Is this the man she was waiting for... or the man who was waiting for her?
When her American lover visits London, a wealthy woman’s jealous husband hatches a plan to murder her and inherit her fortune.
ThrillerCrimeDramaadulterylondon, englandjealousyblackmaildetectivetennis playermarriageletterlovemurderthefthusband
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Character
Intimate, earnest, resolved and grave.
- intimateepic
- earnestironic
- resolvedopen-ended
- gravecomic
- rawmeticulous
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Cast
- Ray MillandTony Wendice
- Grace KellyMargot Wendice
- Robert CummingsMark Halliday
- John WilliamsChief Inspector Hubbard
- Anthony DawsonCharles Swann
- Leo BrittStoryteller
- Patrick AllenDetective Pearson
- George LeighDetective Williams
- George AldersonFirst Detective
- Robin HughesPolice Sergeant O'Brien
Crew
- Alfred HitchcockDirector
- Frederick KnottScreenplay
- Robert BurksDirector of Photography
- Dimitri TiomkinOriginal Music Composer
- Rudi FehrEditor
- Alfred HitchcockProducer
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Pairings
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Similar in taste
Closest on the same fourteen dimensions, from everything scored on Curator Co. Other media included when they land close.
The Outfit 202271% alikeBoth intimate, earnest, grave.
Psycho 196067% alikeBoth earnest, intimate, grave.
Double Indemnity 194466% alikeBoth earnest, meticulous, grave.
D.O.A. 194965% alikeBoth earnest, grave, resolved.
Bound 199665% alikeBoth earnest, grave.
Rear Window 195465% alikeBoth intimate, meticulous.
The Woman in the Window 194465% alikeBoth earnest, grave.
Murder on the Orient Express 197464% alikeBoth earnest, intimate, grave.
Game · Both intimate, earnest, grave.
The Witness 198362% alikeGame · Both earnest, intimate, plot-driven.
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