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Le procès Paradine

Original title: The Paradine Case
  • 1947
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  • 2h 5m
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6.5/10
13K
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Gregory Peck, Ann Todd, and Louis Jourdan in Le procès Paradine (1947)
A happily married London barrister falls in love with the accused poisoner he is defending.
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A happily married London barrister falls in love with the accused poisoner he is defending.A happily married London barrister falls in love with the accused poisoner he is defending.A happily married London barrister falls in love with the accused poisoner he is defending.

  • Director
    • Alfred Hitchcock
  • Writers
    • Robert Hichens
    • Alma Reville
    • David O. Selznick
  • Stars
    • Gregory Peck
    • Ann Todd
    • Charles Laughton
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  • IMDb RATING
    6.5/10
    13K
    YOUR RATING
    • Director
      • Alfred Hitchcock
    • Writers
      • Robert Hichens
      • Alma Reville
      • David O. Selznick
    • Stars
      • Gregory Peck
      • Ann Todd
      • Charles Laughton
    • 128User reviews
    • 44Critic reviews
    • 64Metascore
  • See production info at IMDbPro
    • Nominated for 1 Oscar
      • 6 wins & 1 nomination total

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    Gregory Peck
    Gregory Peck
    • Anthony Keane
    Ann Todd
    Ann Todd
    • Gay Keane
    Charles Laughton
    Charles Laughton
    • Judge Lord Thomas Horfield
    Charles Coburn
    Charles Coburn
    • Sir Simon Flaquer
    Ethel Barrymore
    Ethel Barrymore
    • Lady Sophie Horfield
    Louis Jourdan
    Louis Jourdan
    • Andre Latour
    Alida Valli
    Alida Valli
    • Maddalena Anna Paradine
    • (as Valli)
    Leo G. Carroll
    Leo G. Carroll
    • Sir Joseph
    Joan Tetzel
    Joan Tetzel
    • Judy Flaquer
    Isobel Elsom
    Isobel Elsom
    • Innkeeper
    Patrick Aherne
    • Police Sgt. Leggett
    • (uncredited)
    Gilbert Allen
    • Undetermined Role
    • (uncredited)
    John Barton
    • Courtroom Spectator
    • (uncredited)
    Leonard Carey
    Leonard Carey
    • Courtroom Stenographer
    • (uncredited)
    Steve Carruthers
    Steve Carruthers
    • Courtroom Spectator
    • (uncredited)
    Constance Cavendish
    • Minor Role
    • (uncredited)
    Russell Custer
    • Barrister in Courtroom
    • (uncredited)
    Jack Deery
    • Juror
    • (uncredited)
    • Director
      • Alfred Hitchcock
    • Writers
      • Robert Hichens
      • Alma Reville
      • David O. Selznick
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    8plato-11

    Actually, Pretty Good

    I liked this one, even though most people don't. It's a fascinating tale, and it seems very much Hitchcockian. Sure, it seems to drag at times, but the plot, directing, and the acting is good. Louis Jourdan is probably the best actor in this whole production. And to think this is his first English-speaking film. Gregory Peck is pretty good, also. I liked at the beginning when the cops arrested Alida Valli, and the audience isn't really sure why that is. Andre Latour's (Jourdan) little breakdown (I use breakdown for want of a better word) in the courtroom is terrific. I really love this movie, and I don't care how boring other people say it is. I would recommend this movie to anyone who thinks they can appreciate it.
    7areopagite

    great cast, pretty good movie

    OK, so it wasn't the most suspenseful movie Hitchcock ever made, but what a cast! Whenever you can get Charles Laughton, Ethel Barrymore, Gregory Peck, Leo G. Carroll, AND an exceedingly pretty Louis Jordan on the same screen at the same time, you know you're in for a treat. Laughton, as the judge, alone is worth the time spent watching this film.

    True, they don't make "talky" pictures like this anymore, but that's half the fun. I think Maltin's 2 1/2 stars is just about right.
    9johngiovannicorda

    Alida Valli: Hitchcok before Visconti

    I'm crazy about Alida Valli. I'd seen every film she's ever done except "The Paradine Case" until today that is. Today I met Mrs Paradine for the first time. Strangely enough it doesn't feel like Hitchcock it feels more like Carol Reed the director who gave her a major International hit with "The Third Man" a couple of years later. I fell in love with Alida Valli in the 1954 Luchino Visconti's tragic romantic epic "Senso". Now having seen "The Paradine Case" I see a glimpse of the woman in "Senso" where her actions, are also atrocious but govern by love. A love who will only lead to tragedy. Visconti showed us an Alida Valli that other than a great beauty was also a great actress. Hitchcock introduced her as VALLI in this film, a gimmick with very short legs. Here she plays the widow of a blind man that "allegedly" she killed. The casting of Gregory Peck is a major problem, maybe not for the box office in 1947, but it certainly detrimental to the suspension of disbelief, so needed in a thriller. Charles Laughton is superb in his few, short scenes. I wonder if Hitchcock himself was the inspiration for his role. A judge, a lascivious man with an roving eye for young pretty women. Ethel Barrymore plays his wife, to absolute perfection. Then, Louis Jourdan, beautiful of course, Charles Coburn, Ann Todd but, it is Alida Valli who gives this film that extra something. Considered a "minor" Hitchcock by most but not by me. 9/10
    Snow Leopard

    Fine Cast in Slow-Moving But Interesting Drama

    Because this movie has so few of the features normally associated with a Hitchcock picture, it has a rather poor reputation. But it has a fine cast, most of whom perform quite well, and if the story is taken on its own merits it is interesting, although slow-moving and heavily dependent on the characters' conversations with one another. If it had been made by someone else, it might seem like more of an accomplishment.

