Marnie

"The more he loved her . . . The more she hated him . . . For trying to unravel her secret!"

1964 2h 10m EN

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★7.1TMDB · 1,263

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Synopsis

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Marnie is a beautiful but emotionally withdrawn thief, stealing from employers before disappearing under new identities. When her new boss, Mark Rutland, discovers her secret, his fascination turns to obsession, and he blackmails her into marriage, convinced he can cure her. But as he probes deeper into Marnie’s fractured mind, long-buried fears and compulsions begin to surface.

“The more he loved her . . . The more she hated him . . . For trying to unravel her secret!”

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Cast

Tippi Hedren
Marnie Edgar
Sean Connery
Mark Rutland
Diane Baker
Lil Mainwaring
Martin Gabel
Sidney Strutt
Louise Latham
Bernice Edgar
Bob Sweeney
Cousin Bob
Milton Selzer
Man at Track
Mariette Hartley
Susan Clabon

Credits

Behind the camera

Director: Alfred Hitchcock
Writers: Jay Presson Allen, Harold Michelson
Languages: English
Countries: United States of America

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MONEY

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Shot for just $2.1M — micro-budget by Hollywood standards.

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2 / 8

MONEY

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Made its money back 3.3× over at the box office.

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3 / 8

ERA

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62 years old — a genuine piece of film history.

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4 / 8

DIRECTOR

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Directed by Alfred Hitchcock, shot by Robert Burks. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.

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5 / 8

DIRECTOR

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Original score by Bernard Herrmann. Worth a dedicated listen after — most great films lose half their impact without the score.

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6 / 8

DIRECTOR

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Editor George Tomasini shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.

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7 / 8

CAST

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Tippi Hedren and Sean Connery and Diane Baker carry the top of the cast.

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8 / 8

FACT

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Marketing tagline: "The more he loved her . . . The more she hated him . . . For trying to unravel her secret!".

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Cinephile deep dive

The take

Alfred Hitchcock directs. Robert Burks behind the camera. Bernard Herrmann scores. George Tomasini cuts. Made its budget back several times over at the box office. Produced in United States of America. Dialogue in English.

Trivia

Things worth knowing

1Shot for just $2.1M — micro-budget by Hollywood standards.
2Made its money back 3.3× over at the box office.
362 years old — a genuine piece of film history.
4Directed by Alfred Hitchcock, shot by Robert Burks. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.
5Original score by Bernard Herrmann. Worth a dedicated listen after — most great films lose half their impact without the score.
6Editor George Tomasini shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.
7Tippi Hedren and Sean Connery and Diane Baker carry the top of the cast.
8Marketing tagline: "The more he loved her . . . The more she hated him . . . For trying to unravel her secret!".
9IMDB entry: tt0058329 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.
10Classified under 28 themes, including "prostitute", "rape", "philadelphia, pennsylvania", "sexual abuse".

The technical file

Cinematography: Robert Burks
Original score: Bernard Herrmann
Editing: George Tomasini
Production design: Robert F. Boyle
Costume design: Edith Head
Makeup / hair: Howard Smit
Runtime: 130 min · 2h 10m
Status: Released
Budget: $2,135,000
Box office: $7,000,000
Return: 328% of budget
Original language: EN
Certification (US): PG
IMDB: Marnie (1964)

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John Chard2020-08-30
★ 9/10
The idea was to kill myself, not feed the damn fish. Sometimes cited as the last decent Hitchcock film, Marnie actually should be regarded as one of the maestro's best films full stop! A swirling mysterious tale of repressed sexuality and traumatic falsehoods, Marnie to me is one of Hitch's more accomplished works. Tippi Hedren is Marnie, a woman who is both a kleptomaniac and a pathological liar, but her problems are more deep rooted than the surface ones we see. Sean Connery is Mark Rutland, he catches Marnie out for robbing the safe at his company and we then follow the two on a journey to get to the bottom of the demons that are gnawing away at Marnie - to the point that flashes of red and the touch of Mark send her into terrified panic. With bleak back drops and fluctuating climate conditions, Hitchcock pulls the audience into Marnie's troubled psyche, and with Hedren's perfectly tense and wrought performance fittingly snug, the film delivers the goods for a fine Hitchcock viewing. As usual some scenes are priceless Hitch, a nightmare sequence with a tapping hand at the window hits the mark, while a scene involving a horse thumps the emotive heart and steers the film towards the special finale. Top stuff all round from the master director. 9/10

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