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Notorious

  • 1946
  • Not Rated
  • 1h 42m
IMDb RATING
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Ingrid Bergman, Cary Grant, and Claude Rains in Notorious (1946)
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The daughter of a convicted Nazi spy is asked by American agents to gather information on a ring of Nazi scientists in South America. How far will she have to go to ingratiate herself with t... Read allThe daughter of a convicted Nazi spy is asked by American agents to gather information on a ring of Nazi scientists in South America. How far will she have to go to ingratiate herself with them?The daughter of a convicted Nazi spy is asked by American agents to gather information on a ring of Nazi scientists in South America. How far will she have to go to ingratiate herself with them?

  • Director
    • Alfred Hitchcock
  • Writers
    • Ben Hecht
    • Alfred Hitchcock
    • John Taintor Foote
  • Stars
    • Cary Grant
    • Ingrid Bergman
    • Claude Rains
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  • IMDb RATING
    7.9/10
    104K
    YOUR RATING
    POPULARITY
    4,535
    979
    • Director
      • Alfred Hitchcock
    • Writers
      • Ben Hecht
      • Alfred Hitchcock
      • John Taintor Foote
    • Stars
      • Cary Grant
      • Ingrid Bergman
      • Claude Rains
    • 401User reviews
    • 156Critic reviews
    • 100Metascore
  • See more at IMDbPro
    • Nominated for 2 Oscars
      • 3 wins & 4 nominations total

    Videos2

    Notorious
    Trailer 2:33
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    Photos143

    Claude Rains and Leopoldine Konstantin in Notorious (1946)
    Ingrid Bergman and Cary Grant in Notorious (1946)
    Cary Grant and Alfred Hitchcock in Notorious (1946)
    Ingrid Bergman, Cary Grant, and Alfred Hitchcock in Notorious (1946)
    Ingrid Bergman and Cary Grant in Notorious (1946)
    Ingrid Bergman and Cary Grant in Notorious (1946)
    Ingrid Bergman in Notorious (1946)
    Ingrid Bergman and Cary Grant in Notorious (1946)
    Ingrid Bergman and Cary Grant in Notorious (1946)
    Ingrid Bergman and Cary Grant in Notorious (1946)
    Ingrid Bergman and Cary Grant in Notorious (1946)
    Ingrid Bergman and Cary Grant in Notorious (1946)

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    Cary Grant
    Cary Grant
    • Devlin
    Ingrid Bergman
    Ingrid Bergman
    • Alicia Huberman
    Claude Rains
    Claude Rains
    • Alexander 'Alex' Sebastian
    Louis Calhern
    Louis Calhern
    • Captain Paul Prescott
    Leopoldine Konstantin
    Leopoldine Konstantin
    • Madame 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
    Alexis Minotis
    Alexis Minotis
    • Joseph
    • (as Alex Minotis)
    Wally Brown
    Wally Brown
    • Mr. Hopkins
    Charles Mendl
    • Commodore
    • (as Sir Charles Mendl)
    Ricardo Costa
    • Dr. Barbosa
    E.A. Krumschmidt
    • Emil Hupka
    • (as Eberhard Krumschmidt)
    Fay Baker
    Fay Baker
    • Ethel
    Bernice Barrett
    • File Clerk
    • (uncredited)
    Bea Benaderet
    Bea Benaderet
    • File Clerk
    • (uncredited)
    Candido Bonsato
    • Waiter
    • (uncredited)
    Charles D. Brown
    • Judge
    • (uncredited)
    • Director
      • Alfred Hitchcock
    • Writers
      • Ben Hecht
      • Alfred Hitchcock(uncredited)
      • John Taintor Foote(uncredited)
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    • Trivia
      After filming had ended, Cary Grant kept the famous UNICA key. A few years later he gave the key to his great friend and co-star Ingrid Bergman, saying that the key had given him luck and hoped it would do the same for her. Many years later, at a tribute to director Sir Alfred Hitchcock, Bergman went off-script and presented the key to him, to his surprise and delight.
    • Goofs
      When Devlin and Alicia go to find Sebastian riding horses, there is a quick two second shot of all four characters next to each other on horses and two arms are visible walking the horses of Sebastian and the woman he is riding with.
    • Quotes

      Madame Sebastian: We are protected by the enormity of your stupidity, for a time.

    • Crazy credits
      Opening credits prologue: Miami, Florida, Three-Twenty P.M., April the Twenty-Fourth, Nineteen Hundred and Forty-Six....
    • Alternate versions
      When released in West Germany in 1951 "Weißes Gift" (White Poison), the plot was significantly changed. Instead of Nazi agents, the villains became drug-trafficking bandits. The names of the characters were also changed to avoid any reference to Nazi Germany and spying:
      • The Ingrid Bergman character was called 'Elisa Sombrapal' (as opposed to Alicia Huberman), Claude Rains was called 'Aldo Sebastini' (instead of Alexander Sebastian), Leopoldine Konstantin was referred as 'Frau Sebastini'. Similarly, Ivan Triesault was called Enrico (instead of Eric Mathis) and the E.A. Krumschmidt character (originally called Emil Hupka) was rechristened 'Ramon Hupka'.
    • Connections
      Edited into Dead Men Don't Wear Plaid (1982)
    • 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

    User reviews401

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    10/10
    The Genius And His Stars
    Hitchcock introduces his stars with a cinematic blow that makes the opening of this dark, scrumptious thriller a monumental treat. He uses their star personalities and turns them round to dislocate us, teasing us with his unmistakable touch. The absurdity of the plot becomes totally plausible and the suspense is not merely unbearable but thrillingly entertaining. All of Hitchcock's favorite emotional and visual toys are present here. The icy blond, the sexual tension, the weakling villain with a castrating mother. A legendary kiss and a happy ending. Whenever I meet someone who hasn't seen any Hitchcock movies - and there are people in this world, believe it or not, who hasn't - I show them Notorious and always without fail, they are hooked forever. Just the way I was, I am and, I suspect, will always be. Cary Grant is allowed a dark unsmiling romantic hero and Ingrid Bergman lowers her strength to become a woman in love and in jeopardy but unwilling to appear as a victim. This gem of a film can be seen again and again without ever becoming tired or obvious. I'm sure you guessed it by now, this is one of my favorite films of all time.
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    • littlemartinarocena
    • Oct 2, 2006

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    • Release date
      • September 6, 1946 (United States)
    • Country of origin
      • United States
    • Languages
      • English
      • French
      • Portuguese
    • Also known as
      • Alfred Hitchcock's Notorious
    • Filming locations
      • Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil(establishing shots of Rio- specifically racetrack, office building where secret agency located, cafe and park, pedestrians and streets, aerial footage of Rio)
    • Production companies
      • RKO Radio Pictures
      • Vanguard Films
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    • Budget
      • $2,000,000 (estimated)
    • Gross worldwide
      • $113,061
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    • Runtime
      1 hour 42 minutes
    • Color
      • Black and White
    • Aspect ratio
      • 1.37 : 1

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