SUSPICION

Suspense drama about a sedate young girl who marries a playboy and comes to suspect that he’s trying to murder her; Based on a novel, “Before the Fact,” by Francis Iles; Hitchcock redid the finish, making a sudden switch to a happy ending to please studio bosses; Joan Fontaine won the 1941 Best Actress Oscar and the New York Film Critics Award and the film was nominated for Best Picture and for the Musical Score by Franz Waxman; Background scenes for key elements in the movie filmed along the coastline between Carmel and Big Sur, which stood in for England (A potential land development deal very near Bixby Creek Bridge goes sour and Hitchcock’s bif finish is played out above the rocky coastline closer to Carmel; There is footage of motoring up and down the scenic coastline.

Joan Fontaine, Cary Grant, & Nigel Bruce

Alfred Hitchcock, and RKO Films