Suspicion (1941)

USA, 99 min
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Original title Suspicion
Film type Feature
Category Fiction
Director
Producer
Screenplay
Original work
Production country
  • USA
Production company
Classification Allowed from age 15
Dialogue
  • English
Swedish release 1942-09-28

Cast

Cary Grant
Johnnie Aysgarth

Joan Fontaine
Lina McLaidlaw Aysgarth

Cedric Hardwicke
general McLaidlaw

Nigel Bruce
Gordon Cochrane "Beaky" Thwaite

May Whitty
Mrs. Martha McLaidlaw

Isabel Jeans
Mrs. Newsham

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Titles

Original title
  • Suspicion
Swedish release title
  • Illdåd planeras?
Title for Swedish DVD release
  • Suspicion
Working title
  • Before the Fact

Crew

Director
Screenplay
Producer
Director of Photography
Music
Production Designer
Film Editor
Production Mixer
Assistant Director
Special Photographic Effects
Set Decorator
Costume Designer

Cast

Cary Grant Johnnie Aysgarth
Joan Fontaine Lina McLaidlaw Aysgarth
Cedric Hardwicke general McLaidlaw
Nigel Bruce Gordon Cochrane "Beaky" Thwaite
May Whitty Mrs. Martha McLaidlaw
Isabel Jeans Mrs. Newsham
Heather Angel Ethel, jungfru
Auriol Lee Isobel Sedbusk
Reginald Sheffield Reggie Wetherby
Leo G. Carroll Captain George Melbeck
Maureen Roden-Ryan Winnie, jungfru
Constance Worth Mrs. Fitzpatrick
Violet Shelton Mrs. Barham
Carol Curtis-Brown Jessie Barham
Faith Brook Alice Barham
Pax Walker Phoebe, jungfru
Leonard Carey Burton, McLaidlaws butler
Clyde Cook fotograf
Billy Bevan biljettmottagare
Vernon Downing Benson
Rex Evans Mr. Bailey
Edward Fielding antikvitetshandlaren
Gavin Gordon Bertram Sedbusk
Lumsden Hare poliskommissarie Hodgson
Gertrude Hoffman Mrs. Wetherby
Kenneth Hunter Sir Gerald
Roger Livesey kommissarie Hodgsons assistent
Doris Lloyd Miss Wetherby
Aubrey Mather testamentsexekutorn
Nondas Metcalf Phyllis Swinghurst
Hilda Plowright postfröken
Clara Reid Mrs. Craddock
Ben Webster registratorn
Elsie Weller Miss Wetherby
Alfred Hitchcock man som postar brev

Companies

Production Company RKO Radio Pictures Inc.
Distributor in Sweden (35 mm) Atlas Film AB 1956
RKO Radio Films AB 1942
Distributor in Sweden (DVD) Studio S Entertainment 2013

Swedish censorship / rating

Censorship number 64424
Date 1942-05
Classification Allowed from age 15
Original length 2720 meters
Notes Aktlängder: 560-500-550-530-580= 2720 meter.


Technical specifications

Aspect ratio 1.37:1
Sound type Sound
Sound system RCA Sound System
Colour type Black and white
Carrier type 35 mm
Frames per second 24
Length in metres 2720 meter
Length in minutes 99 min
Dialogue
  • English
Textad
  • Swedish


Original work

Original title Before the Fact (Novel)
Author Francis Iles


Release dates

First showing 1941-11-14 USA 99 min
Release in Sweden 1942-09-28 China Stockholm Sweden 99 min
TV showing 1963-06-06 TV Sweden
1974-12-15 TV2 Sweden
Other showing 1998-05-25
Cinematheque screening, archive copy 2007-04-07
2007-04-14
2007-05-04
2007-05-13
FIAF showing 2012-04-08
2012-04-18
2012-08-17
2012-09-02
Filmvetenskapliga institutionen 2012-12-12
DVD release 2013-02-27 Sweden
Filmvetenskapliga institutionen 2013-12-13
FIAF showing 2019-10-03
2019-10-06
Cinematheque screening, archive copy 2022-10-13 Stockholm Sweden

Soundtrack listing

Original title Wiener Blut (vals), op. 354
Composer Johann Strauss d.y. (1873)


Holdings Film

The information given here refers to film material in the Swedish Film Institute’s archive. Access to the archive’s stock is given on request, for research, other film archives and rights’ holders. For enquiries please contact filmarkivet@filminstitutet.se

Element type Print
Item base Acetate
Carrier type 35 mm
Length 2690


Element type Print
Item base Acetate
Carrier type 35 mm
Length 2702


Holdings Posters

Size About 70 x 100 cm
Quantity 2


Size About 70 x 100 cm
Quantity 2


Size Smaller than 40 x 75 cm
Quantity 1


Holdings Archive materials

Type Dialoglista
Object title Illdåd planeras?


Holdings Stills

Black and white print SET
Behind the scenes prints 1
Slides 1
Album No


Holdings Promotion materials

Type Program/Reklamtryck


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