Charade (1963)

Director:

Stanley Donen

Writers:

Peter Stone (screenplay)
Peter Stone (story) ...

Release Date:

5 December 1963 (USA)

Genre:

Comedy | Mystery | Romance | Thriller

Tagline:

You can expect the unexpected when they play..."Charade"

Plot:

Romance and suspense in Paris, as a woman is pursued by several men who want a fortune her murdered husband had stolen. Who can she trust?

Plot Keywords:

Public Domain | American Abroad | Beautiful Woman | European Adventure | Match

Awards:

Nominated for Oscar. Another 5 wins & 5 nominations

Cast

Cary Grant	...	Peter Joshua / Carson Dyle / Alexander Dyle / Adam Canfield / Brian Cruikshank
Audrey Hepburn	...	Regina 'Reggie' Lampert
Walter Matthau	...	Hamilton Bartholemew / The real Carson Dyle
James Coburn	...	Tex Panthollow
George Kennedy	...	Herman Scobie
Dominique Minot	...	Sylvie Gaudet
Ned Glass	...	Leopold W. Gideon
Jacques Marin	...	Insp. Edouard Grandpierre
Paul Bonifas	...	Mr. Felix - Stamp Dealer
Thomas Chelimsky	...	Jean-Louis Gaudet

Also Known As:

Charada (Argentina) (Spain) [es]
Charade (Austria) (West Germany) [de]
Amerikai fogócska (Hungary) [hu]
Charade (France) [fr]
Charade - ett farligt spel (Finland: Swedish title) [sv]
Charade - tre mand frem for en enke (Denmark) [da]
Charade - vaarallinen peli (Finland) [fi]
Randevou sto Parisi (Greece) [el]
Sciarada (Italy) [it]

Runtime:

113 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English | French | German | Italian

Color:

Color (Technicolor)

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Sound Mix:

Mono (Westrex Recording System)

Certification:

Canada:PG (Ontario) | Australia:G (alternate rating) | Finland:K-15 (new rating: 2001) | USA:Approved | Argentina:13 | Australia:PG | Finland:K-16 | France:U | Sweden:15 | UK:A (original rating) | UK:PG (video rating) (1991) | West Germany:12

Filming Locations:

Alps, Haute-Savoie, France

Company:

Universal Pictures

Trivia:

According to Audrey Hepburn, the scene where Regina spills ice cream on Adam's suit is based on a real-life accident where Hepburn spilled red wine over Cary Grant's suit at a dinner party.

Goofs:

Miscellaneous: The sign outside the embassy would not read "American Embassy" it would read "Embassy of the United States of America" or "Ambassade des États-Unis d'Amérique".

Quotes:

Peter Joshua: [opening the phone booth to see Regina]
[Regina screams]
Peter Joshua: What are you doing in here?
Reggie Lampert: I'm having a nervous breakdown.

Movie Connections:

Spoofed in "Daria: Murder, She Snored (#4.4)" (2000)

Soundtrack:

Charade

Audrey fingers Cary's dimpled chin and asks, "How do you shave in there?"

Just one of the many marvelous moments in "Charade", one of Cary Grant's and Audrey Hepburn's best films. There's a quarter of a million dollars floating around instant-widow Hepburn but nobody can SEE IT (it's right in front of their eyes). Filled with running jokes, colorful and eccentric oddities (such as trenchcoat-wearing George Kennedy with his hook and the little guy who won't stop sneezing), funny set-pieces (like the funeral scene, and Audrey's priceless exaggerated reactions) and suspenseful sequences, not to mention Audrey and Cary looking smashing together. This is one of 20 best films ever made, as good as "Casablanca" and "My Fair Lady". In fact, I think it's better.