Principal cast
Cary Grant as Devlin, Ingrid Bergman as Alicia Huberman, Claude Rains as Alexander Sebastian, Louis Calhern as Paul Prescott, and Leopoldine Konstantin as Madame Sebastian
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Notorious
Deep their love! Great the risk!
About the film
Notorious at a glance.
Screen Path places this 1946 film at stop 201 in one curated journey through cinema. The learning experience adds context before you watch and deeper analysis after.
In order to help bring Nazis to justice, U.S. government agent T.R. Devlin recruits Alicia Huberman, the American daughter of a convicted German war criminal, as a spy. As they begin to fall for one another, Alicia is instructed to win the affections of Alexander Sebastian, a Nazi hiding out in Brazil. When Sebastian becomes serious about his relationship with Alicia, the stakes get higher, and Devlin must watch her slip further undercover.
Key craft credits
Ted Tetzlaff (director of photography), Theron Warth (editor), Roy Webb (original music composer), Albert S. D'Agostino (art direction), and Carroll Clark (art direction)
- Director
- Alfred Hitchcock
- Release
- 1946-08-21
- Runtime
- 103 minutes
- Genres
- Romance, Mystery, and Thriller
- Country
- United States
- Quiz
- 20 questions
The Screen Path journey
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