Charade

1963

1h 53m

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7.7/10

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After Regina Lampert falls for the dashing Peter Joshua on a skiing holiday in the French Alps, she discovers upon her return to Paris that her husband has been murdered. Soon, she and Peter are giving chase to three of her late husband's World War II cronies, Tex, Scobie and Gideon, who are after a quarter of a million dollars the quartet stole while behind enemy lines.

Directors

Stanley Donen

Writers

Marc Behm(story by)

Peter Stone(screenplay by)

Peter Stone(story by)

Stars

Cary Grant

Audrey Hepburn

Walter Matthau

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Peter Joshua

Regina Lampert

Hamilton Bartholemew

Tex Panthollow

Herman Scobie

Sylvie Gaudel

Leopold Gideon

Edouard Grandpierre

Mr. Felix

Jean-Louis Gaudel

Subway Passenger (uncredited)

Claudine Berg

Maid (uncredited)

Marcel Bernier

Taxi Driver (uncredited)

Albert Daumergue

Man in Stamp Market (uncredited)

Raoul Delfosse

Taxi Driver (uncredited)

Stanley Donen

Man in Elevator (voice) (uncredited)

Jean Gold

Writer On Cafe Terrace (uncredited)

Chantal Goya

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Directors

Stanley Donen

Writers

Marc Behm(story by)

Peter Stone(screenplay by)

Peter Stone(story by)

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7/10

This is a corker of a romantic thriller with both Cary Grant and Audrey Hepburn at the top of their game. When her husband is found murdered by the railway line, "Reggie" soon discovers that he wasn't quite the man she had though - Walter Matthau ("Bartholomew") convinces her that he was on the run from the US Government with an huge stash of gold. Enter James Coburn; George Kennedy and Ned Glass who begin to cajole, intimidate and downright threaten her determined to obtain the stash. Grant - her knight in shining armour steps in to protect her from these avaricious hoodlums and the shenanigans begin. Stanley Donen really does get the best from everyone in this gripping, witty and stylishly sexy drama. The writing is subtle and nuanced - we have a thriller in which there is virtually no actual menace, but it still twists and turns and nobody is ever whom they seem/say, The characterisations are engaging, the ending is clever, fun and well worth enjoying again 60 years later.

Geronimo196708 May, 2024