It's hard to get excited about the French Riviera when it's just a rear screen projection.
I had never seen this thing. Filmed in VistaVision in France and Hollywood. There wasn't much tension or suspense and the big reveal at the end came as no surprise, even to the character in the movie. "I thought it was you!"
There was a rear screen projection car chase on a narrow winding road that worked pretty well. We see two French cops playing a then-exotic hacky sack-like game before jumping in their Traction Avant to give chase. Grace Kelly drives a beautiful Sunbeam convertible, but I kept thinking about the lack of seatbelts and how Grace Kelly died on a road like that years later.
More romance than suspense. The romance didn't seem very convincing, but I don't know what goes on between really good-looking people.
Cary Grant as a handsome retired jewel thief. Someone steals his act, is robbing wealthy tourists. Cary Grant is getting the blame and sets out to find the real criminal.
Grant pretends to be from Portland, Oregon. Grace Kelly shows some knowledge of Oregon geography.
No comments:
Post a Comment