Among the most memorable car rides in the history of cinema are the ones in Thelma and Louise, as well as in the Grace Kelly and Cary Grant thriller Hand in the Collar by Alfred Hitchcock.
Released in theaters in 1955, this feature film tells the story of John Robbie, a sober robber enjoying a golden retirement on the French Riviera, with a backdrop of romance. But the landscape darkens when the thief, using his methods, naturally makes him the No. 1 suspect.
The least we can say is that hand in collarWe are far from the thrillers we are used to from the master of suspense. Indeed, the tension is so faithful Hitchcock There is less, but the beautiful atmosphere that reigns there, as well as the scenery of the French Riviera of the 1950s, makes us quickly forget this absence.
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That’s not all, because the film wouldn’t be what it is without its amazing duo: Grace Kelly and Cary Grant. Because in addition to filming with Ingrid Bergman, Marilyn Monroe, Audrey Hepburn, Betsy Drake and Deborah Kerr, the famous Hollywood dandy played with the Princess of Monaco.
In hand in collarThe two make a glamorous couple, always perfectly dressed: the actor in dark suits and his partner in immaculate white evening gowns. A beautiful contrast of colors that won this film an Oscar for best cinematography.
This elegant novel produces iconic scenes such as the chase through the princely heights. A moving and prophetic scene, because it was here that the actor would have a dramatic accident a few years later, on September 13, 1982, before his death the next day.
during filming Grace Kelly He was troubled by this sequence, especially because of his myopia problem, as he said: “I had to drive a powerful sports car and parked it in the bushes, on the edge of the cornice. Cary Grant I was very worried and so was I. ” Unfortunately symbolic words…
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