In an era of movies about the prim and proper, Hitchcock is never afraid to explore the dark and scandalous. This is also a class in the power of suggestion. A whole murder takes place, and we don’t see anything.
Nicely shot, nicely paced. This is about as much as you can do with a single set.
A salt-and-pepper Stewart is pretty cool. Grace Kelly had it. What an entrance. Not sure if this was a conscious choice, and maybe it’s just the color treatment of the film, but everyone’s got icy blue eyes that jump off the screen.
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