    In "The Paradine Case", Mrs. Paradine (Alida Valli) is arrested and tried for the murder of her husband. She is defended by the great lawyer Anthony Keane (Gregory Peck), who quickly becomes intoxicated by his client and loses all objectivity. Even as evidence mounts that she may have done the crime after all, he risks his marriage and reputation on the slightest of chances to find new evidence. It moves quite slowly, but is helped by the presence of many good supporting characters and a fine cast that portrays them convincingly. Things come together in a lengthy courtroom sequence that is sometimes uncomfortable to watch, but tense and realistic.

    Many viewers feel let down by the film because it lacks the energy and excitement found in most of Hitchcock's films, and because the courtroom setting creates expectations that are not quite filled. Indeed, it does have its faults, and it's hard to believe that someone of Hitchcock's creative genius could not have thought of some ways to give more life to the body of the picture, because there are times when it really crawls along. But taken on its own merits, it is a pretty good movie, carefully filmed as always, and one that gives the viewer plenty to think about. There are some good scenes, with the best one being the subtly crafted opening sequence of Mrs. Paradine being arrested in her elegant home and taken to prison.

    Many Hitchcock fans will not particularly enjoy this one, although if you like his more somber masterpieces such as "Vertigo", you might at least want to give this one a try - not that it is nearly as good as "Vertigo" (how many films are), but it is somewhat similar in tone. It works much better as straight drama, rather than as suspense or mystery, and as such it is worth watching.
    8JuguAbraham

    More than a courtroom soap opera--a major Hitchcock work

    I loved the film not because of its courtroom drama but because of Hitchcock's ability to deal with the drama outside the courtroom.

    First, take in the shots that lead up to Alida Valli's character being arrested and locked up in the cell. Hitchcock is at his best building up the positive and elegant side of the character by enhancing the details--the expensive jewelry, the lady ensuring her hair is in place before receiving visitors, the humanist care taken to inform the valet that she would not be having her dinner, etc., etc. The build-up of the character within a few minutes of reel time for the viewer is considerably intelligent right up to the loud slamming of the cell door and the effect it has on the inmate (Hitchcock's own phobia?).

    The second sequence that is unforgettable for me is the camera zooming in on Ann Todd's naked shoulder followed by the lecherous Charles Laughton caressing Todd's hand hidden away from her husband's vision, leading up ultimately to Todd's rejection of Laughton's advances. What is of consequence is not the performance of Todd or Laughton, but Hitchcock's sequence of visuals deftly edited to enhance the effect.

    A third unusual image of the film is the introductory shot of Louis Jordan. This is the only film in my memory where a character is introduced without the least shred of light falling upon his/her face--his legs and hands are quite visible, but not his face.

    Finally, the meetings in the jail between Valli and Peck smolders without a kiss or a physical touch. In my view, the performance of Valli is outstanding. Her remarkable turns in films by Visconti ("Senso") and Bertolucci ("1900") proved her capability.

    The film belongs to Hitchcock, Valli and the camera-work of Lee Garmes (shots within the courtroom--probably the angles were suggested by the director). It is an unusual Hitchcock film with an elegant turn by Alida Valli. It is a film that cries out loud for a reassessment among Hitch's body of work. It is a major film of the director--though it is not an obvious one. Hitchcock seems to ask the viewer at the end of the film a difficult question--who is the true heroine of the film? And he has a MacGuffin...

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    • Trivia
      When Sir Alfred Hitchcock delivered the completed movie to the studio, after a Hitchcock record of ninety-two days of filming, it ran almost three hours. This rough cut was initially trimmed to two hours and twelve minutes, which was the version screened for the Academy of Arts & Sciences. In this version, Ethel Barrymore can be seen as the half-crazed wife of Lord Horfield, which explains the Oscar nomination for her performance (there was apparently a brilliant museum scene where Lady Horfield requests Anthony Keane to save Mrs. Paradine, and another scene where Lady Horfield tries to hide her coughing from her husband). Producer David O. Selznick subsequently cut the film to two hours and five minutes, and then to its present length of one hour and fifty-four minutes, in which Barrymore's screen time totals about three minutes. In 1980, a flood reputedly destroyed the original, uncut version, making the restoration of the cut scenes unlikely, although it has been reported that some of these cut scenes reside at the George Eastman House in Rochester, New York.
    • Goofs
      When Latour appears outside Keane's inn room, the wind is blowing wildly, whipping Latour's hair across his forehead; yet just a split-second later, after Latour has entered the room, his hair is perfectly combed without a hair out of place.
    • Quotes

      Judge Lord Thomas Horfield: I do not like to be interrupted in the middle of an insult.

    • Crazy credits
      In opening credits scroll below Ethel Barrymore: "and two new / Selznick Stars / Louis Jourdan / and / Valli". Alida Valli's name is in script form, and Jourdan had been playing leading roles in French films for several years before making "The Paradine Case".
    • Alternate versions
      Originally released at 132 minutes.
    • Connections
      Featured in American Masters: Hitchcock, Selznick and the End of Hollywood (1998)

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    • Release date
      • December 21, 1949 (France)
    • Country of origin
      • United States
    • Official sites
      • Streaming on "'round midnight ..." YouTube Channel
      • Streaming on "alejandro martinez" YouTube Channel (Spanish subtitles)
    • Language
      • English
    • Also known as
      • Le mystère de l'affaire Paradine
    • Filming locations
      • Lake District, Cumbria, England, UK(on location)
    • Production companies
      • Selznick International Pictures
      • Vanguard Films
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    • Budget
      • $4,258,000 (estimated)
    • Gross worldwide
      • $6,789
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    • Runtime
      • 2h 5m(125 min)
    • Color
      • Black and White
    • Aspect ratio
      • 1.37 : 1

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