straight-up action movie

Rating: 7/10 (22 November 1998)

Not one of Hitchcock's better efforts, considering he is responsible for Vertigo, Rear Window and Psycho. He seems to play this one a bit more straight up - less camera trickery and symbolism, and more of a straight-up James Bond thriller - excepting that Cary Grant is not a wilful James Bond. You can never go wrong with Cary Grant, though ("How does a girl like you get to be a girl like you."). A fun movie, with my favorite movie scene of all time (the crop duster). The action at the end is just too hokey, and it seems to get wrapped up just a bit too neatly, quickly, and easily.