The Paradine Case

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The Paradine Case ★★½ 1947

A passable Hitchcock romancer about a young lawyer who falls in love with the woman he's defending for murder, not knowing whether she is innocent or guilty. Script could be tighter and more cohesive. $70,000 of the $3 million budget were spent recreating the original Bailey courtroom. Based on the novel by Robert Hichens. 125m/B VHS, DVD . Gregory Peck, Alida Valli, Ann Todd, Louis Jourdan, Charles Laughton, Charles Coburn, Ethel Barrymore, Leo G. Carroll; D: Alfred Hitchcock; W: David O. Selznick; C: Lee Garmes; M: Franz Waxman.

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