Mark marries Marnie although she is a habitual thief and has serious psychological problems, and tries to help her confront and resolve them.Mark marries Marnie although she is a habitual thief and has serious psychological problems, and tries to help her confront and resolve them.Mark marries Marnie although she is a habitual thief and has serious psychological problems, and tries to help her confront and resolve them.
- Awards
- 2 nominations
Tippi Hedren
- Marnie Edgar Rutland
- (as 'Tippi' Hedren)
Leon Alton
- Party Guest
- (uncredited)
John Alvin
- Hotel Chauffeur
- (uncredited)
Kimberly Beck
- Jessica 'Jessie' Cotton
- (uncredited)
Lillian Bronson
- Mrs. Maitland
- (uncredited)
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- TriviaSir Alfred Hitchcock, following his usual practice, bid for the movie rights to Winston Graham's novel anonymously, so as to keep the price down. However, in this instance, the scheme backfired; the anonymity of the purchaser made Graham suspicious, although he regarded the amount of money on offer as extremely generous. He instructed his agent to ask for twice as much. Hitchcock agreed, on condition that the deal be closed immediately. When Graham discovered who it was who had bought the rights, he said he would have given them away free for the honor of having one of his stories filmed by Alfred Hitchcock.
- GoofsThrough the porthole on the ship, the water is moving in one direction, but in the next shot, it is moving in the opposite direction.
- Quotes
Marnie Edgar: You don't love me. I'm just something you've caught! You think I'm some sort of animal you've trapped!
Mark Rutland: That's right - you are. And I've caught something really wild this time, haven't I? I've tracked you and caught you and by God I'm going to keep you.
- Alternate versionsDialogue in the final scene reveals that Marnie's mother had given up her virginity at 15 to Marnie's father in exchange for a sweater. Just before the film's release the studio had second thoughts about this part, and Alfred Hitchcock agreed to cut the lines. But hundreds of prints had already been made, and rather than incur the cost of reprinting the final reel of each, the studio released them as they were, so there were two versions of the film from the outset.
- ConnectionsEdited into Histoire(s) du cinéma: Une histoire seule (1989)
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Fascinating and underrated
Marnie is not perfect, the horse riding scenes are artificially edited and some of the sets seemed somewhat plastic-theatre-backdrop standard. However, while Marnie is not one of Hitchcock's very finest films, it is one of his most underrated. And I don't think it is close to his worst, his weakest overall for me is Jamaica Inn and Topaz the worst of his late-period films. Hitchcock directs splendidly with a lot of memorable touches in the final thirty minutes that are his style all over, while the photography is suave, atmospheric and above all striking. Bernard Hermann's score, while not quite as good as his ones for Vertigo and Psycho, fits perfectly and has a very haunting edge. The dialogue has wit and intensity, which makes the many talky scenes in Marnie interesting. The story is slow in pace but didn't bore me, here there are themes that are not easy to talk about that are explored compellingly and tastefully. The final thirty minutes is edge-of-your-seat stuff, to me the best final act of any Hitchcock film pro-Psycho. The characters are not easy to engage with and very complex, especially Hedren's, but all the actors give their all to making them interesting to the viewer. Grace Kelly may be more people's idea of icy aloofness needed for the woman who steals to forget, but Tippi Hedren particularly in the final act does a very good job(though I preferred her in The Birds). Sean Connery has a very atypical role, his character is somewhat boorish and calculating but he brings those qualities across as well as his trademark suavity and charm. Diane Baker is terrific, and Louise Latham is genuinely frightening as the mother figure. Bruce Dern and Martin Gabel don't have as much to do, but they are good too. To conclude, a fascinating film. 8/10 Bethany Cox
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- Alfred Hitchcock's Marnie
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- San Jose, California, USA(film's first scene)
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- $3,000,000 (estimated)
- Gross worldwide
- $8,211
- Runtime2 hours 10 minutes
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- 1.85 : 1
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