Above Suspicion (1943 film)

For the 1995 film starring Christopher Reeve, see Above Suspicion.

For the TV drama based on the novel by Lynda la Plante, see Above Suspicion (TV drama).

Above Suspicion
Original theatrical poster
Directed by	Richard Thorpe
Produced by	Victor Saville
Written by	Novel: Helen MacInnes Screenplay: Keith Winter Melville Baker Patricia Coleman
Starring	Joan Crawford Fred MacMurray Basil Rathbone
Music by	Bronislau Kaper
Cinematography	Robert Planck
Editing by	George Hively
Distributed by	Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
Release date(s)	May 1943
Running time	90 min.
Country	United States
Language	English

Above Suspicion (1943) is a Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer feature film starring Joan Crawford, Fred MacMurray, and Basil Rathbone in a story about newlyweds spying on the Nazis for the British Secret Service. The screenplay by Keith Winter, Melville Baker, and Patricia Coleman was based upon the novel Above Suspicion by Helen MacInnes. The film was directed by Richard Thorpe and produced by Victor Saville, and was Crawford's last feature for MGM before signing with Warner Bros..

1 Plot
2 Cast
3 Reception
4 See also
5 References
6 External links

Plot

Frances and Richard Myles (Joan Crawford and Fred MacMurray) are newlyweds honeymooning in Europe on the eve of World War II. Unexpectedly, they find themselves commissioned by the British secret service to secure the plans for a new secret weapon masterminded by the Nazis (involving magnetic mines)^[1]. The trail leads them to Innsbruck where they arouse the suspicions of Gestapo chief Von Ashenhausen (Basil Rathbone). Having secured the plans, the couple find great difficulty leaving the country. Frances is captured and held in a remote castle. She is rescued by her husband and a group of British agents, and, using underground routes, the couple finally cross the border to safety.

Cast

Joan Crawford — Frances Myles
Fred MacMurray — Richard Myles
Conrad Veidt — Hassert Seidel
Basil Rathbone — Sig von Aschenhausen
Reginald Owen — Dr. Mespelbrunn
Richard Ainley — Peter Galt
Cecil Cunningham — Countess
Ann Shoemaker — Aunt Ellen
Sara Haden — Aunt Hattie
Felix Bressart — Mr. A. Werner
Bruce Lester — Thornley
Johanna Hofer — Frau Kleist
Lotte Palfi Andor — Ottilie (as Lotta Palfi)

Reception

Variety wrote, "Both MacMurray and Miss Crawford completely handled their roles, despite drawbacks of script material", and T.S. in the New York Times commented, "Joan Crawford...is a very convincing heroine."^[2]

References

^ Higham, Charles; Greenberg, Joel (1968). Hollywood in the Forties. London: A. Zwemmer Limited. p. 92. ISBN Not Given.
^ Quirk, Lawrence J.. The Films of Joan Crawford. The Citadel Press, 1968.

External links

Above Suspicion at the Internet Movie Database
Above Suspicion at the TCM Movie Database
Above Suspicion at Allmovie

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