Sheer joy from start to finish

Rating: 10/10 (5 March 1999)

The experts can argue over which is Hitchcock's greatest movie. This one is hard to beat for sheer enjoyment, with several classic sequences, the usual perfectly inflected performance from Cary Grant, Eva Marie Saint's icy seductress, and a truly great Bernard Hermann score. On the whole, about as much fun as the movies have to offer, as long as you don't stop to think how the hero manages to nearly get himself killed with the help of every modern mode of transport there is....