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Notorious (1946)
Notorious is about a government agent who falls in love with the woman he's meant to get to spy on some German friends of her recently deceased father. The Notorious of the title references Ingrid Bergman's Alicia Huberman who by today's standards would be a drunken slut, quite possibly a ladette. But none of that happens in this film, it's not even talked about only slightly referenced at. But it is the crunch of the story because she then has to get close to her mark by any way she deems fit. She deems it fit to marry him. Cary Grant's Devlin does not.
Once all the cards have been revealed by both sides the ending is quite intense. Not by today's standards either. Where today there would be a shoot-out and much death. There is only a possible gun in a pocket and a walk down the stairs. And yes I did say it was intense.
Also this was my second tasting of Cary Grant, my first being North By Northwest in which he plays a pansy mumma's boy. I thought that was just him. But no he can actually act as this film testifies as it does to Alfred Hitchcock's ability as director. There are some great shots in this film as well as one of film's greatest kisses.
7/10
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