Woody Allen stated that, in his opinion, Notorious (1946) was Hitchcock's greatest work. That is debatable. What is certain is that this film contains some of Hitchcock's greatest imagery and shows off his burgeoning camera techniques. The sweeping long-to-close-up shot at the party scene is still amazing, nearly 70 years later. The chemistry of Cary Grant and Ingrid Bergman is genuine. The closing scene, to me, is one of the most tense and memorable in all of film history. Notorious is a remarkable work of Art any way you look at it.
After her father is convicted of treason, Alicia Huberman (Ingrid Bergman) goes on a bender and meets government agent T.R. Devlin (Cary Grant)...
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| Notorious. 1946. Alfred Hitchcock: Cary Grant and Ingrid Bergman |
They fall in love...
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| Notorious. 1946. Alfred Hitchcock: Cary Grant and Ingrid Bergman |
When approached about spying on her father's Nazi friends in Rio de Janiero, Alicia agrees...
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| Notorious. 1946. Alfred Hitchcock: Cary Grant and Ingrid Bergman |
One suspect of interest is Alexander Sebastian (Claude Rains). Alicia soon finds herself getting further involved in the undercover work, so devoted in fact that she marries Alex for the sake of it. She is now on the inside...
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| Notorious. 1946. Alfred Hitchcock: Cary Grant and Ingrid Bergman |
Devlin is forced to play along, but can't seem to shake his feelings for Alicia. Together they work to sneak and find clues as to the no-good intentions of Sebastian's group...
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| Notorious. 1946. Alfred Hitchcock: Cary Grant and Ingrid Bergman |
When Alex and his evil mother discover that Alicia is a spy, and that she has compromised them, they slowly begin to poison her...
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| Notorious. 1946. Alfred Hitchcock: Cary Grant and Ingrid Bergman |
Now Devlin has some difficult decisions to make...
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| Notorious. 1946. Alfred Hitchcock: Cary Grant and Ingrid Bergman |
