When shot from behind, hes holding the glass from the front, its on the table. And that young extra in the Rushmore café, plunging his fingers into his ears in anticipation of a gunshot that no one in the crowd knows is coming.Īs Telegraph Film Critic Tim Robey says: 'Pure pleasure is what Hitchcock came close to achieving with this peerless wrong-man-running chase thriller, one of his most effortlessly entertaining films from any period. Continuity mistake: While Roger and Eve converse before dinner on the train, Rogers glass mysteriously changes places several times. A prudishly dubbed Saint telling Grant, “I never discuss love on an empty stomach”, but her mouth saying not “discuss”, but “make”. He also expertly, subtly reveals how his hollow ad-man (remember that telling middle initial, and for that matter his whole monogram) is gaining in substance as his ordeal continues.Īnd then, there are those two lovely glitches to look out for.
For all Lehman’s razor-sharp writing, Hitchcock’s expert pacing, Bernard Herrmann’s superb fandango-inspired score, and James Mason and Martin Landau’s silky villains (Landau possibly in love with Mason, and certainly jealous of his affection for Eva Marie Saint’s luxuriant mystery-woman), the film belongs above all to Grant.īesides the constant wit of his delivery, the Bristol-born former circus-tumbler is simply fabulous in his lusty encounters with Saint, convincingly hunted elsewhere, and yet never less than droll even when the chips are down. PG-13 | 148 min | Action, Adventure, Sci-FiĪ Mumbai teenager reflects on his life after being accused of cheating on the Indian version of 'Who Wants to be a Millionaire?'ĭirectors:Danny Boyle, Loveleen Tandan | Stars:Dev Patel, Freida Pinto, Saurabh Shukla, Anil KapoorĪnd that’s the thing.