Paradine Case, The (1947) DVDRip



* Director: Alfred Hitchcock
* AMG Rating: starstar
* Genre: Drama
* Movie Type: Courtroom Drama
* Themes: Work Ethics, Romantic Betrayal, Infidelity
* Main Cast: Gregory Peck, Ann Todd, Charles Laughton, Charles Coburn, Ethel Barrymore, Louis Jourdan
* Release Year: 1947
* Country: US
* Run Time: 125 minutes

Plot
Based on a novel by Robert Hichens, The Paradine Case concerns Anna Paradine (Alida Valli), on trial for the murder of her wealthy husband. British barrister Anthony Keane (played by the aggressively American Gregory Peck) takes on the case-and in the process, falls in love with Anna, despite being married himself. Despite his client's protests, Keane summons Anna's lover, unkempt stableman Andre Latour (Louis Jourdan), hoping to prove in court that Latour was the killer. Only after a series of stunning upsets does Keane realize that, for the first time in his career, he has allowed his heart to rule his head. In a typically perverse Hitchcockian development, the film's most unpleasant character, an autocratic, vindictive judge played by Charles Laughton, is one of the few who can see through Anna's facade. Hitchcock had wanted Greta Garbo to play Anna Paradine, and indeed a screen test was filmed, but Garbo ultimately declined. At the time of filming, Hitchcock was enamored with uninterrupted, 10-minute takes (later used to the extreme in Rope); thus, the Old Bailey courtroom set where much of the action takes place was designed to accommodate multiple cameras and elaborately conceived crane movements. Such techniques were cumbersome in 1947, and as a result the over-illuminated set ended up costing $70,000, jacking up the film's overall budget to a whopping $3 million (quite a pretty penny in those days). The film was a box-office disappointment, spelling the end of the always-rocky association between Alfred Hitchcock and producer David O. Selznick. ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide




Cast
* Gregory Peck - Anthony Keane
* Ann Todd - Gay Keane
* Charles Laughton - Judge Horfield
* Charles Coburn - Sir Simon Flaquer
* Ethel Barrymore - Sophie Horfield
* Louis Jourdan - Andre Latour

Alida Valli - Maddalena/Anna Paradine; Leo G. Carroll - Council for the Prosecution; Joan Tetzel - Judy Flaquer; Isobel Elsom - Innkeeper; Patrick Aherne; Lester Matthews; Alfred Hitchcock - Man Carrying a Cello; John W. Goldsworthy; John Williams - Barrister; Colin Hunter



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