Maybe so, but they do make a nice couple here and apparently he changed his mind along the way.
We should be glad he did.