Above Suspicion (1943 film)

Above Suspicion (1943 film)

Infobox Film
name = Above Suspicion


image_size =
caption = Original theatrical poster
director = Richard Thorpe
producer = Victor Saville
writer = Novel:
Helen MacInnes
Screenplay:
Keith Winter
Melville Baker
Patricia Coleman
narrator =
starring = Joan Crawford Fred MacMurray Basil Rathbone
music = Bronislau Kaper
cinematography = Robert Planck
editing = George Hively
distributor = Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
released = flagicon|USA May 1943
runtime = 90 min.
country = USA
language = English
budget =
gross =
preceded_by =
followed_by =
website =
amg_id =
imdb_id = 0035605

"Above Suspicion" (1943) is a Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer feature film starring Joan Crawford, Fred MacMurray, and Basil Rathbone in a story about newlyweds spying on the Nazis for the British Secret Service. The screenplay by Keith Winter, Melville Baker, and Patricia Coleman was based upon the novel "Above Suspicion" by Helen MacInnes. The film was directed by Richard Thorpe and produced by Victor Saville, and was Crawford's last feature for MGM before signing with Warner Bros..

Plot and cast

Frances and Richard Myles (Joan Crawford and Fred MacMurray) are newlyweds honeymooning in Europe on the eve of World War II. Unexpectedly, they find themselves commissioned by the British secret service to secure the plans for a new secret weapon masterminded by the Nazis. The trail leads them to Innsbruck where they arouse the suspicions of Gestapo chief Von Ashenhausen (Basil Rathbone). Having secured the plans, the couple find great difficulty leaving the country. Frances is captured and held in a remote castle. She is rescued by her husband and a group of British agents, and, using underground routes, the couple finally cross the border to safety. Cast inclues Conrad Veidt and Reginald Owen.

Reception

"Variety" wrote, "Both MacMurray and Miss Crawford completely handled their roles, despite drawbacks of script material", and T.S. in the "New York Times" commented, "Joan Crawford...is a very convincing heroine." [Quirk, Lawrence J.. "The Films of Joan Crawford". The Citadel Press, 1968.]

ee also

* Joan Crawford filmography

References

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