Fahh-bulous, Dahh-ling!

Rating: 8/10 (12 September 1999)

A better, richer film than when I first viewed it close to 20 years ago. One of Hitchcock's greatest accomplishments (with a terrific Macguffin -- the compass!). And the perfect showcase for Miss Tallulah Bankhead, bitch-goddess of Broadway, who never conquered Hollywood but is forever enshrined in this performance, where's she basically playing the image she herself created -- "Dahhlings" and all -- if not, in fact, playing Herself! An intense delight, Dahhling...