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Above Suspicion Overview:

Above Suspicion (1943) was a Drama - Thriller/Suspense Film directed by Richard Thorpe and produced by Victor Saville and Leon Gordon.

SYNOPSIS

On the eve of WWII, a newlywed couple (MacMurray and Crawford) about to embark on their honeymoon are suddenly given an important assignment by the British Secret Service. Despite a total lack of previous espionage experience, they accept a mission to obtain the top-secret plans for a magnetic mine. As they do their duty, the pair confronts shady characters, secret codes, assassins, complex clues, deadly traps - and Nazis. Based on the novel by Helen MacInnes.

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Above Suspicion ( 1943 )

By The Metzinger Sisters on Jun 1, 2014 From Silver Scenes - A Blog for Classic Film Lovers

"My love is like a red, red rose...." MGM journeys into the realm of espionage with Above Suspicion ( 1943 ), a witty jaunt into spy-laden pre-World War II Europe. Fred MacMurray plays Richard Myles, an Oxford college professor, who is happily ready to embark on a honeymoon on the Continent wit... Read full article

Above Suspicion ( 1943 )

By The Metzinger Sisters on Jun 1, 2014 From Silver Scenes - A Blog for Classic Film Lovers

"My love is like a red, red rose...." MGM journeys into the realm of espionage with Above Suspicion ( 1943 ), a witty jaunt into spy-laden pre-World War II Europe. Fred MacMurray plays Richard Myles, an Oxford college professor, who is happily ready to embark on a honeymoon on the Continent with ... Read full article

Above Suspicion ( 1943 )

By The Metzinger Sisters on Jun 1, 2014 From Silver Scenes - A Blog for Classic Film Lovers

"My love is like a red, red rose...." MGM journeys into the realm of espionage with Above Suspicion ( 1943 ), a witty jaunt into spy-laden pre-World War II Europe. Fred MacMurray plays Richard Myles, an Oxford college professor, who is happily ready to embark on a honeymoon on the Continent with ... Read full article

Above Suspicion ( 1943 )

By The Metzinger Sisters on Jun 1, 2014 From Silver Scenes - A Blog for Classic Film Lovers

"My love is like a red, red rose...." MGM journeys into the realm of espionage with Above Suspicion ( 1943 ), a witty jaunt into spy-laden pre-World War II Europe. Fred MacMurray plays Richard Myles, an Oxford college professor, who is happily ready to embark on a honeymoon on the Continent with ... Read full article

SIFF 2013: Investigation of a Citizen Above Suspicion (1970)

By KC on May 21, 2013 From Classic Movies

(d: Elio Petri c: Gian Maria Volonté, Florinda Bolkan, Gianni Santuccio, Italy 1970, 112 min) Here is the soundtrack for the following three paragraphs. (This is actually a good rule of thumb: whenever possible, try to imagine things with an Ennio Morricone soundtrack): </embed> A man stalks the ... Read full article

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Above Suspicion Quotes:

[newlyweds Richard and Frances Myles register at a hotel under assumed names]
Walmer Hotel proprietor: Mr. and Mrs. Smith? I suppose that's all right. Mind you draw the blinds.
Richard Myles: [embarrassed] Huh?
Walmer Hotel proprietor: There's a practice blackout tonight.
Richard Myles: Darling, the less you know, or appear to know, the better.
Frances Myles: That's what my mother told me the night I came out in Boston.
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Above Suspicion Facts
Actor Conrad Veidt's final film.
The music playing in the scene where a troop of German soldiers march through the streets of Salzburg is an arrangement of "The International", a Communist anthem. The song that represents Oxford in the film is "The Eton Boating Song".
Female bit players were not allowed to wear makeup in scenes that took place in Germany, as Adolf Hitler had banned it in 1933.
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