Above Suspicion (1943)
- Starring:
- Joan Crawford, Fred MacMurray, (more)
- Director(s):
- Richard Thorpe
Synopsis of Above Suspicion
If you believe all-American Fred MacMurray as an Oxford don, you'll probably swallow the rest of Above Suspicion. Newly married to Joan Crawford, MacMurray goes on a honeymoon in prewar Germany. Actually it's more business than pleasure: they are secret agents for the British, attempting to smuggle back information about a new superweapon being developed by the Nazis. Evil, mean, cruel and also wicked German officer Basil Rathbone imprisons and tortures Crawford (though she still looks like a million bucks), but McMurray comes to the rescue, paving the way for a suspenseful race-to-the-border climax. The tenor of Above Suspicion can be summed up in a scene in which, after being confronted by a monolingual stormtrooper, Fred MacMurray says in English "Nuts to you, dope!," whereupon the Nazi scratches his head and wonders aloud, "Vass iss das 'dope'?" ~ Hal Erickson, Rovi
Complete Cast of Above Suspicion
- Joan Crawford - Frances Myles
- Conrad Veidt - Hassert Seidel
- Reginald Owen - Dr. Mespelbrunn
- Cecil Cunningham - Countess
- Sara Haden - Aunt Hattie
- Johanna Hofer - Frau Kleist
- Edith Angold - German Woman
- Eily Malyon - Manageress
- Peter Lawford - Bit Part
- Lisa Golm - Frau Schultz
- Gretl Dupont - Barmaid
- Peter Seal
- Frank Arnold - Poet
- Rex Williams - Gestapo Leader
- Hans Von Morhart - Schmidt
- Heather Thatcher - English Girl
- Nicholas Vehr - Col. Gerold's Aides
- Ludwig Stossel - Herr Schultz
- Ivan Simpson - Porter
- Ferdinand Schumann-Heink - Gestapo in Opera Box
- Frank Reicher - Col. Gerold
- Marcelle Corday - Maid
- Egon Brecher - Gestapo Official
- Jack Chefe - Coatroom Attendant
- Matthew Boulton - Constable
- Fred MacMurray - Richard Myles
- Basil Rathbone - Sig von Aschenhausen
- Richard Ainley - Peter Galt
- Ann Shoemaker - Aunt Ellen
- Felix Bressart - Mr. A. Werner
- Lotte Palfi - Ottilie
- Alex Papana - Man in Paris
- Bruce Lister - Thornley
- Frank Lackteen - Arab Vendor
- Steven Geray - Anton
- Wee Willie Davis - Hans
- Walter Bonn - German Guard
- William Yetter, Jr. - Hauptman
- Paul Weigel - Elderly Man
- Henry Victor - German Officer
- George Davis - Proprietor
- Charles de Ravenne - Chasseur
- Walter O. Stahl - Policeman
- Arthur Shields - Porter
- Otto Reichow - Gestapo
- Jean Prescott - English Girl
- Felix Basch - Guide
- André Charlot - Cafe Manager
- Sven Hugo Borg - German Guard
- Director(s):
- Richard Thorpe
- Writer(s):
- Patricia Coleman, Melville Baker, Keith Winter
- Producer(s):
- Victor Saville
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