Kim Novak Gorgeous and Magnificent

Rating: 10/10 (5 November 2019)

Kim Novak at the time of the filming of this movie was the number one box office star in the world. Kim was under exclusive contract to Columbia Pictures but was loaned out by Colombia to Paramount for this Hitchcock film. Novak is brilliant in this movie and should have been nominated for an Academy Award. It was a year of great female performances and the 5 nominees were : Elizabeth Taylor, Shirley McClaine, Deborah,Kerr, Roz Russell, and the winner Susan Hayward.
This movie was not well received when it was first released but now in retrospect 60 years later is considered the finest American film of all time. Much of the praise must go to Kim Novak who gives a stunning brilliant in the performance of a lifetime