Above Suspicion (1943) | |
| Director(s) | Richard Thorpe |
| Producer(s) | Leon Gordon (associate), Victor Saville |
| Top Genres | Drama, Film Adaptation, Thriller/Suspense |
| Top Topics | Book-Based, Spies, World War II |
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Above Suspicion (1943) was a Drama - Thriller/Suspense Film directed by Richard Thorpe and produced by Victor Saville and Leon Gordon.
SYNOPSIS
On the eve of WWII, a newlywed couple (MacMurray and Crawford) about to embark on their honeymoon are suddenly given an important assignment by the British Secret Service. Despite a total lack of previous espionage experience, they accept a mission to obtain the top-secret plans for a magnetic mine. As they do their duty, the pair confronts shady characters, secret codes, assassins, complex clues, deadly traps - and Nazis. Based on the novel by Helen MacInnes.
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Above Suspicion ( 1943 )
By The Metzinger Sisters on Jun 1, 2014 From Silver Scenes - A Blog for Classic Film Lovers"My love is like a red, red rose...." MGM journeys into the realm of espionage with Above Suspicion ( 1943 ), a witty jaunt into spy-laden pre-World War II Europe. Fred MacMurray plays Richard Myles, an Oxford college professor, who is happily ready to embark on a honeymoon on the Continent wit... Read full article
Above Suspicion ( 1943 )
By The Metzinger Sisters on Jun 1, 2014 From Silver Scenes - A Blog for Classic Film Lovers"My love is like a red, red rose...." MGM journeys into the realm of espionage with Above Suspicion ( 1943 ), a witty jaunt into spy-laden pre-World War II Europe. Fred MacMurray plays Richard Myles, an Oxford college professor, who is happily ready to embark on a honeymoon on the Continent with ... Read full article
Above Suspicion ( 1943 )
By The Metzinger Sisters on Jun 1, 2014 From Silver Scenes - A Blog for Classic Film Lovers"My love is like a red, red rose...." MGM journeys into the realm of espionage with Above Suspicion ( 1943 ), a witty jaunt into spy-laden pre-World War II Europe. Fred MacMurray plays Richard Myles, an Oxford college professor, who is happily ready to embark on a honeymoon on the Continent with ... Read full article
Above Suspicion ( 1943 )
By The Metzinger Sisters on Jun 1, 2014 From Silver Scenes - A Blog for Classic Film Lovers"My love is like a red, red rose...." MGM journeys into the realm of espionage with Above Suspicion ( 1943 ), a witty jaunt into spy-laden pre-World War II Europe. Fred MacMurray plays Richard Myles, an Oxford college professor, who is happily ready to embark on a honeymoon on the Continent with ... Read full article
SIFF 2013: Investigation of a Citizen Above Suspicion (1970)
By KC on May 21, 2013 From Classic Movies(d: Elio Petri c: Gian Maria Volont?, Florinda Bolkan, Gianni Santuccio, Italy 1970, 112 min) Here is the soundtrack for the following three paragraphs. (This is actually a good rule of thumb: whenever possible, try to imagine things with an Ennio Morricone soundtrack): A man stalks the o... Read full article
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Quotes from
Frances Myles: That's what my mother told me the night I came out in Boston.
[newlyweds Richard and Frances Myles register at a hotel under assumed names]
Walmer Hotel proprietor: Mr. and Mrs. Smith? I suppose that's all right. Mind you draw the blinds.
Richard Myles: [embarrassed] Huh?
Walmer Hotel proprietor: There's a practice blackout tonight.
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Facts about
Actor Conrad Veidt's final film.
The music playing in the scene where a troop of German soldiers march through the streets of Salzburg is an arrangement of "The International", a Communist anthem. The song that represents Oxford in the film is "The Eton Boating Song".
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