Notorious (1946 Film)

Notorious is a thriller written by Ben Hecht and directed by Alfred Hitchcock. It was released on September 6, 1946. The movie stars Ingrid Bergman as Alicia Huberman, who becomes completely disraught after her father commits suicide. Cary Grant stars as an American agent named T.R. Devlin and Claude Rains plays Alexander Sebastian, the head of a neo-Nazi group whom Devlin is after. Notorious was nominated for two Academy Awards in 1947.

Notorious tells the story of Alicia Huberman, played by Ingrid Bergman, who becomes disraught following the suicide of her father, an accused World War II traitor. Cary Grant plays American agent Devlin, who tries to get Alicia to marry Alexander Sebastain played by Claude Rains, the head of a neo-Nazi group in attempts to trap him. After Alicia and Alexander get married, Devlin realizes that he has fallen in love with Alicia. Leopoldine Konstantin, Louis Calhern, Reinhold Schunzel, Alex Minotis and Ivan Triesault co-star.

• Cary Grant as T.R. Devlin

• Ingrid Bergman as Alicia Huberman

• Claude Rains as Alexander Sebastian

• Leopoldine Konstantin as Madame Anna Sebastian

• Louis Calhern as Captain Paul Prescott

• Reinhold Schunzel as Dr. Anderson

• Alex Minotis as Joseph - Sebastian's Butler

• Ivan Triesault as Eric Mathis

"Hitchcock’s classic 1946 thriller Notorious is a terrific romantic tango between Ingrid Bergman’s exotic and spicy socialite and Cary Grant’s prim and proper American spy. It’s also shameless war propaganda."—James Christopher, Times Onlinehttp://entertainment.timesonline.co.uk/tol/arts_and_entertainment/film/film_reviews/article5516187.ece

"A nearly flawless espionage thriller that has been mimicked many times since, but never equaled."—Jeffrey M. Anderson, Combustible Celluloidhttp://www.combustiblecelluloid.com/classic/notor.shtml