Notorious (1946)

Director:

Alfred Hitchcock

Writer:

Ben Hecht (written by)
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Release Date:

6 September 1946 (USA)

Genre:

Film-Noir | Romance | Thriller

Tagline:

Notorious woman of affairs... Adventurous man of the world!

Plot:

A woman is asked to spy on a group of Nazi friends in South America. How far will she have to go to ingratiate herself with them?

Plot Keywords:

Spy | Wine Cellar | Wine | German | Key

Awards:

Nominated for 2 Oscars. Another 1 win & 1 nomination

Cast

Cary Grant	...	T.R. Devlin
Ingrid Bergman	...	Alicia Huberman
Claude Rains	...	Alexander Sebastian
Louis Calhern	...	Captain Paul Prescott
Leopoldine Konstantin	...	Madame Anna Sebastian (as Madame Konstantin)
Reinhold Schünzel	...	Dr. Anderson (as Reinhold Schunzel)
Moroni Olsen	...	Walter Beardsley
Ivan Triesault	...	Eric Mathis
Alex Minotis	...	Joseph - Sebastian's Butler
Wally Brown	...	Mr. Hopkins
Charles Mendl	...	Commodore (as Sir Charles Mendl)
Ricardo Costa	...	Dr. Julio Barbosa
Eberhard Krumschmidt	...	Emil Hupka
Fay Baker	...	Ethel
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Bernice Barrett	...	File Clerk (uncredited)
Bea Benaderet	...	File Clerk (uncredited)
Candido Bonsato	...	Waiter (uncredited)
Charles D. Brown	...	Judge (uncredited)
Eddie Bruce	...	Reporter (uncredited)
Paul Bryar	...	Photographer (uncredited)
Aileen Carlyle	...	Woman at Party (uncredited)
Beulah Christian	...	Woman (uncredited)
Richard Clarke	...	Man (uncredited)
Tom Coleman	...	Court Stenographer (uncredited)
Alfredo DeSa	...	Ribero (uncredited)
Ben Erway	...	Reporter (uncredited)
Bess Flowers	...	Party Guest (uncredited)
Almeda Fowler	...	Woman (uncredited)
Gavin Gordon	...	Ernest Weylin (uncredited)
William Gordon	...	Adams (uncredited)
Virginia Gregg	...	File Clerk (uncredited)
Harry Hayden	...	Defense Counsel (uncredited)
Alfred Hitchcock	...	Man Drinking Champagne at Party (uncredited)
Art Howard	...	Party Guest (uncredited)
Warren Jackson	...	District Attorney (uncredited)
Ted Kelly	...	Waiter (uncredited)
Donald Kerr	...	Reporter (uncredited)
James Logan	...	Reporter (uncredited)
Leota Lorraine	...	Woman (uncredited)
George Lynn	...	Photographer (uncredited)
Frank Marlowe	...	Photographer (uncredited)
Thomas Martin	...	Butler (uncredited)
Frank McClure	...	Man Walking Through Door Leaving Courtroom (uncredited)
Francis McDonald	...	Man (uncredited)
Tina Menard	...	Maid (uncredited)
Howard M. Mitchell	...	Bailiff (uncredited)
Bert Moorhouse	...	Diner Extra / Party Guest (uncredited)
Antonio Moreno	...	Senor Ortiza (uncredited)
Sandra Morgan	...	Woman (uncredited)
Howard Negley	...	Photographer (uncredited)
Ramon Nomar	...	Dr. Silva - Brazilian Official (uncredited)
Fred Nurney	...	John Huberman (uncredited)
Garry Owen	...	Motorcycle Policeman (uncredited)
Jeffrey Sayre	...	Party Guest (uncredited)
Louis Serrano	...	Brazilian Official (uncredited)
Patricia Smart	...	Mrs. Jackson (uncredited)
Dink Trout	...	Court Clerk (uncredited)
Lenore Ulric	...	Horsewoman with Sebastian (uncredited)
Emmett Vogan	...	Reporter (uncredited)
Friedrich von Ledebur	...	Knerr (uncredited)
Peter von Zerneck	...	Wilhelm Rossner (uncredited)
John Vosper	...	Reporter (uncredited)
Alan Ward	...	Reporter (uncredited)
Lillian West	...	Woman (uncredited)
Frank Wilcox	...	FBI Agent (uncredited)
Elizabeth Wilson	...	Woman at Party (uncredited)
Herbert Wyndham	...	Mr. Cook (uncredited)

Directed by
Alfred Hitchcock

Writing credits
John Taintor Foote		(story "The Song of the Dragon") uncredited
Ben Hecht		(written by)
Alfred Hitchcock		(screenplay contributor) uncredited
Clifford Odets		(dialogue: love scenes) uncredited

Produced by
Alfred Hitchcock	....	producer (uncredited)

Original Music by
Roy Webb

Cinematography by
Ted Tetzlaff		(director of photography)

