Storyline
A wealthy and sheltered young woman elopes with a charming playboy and soon learns of his bad traits, including his extreme dishonesty and lust for money. Gradually, she begins to suspect that he intends to kill her to collect her life insurance.
Released
14 November 1941
Runtime
1h 39min
Director
Budget
$1,103,000
Revenue
$4,500,000
Genre
Status
Released
Language
English
Production
RKO Radio Pictures
Cast
Cary Grant
John D. 'Johnnie' Aysgarth
Joan Fontaine
Lina McLaidlaw Aysgarth
Cedric Hardwicke
General McLaidlaw
Nigel Bruce
Gordon Cochrane 'Beaky' Thwaite
May Whitty
Mrs. McLaidlaw
Isabel Jeans
Mrs. Newsham
Heather Angel
Ethel the Maid
Auriol Lee
Isobel Sedbusk
Reginald Sheffield
Reggie Wetherby
Leo G. Carroll
Captain George Melbeck
Billy Bevan
Ticket Taker (uncredited)
Faith Brook
Alice Barham (uncredited)
Violet Campbell
Mrs. Barham (uncredited)
Leonard Carey
The McLaidlaw's Butler Burton (uncredited)
David Clyde
Trunk Man (uncredited)
Clyde Cook
Photographer (uncredited)
Alec Craig
Hogarth Club Desk Clerk (uncredited)
Carol Curtis-Brown
Jessie Barham (uncredited)
Vernon Downing
Benson (uncredited)
Rex Evans
Mr. Bailey (uncredited)
Edward Fielding
Antique Shop Proprietor (uncredited)
Gavin Gordon
Dr. Bertram Sedbusk (uncredited)
Lumsden Hare
Inspector Hodgson (uncredited)
Alfred Hitchcock
Man Mailing Letter (uncredited)
Gertrude Hoffmann
Mrs. Wetherby (uncredited)
Kenneth Hunter
Sir Gerald (uncredited)
Dorothy Lloyd
Miss Wetherby (uncredited)
Aubrey Mather
Executor of General Laidlaw's Will (uncredited)
Nondas Metcalf
Phyllis Swinghurst (uncredited)
Rita Page
Secretary (uncredited)
Hilda Plowright
Postmistress (uncredited)
Clara Reid
Mrs. Craddock (uncredited)
Maureen Roden-Ryan
Maid - Winnie (uncredited)
Donald Stuart
Photographer (uncredited)
Denis Tankard
Footman (uncredited)
Pax Walker
Maid - Phoebe (uncredited)
Ben Webster
The Registrar William Howe (uncredited)
Elsie Weller
Miss Wetherby (uncredited)
Constance Worth
Mrs. Fitzpatrick (uncredited)
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