Notorious (1946)
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With this twisted love story, Alfred Hitchcock summoned darker shades of suspense and passion by casting two of Hollywood’s most beloved stars starkly against type. Ingrid Bergman plays Alicia, an alluring woman with a checkered past recruited by Devlin (Cary Grant), a suave, mysterious intelligence agent, to spy for the U.S. Only after she has fallen for Devlin does she learn that her mission is to seduce a Nazi industrialist (Claude Rains) hiding out in South America. Coupling inventive cinematography with brilliantly subtle turns from his mesmerizing leads, Hitchcock orchestrates an anguished romance shot through with deception and moral ambiguity. A thriller of rare perfection, Notorious represents a pinnacle of both its director’s legendary career and classic Hollywood cinema.

in notorious, a brilliant allegory of love and betrayal, hitchcock fuses two of his favorite elements: suspense and romance. a beautiful woman with a tainted past is enlisted by american agent devlin to spy on a ring of nazis in post-war rio. her espionage work becomes life-threatening after she marries the most debonair of the nazi ring, alex. only devlin can rescue her, but to do so, he must face his role in her desperate situation and acknowledge that he's loved her all along. stunning perfomances, ben hecht's excellent script, and hitchcock's direction at its best make notorious a perfect film.