
Marnie Edgar is a habitual liar and a thief who gets jobs as a secretary and after a few months robs the firms in question, usually of several thousand dollars. When she gets a job at Rutland's, she also catches the eye of the handsome owner, Mark Rutland. He prevents her from stealing and running off, as is her usual pattern, but also forces her to marry him. Their honeymoon is a disaster and she cannot stand to have a man touch her, and on their return home, Mark has a priv... (Full plot summary below)
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Marnie Edgar is a habitual liar and a thief who gets jobs as a secretary and after a few months robs the firms in question, usually of several thousand dollars. When she gets a job at Rutland's, she also catches the eye of the handsome owner, Mark Rutland. He prevents her from stealing and running off, as is her usual pattern, but also forces her to marry him. Their honeymoon is a disaster and she cannot stand to have a man touch her, and on their return home, Mark has a private detective look into her past. When he has the details of what happened in her childhood to make her what she is, he arranges a confrontation with her mother realizing that reliving the terrible events that occurred in her childhood and bringing out those repressed memories is the only way to save her.
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| Slant MagazineFernando F. CroceThe film’s themes, along with its avalanche of formal signifiers, are all fused together in the magisterial hunting sequence. |
| Combustible CelluloidJeffrey M. AndersonThis messy bit of twisted psychological damage is arguably the most underrated film in Hitchcock's canon (though there's a lot of competition). |
| Cinemaphile.orgDavid KeyesA farsighted yet unassuming thriller with brilliant desires to deconstruct a human mind. |
| Chicago TribuneMichael WilmingtonThis remains a compelling Hitchcock thriller but it's Tippi Hedron's remarkable central performance which steals the show. |
| Ozus' World Movie ReviewsDennis SchwartzOne of Hitchcock's more upsetting efforts. |
| Portland OregonianShawn LevyAt once a fascinating study of a sexual relationship and the master's most disappointing film in years. |
| ToxicUniverse.comJeremiah KippLike Hitchcock's best work, there's something gleefully sick going on just under the surface. |
| Classic Film and TelevisionMichael E. GrostStrange, richly told tale, full of echoes of Hitchcock themes. |
| Time OutGeoff AndrewIt's still thrilling to watch, lush, cool and oddly moving. |
| Mountain Xpress (Asheville, NC)Ken HankeI will never understand the rep of this among Hitch fans |