Film Editing by
Theron Warth

Art Direction by
Carroll Clark
Albert S. D'Agostino

Set Decoration by
Claude E. Carpenter		(as Claude Carpenter)
Darrell Silvera

Makeup Department
Mel Berns	....	makeup artist (uncredited)

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
William Dorfman	....	assistant director

Sound Department
Terry Kellum	....	sound
John E. Tribby	....	sound
Clem Portman	....	sound re-recordist (uncredited)

Special Effects by
Paul Eagler	....	special effects
Vernon L. Walker	....	special effects

Visual Effects by
Chris Crowell	....	digital compositor (restored version) (uncredited)

Camera and Electrical Department
Robert Capa	....	still photographer (uncredited)
Gregg Toland	....	director of photography: second unit (uncredited)

Costume and Wardrobe Department
Edith Head	....	gowns designer: Miss Ingrid Bergman

Music Department
C. Bakaleinikoff	....	musical director
Gil Grau	....	music arranger: orchestral arrangements

Other crew
Barbara Keon	....	production assistant
Dorothy Barton	....	stand-in (uncredited)
Betty Brooks	....	stand-in: Ingrid Bergman (uncredited)
Dan Cassell	....	stand-in: Cary Grant (uncredited)
J. Dodds	....	stand-in (uncredited)
Sam Lufkin	....	stand-in (uncredited)
Bill Porter	....	publicity writer (uncredited)
Ruth Roberts	....	dialogue director (uncredited)
Leo Snell	....	stand-in (uncredited)

Production Companies

• Vanguard Films (uncredited) (for)
• RKO Radio Pictures

Distributors

• RKO Radio Pictures (1946) (USA) (theatrical)
• Selznick Releasing Organization (1954) (USA) (theatrical) (re-release)
• American Broadcasting Company (ABC) (1973) (USA) (TV) (network premiere)
• CBS/Fox (1988) (USA) (VHS)
• Key Video (1988) (USA) (VHS)
• Videosonic Arts (1997) (Greece) (VHS)
• Anchor Bay Entertainment (1999) (USA) (DVD)
• Criterion Collection, The (2000) (USA) (DVD)
• Dutch FilmWorks (DFW) (2006) (Netherlands) (DVD)
• Kino International (theatrical)
• Continental Home Vídeo (19??) (Brazil) (VHS)
• Continental Home Vídeo (????) (Brazil) (DVD)
• Criterion Collection, The (USA) (laserdisc)
• Radio Filmes (Portugal)

Also Known As:

Alfred Hitchcock's Notorious (UK) (complete title) (USA) (complete title)

Runtime:

101 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English | French | Portuguese

Color:

Black and White

Aspect Ratio:

1.37 : 1

Sound Mix:

Mono (RCA Sound System)

Certification:

Spain:18 | Iceland:L | UK:U (2008) | Norway:16 (1947) | Argentina:13 | Australia:M | Chile:14 | Finland:S | Germany:16 | Peru:14 | South Korea:15 (DVD rating) | Sweden:15 | UK:U | USA:Approved (PCA #11261)

Filming Locations:

Beverly Hills, California, USA

Company:

Vanguard Films

Trivia:

The legendary on-again, off-again kiss between Cary Grant and Ingrid Bergman was designed to skirt the Hayes Code that restricted kisses to no more than three seconds each.

Goofs:

Continuity: When Devlin and Alicia are having a drink at an outside table in a busy cafe, the same portion of background film was used in two separate parts of their dialogue (a man walks away from the camera, then a waiter approaches a distant table and starts to put down some drinks from his tray).

Quotes:

[first lines]
[Title card]: Miami, Florida, Three-Twenty P.M., April the Twenty-Fourth, Nineteen Hundred and Forty-Six...
[reporters and photographers converse amongst themselves outside the courtroom]
Judge: Is there any legal reason why sentence should not be pronounced?
District Attorney: No, your honor.
John Huberman: Yes, I have something to say. You can put me away, but you can't put away what's going to happen to you, and to this whole country next time. Next time we are going...
Defense Counsel: [whispering] I wouldn't say any more. We'll need that for the appeal.

Movie Connections:

Referenced in Touch of Pink (2004)

Bergman and Grants chemistry goes unsurpassed

Bergman and Grant are the true romantics of cinema. They move throughout the film as if they were acting naturally toward one another. Hitchcock puts them both in closeups especially the illuminating Bergman, capturing the power of the medium.

When Bergman says "Oh, you love me-you love me" in that wonderful close up I have to think to myself, how much I look forward to becoming a film maker. Why can't Hollywood capture moments like these in today's features?

Note how long the kiss lasts as Bergman and Grant move from the balcony to the living room. The lighting and camera positioning are phenomenal. Do not expect the typical Hitchcock here but then again it is hard to say what a typical Hitchcock is. Each of his films contain so many different elements yet, at the same time possess the true signature of an auteur.