Suspicion

A wealthy and sheltered young woman elopes with a charming playboy and soon learns of his bad traits, including his extreme dishonesty and lust for money. Gradually, she begins to suspect that he intends to kill her to collect her life insurance.

Cast

Cary Grant

as John D. 'Johnnie' Aysgarth

Joan Fontaine

as Lina McLaidlaw Aysgarth

Cedric Hardwicke

as General McLaidlaw

Nigel Bruce

as Gordon Cochrane 'Beaky' Thwaite

May Whitty

as Mrs. McLaidlaw

Isabel Jeans

as Mrs. Newsham

Heather Angel

as Ethel the Maid

Auriol Lee

as Isobel Sedbusk

Reginald Sheffield

as Reggie Wetherby

Leo G. Carroll

as Captain George Melbeck

Reviews

CinemaSerf

Could this be Cary Grant as his most benignly menacing? The story itself is really nothing particularly new - a sort of "Gaslight" meets "Rebecca" style story that sees shy young heiress "Lina" (Joan Fontaine) hook up with debonaire "Johnnie" (Grant) and after a whirlwind romance the two are wed. Hi...

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