![]() The only thing I think is a little dated here is some of the dialogue between Cary and Eva Marie Saint. (I know nothing about men’s attire, but it seems that suit has been voted the best suit of all time! It has to have something to do with who’s wearing it, wouldn’t you say? Nobody looked better in a suit than Cary Grant.) This is the quintessential Hitchcock “innocent man,” moving from one unlikely peril to another in his famous-and apparently indestructible-gray flannel suit. We really root for him, handsome and witty, quick with his brains and his feet, getting away from one disaster after another. ![]() We like Cary as Roger Thornhill, unlike Jimmy Stewart in the creepy Vertigo and the slightly less creepy but obsessive Rear Window. ![]() Carroll and his nameless organization on one side and an urbanely sinister James Mason and really scary Martin Landau-in only his second movie role-on the other. I mean, what’s not to like? Cary Grant is an entirely innocent man snared up totally by accident in a government scheme with Leo G. Here is the ne plus ultra of the romantic chase thriller, and probably Hitchcock’s most appealing movie.
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