Marnie (1964)

Mark marries Marnie although she is a habitual thief and has serious psychological problems, and tries to help her confront and resolve them.

Director:

Alfred Hitchcock

Writers:

Winston Graham (from the novel by), Jay Presson Allen (screenplay by)

Stars:

Tippi Hedren, Sean Connery, Martin Gabel

2 nominations.

Cast

Complete credited cast:
Tippi Hedren	...	Marnie Edgar Rutland (as 'Tippi' Hedren)
Martin Gabel	...	Sidney Strutt
Sean Connery	...	Mark Rutland
Louise Latham	...	Bernice Edgar
Diane Baker	...	Lil Mainwaring
Alan Napier	...	Mr. Rutland
Bob Sweeney	...	Cousin Bob
Milton Selzer	...	Man at Track
Henry Beckman	...	First Detective
Edith Evanson	...	Rita - Cleaning Woman
Mariette Hartley	...	Susan Clabon
Bruce Dern	...	Sailor
S. John Launer	...	Sam Ward
Meg Wyllie	...	Mrs. Turpin

Storyline

Marnie Edgar is a habitual liar and a thief who gets jobs as a secretary and after a few months robs the firms in question, usually of several thousand dollars. When she gets a job at Rutland's, she also catches the eye of the handsome owner, Mark Rutland. He prevents her from stealing and running off, as is her usual pattern, but also forces her to marry him. Their honeymoon is a disaster and she cannot stand to have a man touch her, and on their return home, Mark has a private detective look into her past. When he has the details of what happened in her childhood to make her what she is, he arranges a confrontation with her mother realizing that reliving the terrible events that occurred in her childhood and bringing out those repressed memories is the only way to save her.

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Plot Keywords:

fear of sex | compulsive liar | employer employee relationship | marital rape | memory | 

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Taglines:

From Alfred Hitchcock with sex and suspense.

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Genres:

Crime | Drama | Mystery | Romance | Thriller

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Certificate:

PG

Did You Know?

Trivia

Louise Latham, who played Tippi Hedren's mother, was only seven years older. No one knew it at the time, because Hedren didn't come out with her real age until 2006. (Up until then, the public thought she was born in 1935 instead of 1930.)

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Goofs

Whilst Rutland and Marnie are at the safe, the stacks of cash change height and orientation from one shot to the next.

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Quotes

[first lines]
Sidney Strutt: Robbed! Cleaned out! $9,967! Precisely as I told you over the telephone. And that girl did it. Marion Holland. That's the girl. Marion Holland.
First Detective: Can you describe her, Mr. Strutt?
Sidney Strutt: Certainly I can describe her: five feet five, 110 pounds, size 8 dress, blue eyes, black wavy hair, even features, good teeth.
[detectives unable to restrain laughter]
Sidney Strutt: Well what's so damn funny? There's been a grand larceny committed on these premises.

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Alternate Versions

Dialogue in the final scene reveals that Marnie's mother had given up her virginity at 15 to Marnie's father in exchange for a sweater. Just before the film's release the studio had second thoughts about this part, and Alfred Hitchcock agreed to cut the lines. But hundreds of prints had already been made, and rather than incur the cost of reprinting the final reel of each, the studio released them as they were, so there were two versions of the film from the outset.

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Connections

Referenced in Unikal'noe pozdravlenie (2014)

User Reviews

Big comedown for Hitchcock after "The Birds", though interesting for the ways he challenges the limits of the era's censorship

"Marnie" is one of the least essential-to-watch Hitchcock films: he plays one ingenious trick on the audience (the robbery and the cleaning lady), but apart from that one sequence, there are hardly any memorable set-pieces or flourishes (the screen going red a few times does not count). Like "Suddenly, Last Summer", the entire film hinges on what-happened-that-fateful-day. But unlike SLS, where the ultimate revelation is genuinely shocking, the ending of "Marnie" leaves us with an "is that all?" feeling. Very good performances by both Tippi Hedren and Sean Connery, full-blown score by Berrnard Hermann. **1/2 out of 4.

Details

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

17 July 1964 (USA)

Also Known As:

Alfred Hitchcock's Marnie

Filming Locations:

San Jose, California, USA

Box Office

Budget:

$3,000,000 (estimated)

Cumulative Worldwide Gross:

$7,958

Company Credits

Production Co:

Alfred J. Hitchcock Productions

Technical Specs

Runtime:

130 min

Sound Mix:

Mono (Westrex Recording System) (uncredited)

Color:

Color (Technicolor)

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1