The body is encountered by a group of people, all with motive to want the guy dead, and all convinced they somehow killed him. Here, Hitchcock seems to be having a ball mixing aspects of death and sex. The movie benefits from sharp dialogue and very funny turns from John Forsythe, Edmund Gwenn and the film debut of Shirley MacLaine. This great comic thriller boasts excellent camera work and an enjoyable story, boosted by one of Hitchcock's best casts. Cary Grant, Eva Marie Saint and James Mason are the stars here.
Grant plays the man mistaken for someone else, leading to intrigue and danger.
Highlights here include the famous plane chase across the field, along with the climatic scenes on Mount Rushmore. This thriller about two men who meet, apparently as strangers, on a train and agree to murder someone for the other is one of Hitchcock's most quintessential films. Farley Granger and Robert Walker play the two strangers. The crosscutting, particularly between the bright tennis game and the dark sewer, along with the film's subtle subtheme of homosexual courtship make it technically and socially ahead of its time. It's a fascinating film.