"There's Hitch!" I observed as a largeish lady appeared at the Governor's ball, but sadly it was not to be. Stupidly critically maligned by people who know nothing, the continuous takes, for example, yes, definitely a leftover from Rope, but not distracting at all - in fact they give the film a marvellous modernity like Scorsese's tracking events around the house.
Has a most interesting colour pallette also - one of the greenest hues I've seen on film. And a crafty plot, developed from a play by John Coltron and Margrate Linden and adapted by Hume Cronyn (amongst others). Story could be updated to contemporary setting without too much of a problem.
Joseph Cotten, Ingrid Bergman, Michael Wilding, Margaret Leighton, Cecil Parker, Jack Watling. Music by Richard Addinsell.
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