This sophisticated comedy-mystery in the style of Hitchcock teams Cary Grant and Audrey Hepburn together. Hepburn portrays Reggie Lambert, who meets Grant on a skiing trip in the Alps. When she returns home to Paris, she finds her apartment ransacked, her husband dead and a group of crooks searching for a fortune her husband had and they're convinced she's hiding it. As Hepburn avoids the sinister group, she becomes fond of Grant who comes to her aid. But, one by one, each gang member is murdered, making it more difficult for Hepburn to distinguish the good guys from the bad ones.
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Lovely Reggie (Audrey Hepburn) is determined to divorce her wealthy, cold, and closed-mouthed husband, but someone throws him from a train before she gets the chance. Left penniless in Paris with police suspicion resting heavily upon her, Reggie soon realizes she's in serious trouble--her husband stole money from three unscrupulous men, and they want the money back. Charming and amusing Cary Grant, recalling his screwball comedy days while still remaining manly, comes to Reggie's aid. But he too has secrets and hidden loyalties. With the bodies piling up and the money nowhere to be found, Grant and Hepburn dash through Paris toward the startling solution.
Agatha Christie-like in its unexpected twists and colorful characters and shimmering with fun and passion, CHARADE is a suspense gem that deserves to be much better known than it is. The supporting cast, led by Walter Matthau, James Coburn, and George Kennedy, is terrific, the interaction between Hepburn and Grant is an absolute joy, and Stanley Donen's playful direction all combine to make this film a small classic.
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Reggie Lambert returns from Paris from a ski trip in the French Alps to find her house ransacked and her husband dead. His funeral is attended by some curious thugs including James Coburn and George Kennedy, each of whom makes sure that the dead man is indeed dead. Peter offers his assistance to Reggie, About to divorce her husband, Regina Lambert (Audrey Hepburn) discovers that he has been murdered after converting every cent they had into cash, which is now missing, She soon learns that her dead husband helped steal $250,000 during the war. Now, his accomplices want to get their hands on the money. She is befriended, or so she thinks, Peter Joshua (Cary Grant), who turns out to be a crook. With no money, she must get to bottom of things before they get to her.
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Regina is about to divorce her husband when she finds that he has been murdered after converting every penny they owned to cash, which is also missing. She meets Cary Grant who changes his name every 15 min. or so and is interested in her husband's money, which seems to have come from a WWII payroll he stole. His partners in crime are also very interested in where the money is, as he stole it from them as well. Everyone assumes Regina MUST know where the money is. The situation becomes more tense when the searchers begin turning up dead.
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Suave comedy-mystery set in the Alfred Hitchcock vein. A pretty Parisiene (Audrey Hepburn) finds her husband murdered. Four strange men are following her through the cobbled, dark streets of Paris; evidently her husband's murderers are after her as well.
A handsome stranger (Cary Grant) comes to her aid but Hepburn is uncertain about trusting him. Effective as a black romantic comedy with score by Henry Mancini & excellent screenplay by Peter Stone.
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Reggie Lambert returns from Paris from a ski trip in the French Alps to find her house ransacked and her husband dead. His funeral is attended by some curious thugs including James Coburn and George Kennedy, each of whom makes sure that the dead man is indeed dead. Peter offers his assistance to Reggie, as does CIA man Bartholomew, who informs her that her husband was not the man she thought he was. Hepburn's growing romance with the suave Peter is delightfully handled and the location photography is exquisite. "Charade" is a truly classic romance.
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A young American in Paris (Audrey Hepburn) flees a trio of crooks who are trying to recover the fortune her late husband stole from them. The only person she can trust is a suave stranger (Cary Grant). A deliciously dark comedic thriller, Stanley Donen's "Charade" dazzles with style and macabre wit to spare. Criterion is proud to present this '60s suspense classic in a gorgeous widescreen transfer.
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In Charade Audrey Hepburn plays a Parisienne whose husband is murdered and who finds she is being followed by four men seeking the fortune her late spouse had hidden away. Cary Grant is the stranger who comes to her aid, but his real motives aren't entirely clear--could he even be the killer?
The 1963 film is directed by Stanley Donen, but it has been called "Hitchcockian" for good reason: the possible duplicities between lovers, the unspoken agendas between a man and woman sharing secrets. Charade is nowhere as significant as a Hitchcock film, but in terms of suspense it holds its own; and Donen's glossy production lends itself to the welcome experience of stargazing. You want Cary Grant to be Cary Grant and Audrey Hepburn to be no one but Audrey Hepburn in a Hollywood product such as this, and they certainly don't let us down. --Tom Keogh, Amazon.com
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