Notorious

Beautifully and inventively shot in sublime black and white, this film marked a new artistic height in Hitchcock’s career. Ingrid Bergman stars as the daughter of a German war criminal enlisted by Cary Grant’s U.S. government agent to infiltrate a nest of Nazis who have escaped to South America after WWII, with Claude Rains as her way in — but at what cost?

Directed by Alfred Hitchcock.

Stars Cary Grant, Ingrid Bergman, and Claude Rains.

USA

Rated PG.

Released 1946.

Runtime 102 minutes.

Academy Awards, nominated for Best Actor in a Supporting Role (Rains), Best Writing, Original Screenplay (Ben Hecht). Bambi Awards, won Best Actress – International (Bergman). Cannes Film Festival, nominated for Grand Prize. In 2006, the Library of Congress selected Notorious for inclusion in the United States National Film Registry as “culturally, historically, or aesthetically significant”. Included in numerous ‘greatest films of all time’ lists.