The Paradine Case
The Paradine Case

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Following a short investigation, the London Police charge Maddalena Paradine with the poisoning murder of her older, blind husband, retired Colonel Richard Paradine, who was dependent on her and others to manage in his life due to his physical disability. She is up front about being a woman with a past, she only becoming wealthy and thus glamorous because of the marriage. Her personal solicitor Sir Simon Flaquer refers the case to his colleague Tony Keane. In spending time wi... (Full plot summary below)

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Actors in The Paradine Case:

Gregory Peck
Ann Todd
Alida Valli
Charles Laughton
Charles Coburn
Ethel Barrymore

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Following a short investigation, the London Police charge Maddalena Paradine with the poisoning murder of her older, blind husband, retired Colonel Richard Paradine, who was dependent on her and others to manage in his life due to his physical disability. She is up front about being a woman with a past, she only becoming wealthy and thus glamorous because of the marriage. Her personal solicitor Sir Simon Flaquer refers the case to his colleague Tony Keane. In spending time with Mrs. Paradise in prison, Tony is immediately attracted to her, that attraction which morphs into obsession. As such, Tony does whatever he can to clear her of the charges, either in mounting a defense of suicide, assisted or not, or that someone else killed him, the most likely candidate being the Colonel's trusted valet, Andre Latour, with who Tony initially believes Mrs. Paradise was having an affair. In the process, Tony may be blinded to the evidence as it presents itself. Who can see what is going on is Tony's wife Gay Keane, who not only believes their marriage has been a perfect one up to this point, but that he truly does believe his obsession with Mrs. Paradine being love, which Gay herself does not believe it to be. Gay can only stand by and hope for a specific verdict in the case so that Tony can return to her wholeheartedly without the specter of Mrs. Paradine hanging over their marriage.

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San Francisco Examiner - 8/10 by Jeffrey M. AndersonThis unsung Hitchcock film is actually a pretty good little courtroom drama.
Old School Reviews - 8/10 by John A. Nesbitthe Master's touches continue to shine through, illustrating his impeccable visual sense, his dry humor, and themes that will be far better developed in the following decade
New York Times - 7/10 by Bosley CrowtherWith all the skill in presentation for which both gentlemen are famed, David O. Selznick and Alfred Hitchcock have put upon the screen a slick piece of static entertainment.
Creative Loafing - 6/10 by Matt BrunsonRebecca, the first collaboration between Alfred Hitchcock and David O. Selznick, led to a Best Picture Oscar; The Paradine Case, their final film together, led to a rare failure for Hitchcock and a draining of the studio coffers for Selznick.
User Review - 10/10 by Bert RAn underrated Hitchcock extravaganza. Peck stars as lawyer Anthony Keane defending Alida Valli accused of husband's murder. But that's just outer layer of a juicier subtext. In the end, Peck is left to choose between ideal and real. And the conclusion is fantastic!
User Review - 10/10 by Ursula HOne of the the most beautiful women in the world between Gregory Peck (Ahhhh) and Louis Jourdan (AAAAAhhhhhh).... I can watch this movie over and over again...it just sparks of attraction, passion, obsession and sensuality, and the love worth a crime and self sacrifice...
User Review - 8/10 by Julio CNo es el thriller super emocionante de Hitchcock, pero es una peli muy buena en un tono mas relajado, aunque no mas simple. La trama se desenvuelve a pasos con mucho suspenso para dejarnos un bocado especial en el desenlace.
User Review - 8/10 by Madison NI don't know if it is because I'm a law student, but I wasn't as interested in this film as, say, Suspicion, Notorious, or Spellbound. While Peck did a decent job, I couldn't see the charm of Anna Paradine. It was odd how he could become obsessed with her. As a aside, I didn't get why everybody called them "Paradeene," you say "Paradise," not Paradeese."
User Review - 8/10 by Sergio OToo chatty and the story is bad, but I love it on a technical level. The cinematography is among the best in Hitchock. The shadows in this!
User Review - 8/10 by TheScarlatescu REven though most people don't always like this Hitchcock gem, "The Paradine Case" is still compelling, well acted, and never boring. Successful lawyer Anthony Keane (Peck) is assigned to an exotic client, Maddalena Paradine (Valli) a woman accused of killing her blind and much older husband. The more he gets involved in the case however, Keane falls harder for his client which temporarily destroys his marriage (Todd) and trust in others. In the long run, however, Keane learns more about his client, and some of the facts may not be as pleasant as he thought. "The Paradine Case" was Alfred Hitchcock's follow up to the extremely successful "Notorious", which starred Ingrid Bergman and Cary Grant. Yes, "The Paradine Case" is nowhere near as good, and is not as suspenseful as many of the other master's films, I admit that it is one of my favorite courtroom dramas. It might fail as a romance film or even a drama, but the story itself is very compelling, and the screenwriters pull the complicated story off wonderfully. Obviously, the film was to be one of the "star-studded pictures" that were extremely popular in the day, and it does, and has some of the most popular actors of the time, like Gregory Peck, Charles Laughton, Charles Coburn, and Ethel Barrymore. But in the long wrong, it's the cast of unknowns as the supporting players that make the film succeed. Valli, Ann Todd, and Louis Jordan had planned to make this movie popular with American audiences, but the film was a commercial failure and it didn't live up to what they had hoped. Even so, they give the best performances in the film, and in every scene they're in they out-stage the actors that were so much bigger than them. "The Paradine Case" is definitely not one of Hitchcock's best films in terms of comparing, but it succeeds so well in the acting department that it's almost too hard to say this isn't a good film.

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