Charade
Starring Cary Grant, Audrey Hepburn, Walter Matthau, James Coburn. Directed by Stanley Donen.(1963, 113 mins., Color) Unrated, but suitable for most audiences.
Audrey Hepburn is an innocent woman caught in a web of intrigue anddeceit when her husband is murdered and she discovers she knew very
little about him that was true. As she is pursued by three men who were apparently her husband's accomplices in the theft of a large sum of money, she looks to Cary Grant for help -- but it turns out he has layers of secrets too, including multiple aliases. Soon, neither the increasingly desperat Hepburn nor the audience knows what to believe or whom to trust. Stanley Donen, better known for making musicals, borrowed some of Hitchcock's favorite plot devices to craft this stylish thriller that also mixes in romance and comedy. Includes beautiful location cinematography of early '60s Paris,and a great score by Johnny Mercer and Henry Mancini.
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