Above Suspicion (1943) - film review

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Above Suspicion is an American thriller film first released in 1943, directed by Richard Thorpe. The film stars Joan Crawford, Fred MacMurray, Conrad Veidt, Basil Rathbone and Reginald Owen. Our overall rating for this film is: good.

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Director: Richard Thorpe
Script: Helen MacInnes, Keith Winter, Melville Baker, Patricia Coleman, Leonard Lee
Photo: Robert H. Planck
Music: Bronislau Kaper, Eric Zeisl
Cast: Joan Crawford (Frances Myles), Fred MacMurray (Richard Myles), Conrad Veidt (Hassert Seidel), Basil Rathbone (Sig von Aschenhausen), Reginald Owen (Dr. Mespelbrunn), Richard Ainley (Peter Galt), Cecil Cunningham (Countess), Ann Shoemaker (Aunt Ellen), Sara Haden (Aunt Hattie), Felix Bressart (Mr. A. Werner), Bruce Lester (Thornley), Johanna Hofer (Frau Kleist), Lotte Palfi Andor (Ottilie), Madam Borget (Patron in Frisky Rabbit), George Aldwin (Student), Edit Angold (German Woman), Frank Arnold (Poet at Frisky Rabbit), Felix Basch (Guide), Frederick Bauer (German Boy), Eumenio Blanco (Patron in Frisky Rabbit), Walter Bonn (German Guard), Sven Hugo Borg (German Guard), Matthew Boulton (Constable Jones), Helen Boyce (Fat Dowager Dancing with Hassert), Frank Brand (German Boy), Egon Brecher (Gestapo Official), Anthony Caruso (Italian Border Sentry), André Charlot (Paris Cafe Manager), Sonie Charsaky (Patron in Frisky Rabbit), Jack Chefe (Paris Cloakroom Attendant), Yvonne Chenal (Patron in Frisky Rabbit), Michael Chudley (Student), Marcelle Corday (Paris Hotel Maid), Jules Cowles (Man in Museum), Julius Cramer (Gestapo Officer in Schultz’s Laboratory), Antonio D’Amore (Patron in Frisky Rabbit), Albert D’Arno (Gestapo Officer), Seraphime Davidoff (Patron in Frisky Rabbit), George Davis (Proprietor), William ’Wee Willie’ Davis (Hans – Aschenhausen’s Man), Charles De Ravenne (Chasseur), Ray De Ravenne (Patron in Frisky Rabbit), Joseph DeVillard (Italian Sentry), Ludwig Donath (Gestapo Officer in Schultz’s Laboratory), Arthur Dulac (Patron in Frisky Rabbit), Gretl Dupont (Barmaid), Hans Fuerberg (Gestapo Officer), Steven Geray (Anton – Woodcarver), Frederick Giermann (German Border Guard), George Glagori (Gestapo Chief (unconfirmed)), Henry Glynn (Chauffeur), Albert Godderis (Patron in Frisky Rabbit), Lisa Golm (Frau Schultz), Henry Guttman (Gestapo Officer), Barry Heenan (Student), Harold Hensen (Student), Frank Lackteen (Arab Vendor in Paris), Isabel La Mal (Patron in Frisky Rabbit), Peter Lawford (Student), David Lennox (Student), Adolf E. Licho (Museum Guide), Eily Malyon (Walmer Hotel Proprietess), Sam McCullough (Student), Chris Marie Meeker (Patron in Frisky Rabbit), Edwin Mills (Student), Sandra Morgan (Patron in Frisky Rabbit), Steven Muller (German Boy), Clive Murdock (Student), Kurt Neumann (Gestapo Man), Cliffe Oland (Student), Alex Papana (Man in Paris), Manuel París (Patron in Frisky Rabbit), Albert Petit (Patron in Frisky Rabbit), Nita Pike (Patron in Frisky Rabbit), Jean Prescott (English Girl), Horace Pressel (Student), Frank Reicher (Colonel Gerold), Otto Reichow (Gestapo Voice), John Rice (Gestapo Officer), Ernest Roberts, Lionel Royce (Officer at Border), Ferdinand Schumann-Heink (Gestapo Officer in Opera Box), Hans Schumm (Dreikirchen Guard), Peter Seal (Colonel Gerold’s Aide), Irene Seidner (German Woman), Arthur Shields (Walmer Hotel Porter), Ivan F. Simpson (Porter in Oxford), Walter O. Stahl (Policeman), Robert R. Stephenson (Gestapo Officer in Opera Box), Ludwig Stössel (Herr Schultz – Innsbruck Forger), Heather Thatcher (English Girl Dancing with Richard), Albano Valerio (Patron in Frisky Rabbit), Lisl Valetti (Nazi Girl), John Van Eyck (Gestapo Officer in Bookstore), Philip Van Zandt (Kurt – Aschenhausen Henchman), Nicholas Vehr (Colonel Gerold’s Aide), Ernö Verebes (Gestapo Officer), Henry Victor (German Officer), Hans von Morhart (Schmidt – Dreikirchen Guard), Leonard Walker (Symphony Conductor), Paul Weigel (Elderly Man), Gisela Werbisek (Woman at Kleist’s Hotel), Max Willenz (Waiter), Rex Williams (Gestapo Leader), Hans Wollenberger (Cook), William Yetter Sr. (German Captain at Italian Border)
Country: USA
Language: English / French / German / Arabic
Runtime: 90 min; B&W

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