Suspicion (1987) (TV)

Director:

Andrew Grieve

Writers:

Joan Harrison (1941 screenplays)
Samson Raphaelson (1941 screenplays)

Release Date:

20 April 1988 (USA)

Genre:

Crime | Thriller | Drama | Mystery

Plot:

A remake of Hitchcock's 1941 suspenser about a wealthy young woman who comes to suspect that her new husband is plotting to murder her. |

Plot Keywords:

Murder | Remake | Based On Novel

Cast

Anthony Andrews	...	Johnnie Aysgarth
Jane Curtin	...	Lina McLaidlaw
Ron Pember	...	Ticket collector
Martin Clunes	...	Photographer
Sally Home	...	Mrs. Barham
Cory Pulman	...	Jessie Barham
Melissa Simmonds	...	Alice Barham
Penn Ashton	...	Mrs. Newsham
Betsy Blair	...	Lady McLaidlaw
Michael Hordern	...	Lord McLaidlaw
Simone Lloyd-Davies	...	Mrs. Jenner
Tim Bannerman	...	Reggie Wetherby
Eric Dodson	...	Sir Gerald
Paul Nicholson	...	Butler
John Serret	...	Waiter on the Orient Express

Runtime:

Germany:96 min

Country:

UK

Language:

English

Colour:

Colour

Aspect Ratio:

1.33 : 1

Sound Mix:

Mono

Trivia:

The last film role of Brian Oulton.

Movie Connections:

Remake of Suspicion (1941)

Rather Pointless Remake Save for the Musical Score

Rather pedestrian direction leaves Jane Curtin seeming needy and not particularly skilled as a dramatic actress, and Anthony Andrews seeming little more than smug in most scenes. Curtin's wardrobe by Ralph Lauren is nice, the look of the film is nice, but most of all what I love about the film is the melancholy score by Larry Grossman. That alone has kept the film in my mind for nearly 20 years now (I first watched it on PBS's American Playhouse curled up in the San Francisco Bay Area with the fog rolling in and a pot of tea before me -- a magical combination). I wish the score were available on CD, but alas it doesn't appear to be. Perhaps there will be a collection of Larry Grossman's music in the future that features it.