Overview
A newlywed's bliss turns into a nightmare as secrets unravel and danger lurks.
Ember's analysis
- Pacing
- Measured
- Intensity
- Strong
- Complexity
- Layered
- Violence
- Mild
- suspenseful
- brooding
- elegant
- classic movie night
- hitchcock marathon
What critics said
Critics broadly praise the film's Hitchcockian suspense, craftsmanship, and Joan Fontaine's nervy performance despite reservations about the studio-influenced ending.
What sets it apart
May contain story progression spoilers
Lina's growing suspicion turns her marriage to Johnnie into an emotionally unstable investigation.
The honeymoon, home, letters, and family interactions acquire ominous implications through Lina's suspicions.
The mystery is filtered through Lina's fears as Johnnie's gambling, lies, and Beaky's death complicate her interpretation of events.
Cary Grant's Johnnie combines courtly charm with financial irresponsibility and suspicious behavior.
Films like Suspicion, and why
Rebecca
Shared marriage-centered psychological suspense, female uncertainty, and ominous domestic atmosphere.
Gaslight
Shared gaslighting-adjacent romantic paranoia, threatened domestic security, and suspenseful mystery structure.
Notorious
Shared Hitchcockian suspense, romantic danger, deceptive identities, and anxious female perspective.
Movie Details
- Director
- Alfred Hitchcock
- Release Date
- 1941-11-14
- Runtime
- 99 min
- Rating
- 7.1 / 10 (928)
Cast
- Cary Grant
- Joan Fontaine
- Cedric Hardwicke
- Nigel Bruce
- May Whitty
- Isabel Jeans
- Heather Angel
- Auriol Lee
- Reginald Sheffield
- Leo G. Carroll
Where to watch in United States
- Rent
- Amazon Video, Apple TV Store, Google Play Movies, YouTube, Fandango At Home, Spectrum On Demand
- Buy
- Amazon Video, Apple TV Store, Google Play Movies, YouTube, Fandango At Home
Streaming options come from TMDB and change over time.
Common questions
- What is Suspicion about?
- A shy newlywed's romantic happiness curdles into psychological suspense when her charming gambler husband becomes impossible to trust.
- What is Suspicion like to watch?
- Ember's analysis rates the pacing of Suspicion as measured, its intensity as strong and its storytelling as layered.
- Is Suspicion violent?
- Only mildly. Ember rates the violence in Suspicion as mild.
- What did critics think of Suspicion?
- Critics broadly praise the film's Hitchcockian suspense, craftsmanship, and Joan Fontaine's nervy performance despite reservations about the studio-influenced ending.
- Which films are like Suspicion?
- Films with a similar feel include Rebecca, Gaslight, and Notorious.
- How long is Suspicion?
- Suspicion runs 99 minutes.
- Where can I watch Suspicion?
- In United States, Suspicion is available to rent or buy from Amazon Video, Apple TV Store, Google Play Movies, YouTube, Fandango At Home, Spectrum On Demand.
