Suspicion (1941 film)

Suspicion
Theatrical release poster by William Rose
Directed by	Alfred Hitchcock
Screenplay by	Samson Raphaelson Joan Harrison Alma Reville
Based on	Before the Fact 1932 novel by Francis Iles
Produced by	Alfred Hitchcock Harry E. Edington
Starring	Cary Grant Joan Fontaine Sir Cedric Hardwicke Nigel Bruce Dame May Whitty
Cinematography	Harry Stradling Sr.
Edited by	William Hamilton
Music by	Franz Waxman
Production company	RKO Radio Pictures
Distributed by	RKO Radio Pictures
Release date	November 14, 1941 (1941-11-14)
Running time	99 minutes
Country	United States
Language	English
Budget	$1,103,000[1]
Box office	US$ 4.5 million

Suspicion is a 1941 American romantic psychological thriller film noir directed by Alfred Hitchcock, and starring Cary Grant and Joan Fontaine as a married couple. It also features Sir Cedric Hardwicke, Nigel Bruce, Dame May Whitty, Isabel Jeans, Heather Angel, and Leo G. Carroll. Suspicion is based on Francis Iles's novel Before the Fact (1932).

For her role as Lina, Joan Fontaine won the Academy Award for Best Actress in 1941. This is the only Oscar-winning acting performance in an Alfred Hitchcock film. In the film, a romantically inexperienced woman marries a charming playboy after initially rejecting him. He turns out to be penniless, a gambler, and dishonest in the extreme. She comes to suspect that he is also a murderer, and that he is attempting to kill her.