Rich and Strange

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Overview:

Believing that an unexpected inheritance will bring them happiness, a married couple instead finds their relationship strained to the breaking point.

Director:

Alfred Hitchcock

Status:

Released

Language:

English

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Revenue:

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Cast

Henry Kendall

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Fred Hill

Joan Barry

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Emily Hill

Percy Marmont

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Commander Gordon

Betty Amann

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The Princess

Elsie Randolph

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The Old Maid

Aubrey Dexter

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Colonel (uncredited)

Hannah Jones

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Mrs. Porter (uncredited)

Arty Ash

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Ship Steward (uncredited)

Bill Shine

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Man Eating on London Underground (uncredited)

Reviews (1)

CinemaSerf
Written 3 year(s) ago
5
A good advertisement for a holiday cruise this definitely isn't: a combination of sea-sickness; decks packed to the gunwales and some overtly snobbish fellow passengers make me realise why I quite like planes! Henry Kendall and Joan Barry come into a windfall inheritance and decide to celebrate by going on such an holiday - and soon discover that it isn't all it is cracked up to be. Using some of Hitchcock's expertly hones silent film skills, we tell the story as our nouveau-riche couple slowly realise that wealth isn't everything as their behaviour and attitudes start to adapt to their new surroundings. Don't look for any traditional suspense or thrills in this; it is a much more pedestrian assessment of shallowness and flummery with some quite poignant observations of a rather pointless existence.