The Paradine Case

The Paradine Case
The Paradine Case
	Theatrical release poster
Directed by	Alfred Hitchcock
Screenplay by	Alma Reville; James Bridie; David O. Selznick; Ben Hecht
Based on	The Paradine Case ; by Robert Hichens
Produced by	David O. Selznick
Starring	Gregory Peck; Ann Todd; Alida Valli; Charles Laughton
Cinematography	Lee Garmes
Edited by	Hal C. Kern
Music by	Franz Waxman; Uncredited:; Edward Rebner; Paul Dessau
Production; company	Vanguard Films
Distributed by	Selznick Releasing Organization
Release date	December 29, 1947;
Running time	114 minutes
Country	United States
Language	English
Budget	$4,258,000
Box office	$2.1 million (worldwide)

The Paradine Case is a 1947 courtroom drama with elements of film noir set in England, directed by Alfred Hitchcock and produced by David O. Selznick. Selznick and an uncredited Ben Hecht wrote the screenplay from an adaptation by Alma Reville and James Bridie of the 1933 novel by Robert Smythe Hichens.^[3] The film stars Gregory Peck, Ann Todd, Alida Valli, Charles Laughton, Charles Coburn, Ethel Barrymore, and Louis Jourdan. It tells of an English barrister who falls in love with a woman who is accused of murder, and how it affects his relationship with his wife.

^ ^a ^b David Thomson, Showman: The Life of David O. Selznick, Abacus, 1993 p 506
^ Variety puts US rentals at $2.2 million - see "Top Grossers of 1948", Variety 5 January 1949 p 46
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