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Plot.
Residing in London, former tennis pro turned sporting goods salesman Tony
Wendice and socialite Margot Wendice have a loving, happy marriage,... or so
it appears on the surface. In reality, Margot fell out of love with Tony as a
travelling tennis wife, and began an affair with American writer Mark Halliday
who she still loves. Margot decided to make a go of the marriage when Tony
gave up tennis for a more steady job, but she still kept one keepsake from
Mark, a love letter, which she carried with her everywhere in whatever
handbag she was using, that is until the letter was stolen from her handbag.
An unknown person is blackmailing her with the letter, threatening to expose
the affair to Tony, something she has told no one except Mark. The
blackmailer, which in reality is not blackmail but part of a larger plot, is
Tony himself. When first discovering the affair, Tony had thought about
killing Mark. But now, his carefully thought out plan is to have Margot killed
so that he can live off her wealth. That plan, which only recently coalesced
into a beginning to end detailed plot, involves blackmailing old college
associate Charles Swann, who Tony has recently learned has turned to a life of
fraud and murder. While Tony is out for the evening with a visiting Mark,
Swann will kill Margot at the Wendice apartment. Tony will have an alibi and
Swann should be able to get away scot-free as he has no formal ties to the
Wendices and thus no motive to kill Margot. Although Tony considers the plan
foolproof, it does not come off quite as planned, with Margot surviving the
attack. Tony has to decide what to do, if he should just hide his involvement
in the murder plot, or if he has a Plan B up his sleeve still to get rid of
Margot for good. Who may factor into what happens are Mark, who will do
whatever to help Margot, most specifically using his creative writing skills,
and the lead police investigator, Chief Inspector Hubbard, who may see the
crime scene in a slightly different light than the average Joe.
Stars.
=>-Grace Kelly : Margot Wendice.
=>-Ray Milland : Tony Wendice.
=>-Robert Cummings : Michelle.
=>-John Williams : Chief Inspector Hubbard.
=>-Anthony Dawson : Charles Swann.
=>-Leo Britt : The Storyteller.
=>-Patrick Allen : Detective Pearson.
Director.
=>-Alfred Hitchcock.
Info.
=>-Genre : Classic : Thriller : Crime : Film Noir.
=>-Release Date : 1954.
=>-Language : English.
=>-File Size : 1.18 GiB.
=>-Overall bit rate : 1 596 kbps.
=>-Movie Runtime : 1h 45min.
=>-Chapters : 28 Named.
Video.
=>-Codec : H.264/MPEG-4 AVC.
=>-Aspect Ratio : 16:9.
=>-Resolution : 1280 x 720.
=>-Bit rate : 1 333 kbps.
Audio 1 English.
=>-Codec : mp4a: MPEG-4 AAC LC.
=>-Channels : 2 channel.
=>-Bit Rate : 112 kbps.
=>-Maximum bit rate : 145 kbps.
Audio 2 Italian.
=>-Codec : mp4a: MPEG-4 AAC LC.
=>-Channels : 2 channel.
=>-Bit Rate : 112 kbps.
=>-Maximum bit rate : 145 kbps.
Subtitles - Softsubbed : SubRip : VobSub-IDX : MicroDVD.
=>-English.
=>-Italian.