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Audrey Hepburn plays a Parisienne whose husband is murdered
and who finds she is being followed by four men seeking the fortune
her late spouse had hidden away. Cary Grant is the stranger who comes
to her aid, but his real motives aren't entirely clear--could he even
be the killer? The 1963 film is directed by Stanley Donen, but it has
been called "Hitchcockian" for good reason: the possible duplicities
between lovers, the unspoken agendas between a man and woman sharing
secrets. Charade is nowhere as significant as a Hitchcock film,
but suspense-wise it holds its own; and Donen's glossy production
lends itself to the welcome experience of stargazing. One wants Cary
Grant to be Cary Grant and Audrey Hepburn to be no one but Audrey
Hepburn in a Hollywood product such as this, and they certainly don't
let us down. --Tom Keogh
