Not One of My Favorite Hitchcock Films

Rating: 7/10 (20 September 2006)

I've found this admittedly classic Hitchcock entry a bit tough to warm up to on multiple viewings. I enjoyed it very much the first time I saw it, but I don't want to revisit it the way I like revisiting "Rear Window," "Psycho" or "The Birds."
Almost every Hitchcock film has at least one classic set piece that everyone remembers, and this film has at least two: the crop duster sequence, in which Cary Grant is pursued across an empty field by a sinister plane (very creepy) and the breathtaking climax on Mt. Rushmore.
Eva Marie Saint plays the Hitchcock blonde in this one, but you'll be hard pressed to even remember that she's in the movie.
Grade: A-