Marnie (DVD)

Marnie is one of my favourite Hitchcock movies. It stars the beautiful Tippi Hedren as Marnie Edgar and the gorgeous Sean Connery as Mark Rutland, with support from Diane Baker as Lil and Louise Latham as Bernice Edgar, and was released in 1964. The script was written by Jay Presson Allen and the book (of the same name) from which it was inspired was written by Winston Graham. Alan Napier appears as Mark's father (remember him? He was Alfred in the ...
...PLOT ==== Marnie is a compulsive thief moving from company to company working in clerical roles and biding her time till she can access company safes and steal money. With a large part of the money she buys expensive gifts for her mother, Bernice, who doesn't seem to like her very much. Marnie gets a job at Rutland & Co unaware that the boss, an eligible widower, Mark Rutland was a customer of a previous victim of hers and has hired her deliberately ...

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...in 1976. The plot Marnie (played by Tippi Hedren) is a serial burglar who moves from job to job under a series of aliases. Each time she leaves, a substantial sum of money leaves with her. Then she arrives at Rutland & Co, where young Mr Rutland (Sean Connery) recognises her from a previous job she had undertaken. He is concerned by Marnie's behaviour - particularly her fear of the colour red and storms - and battles to help her, to the extent ...
...roots to Marnie's problems discovered in her childhood. The actors Sean Connery is fabulous as Mr Rutland. Brooding and utterly gorgeous, he is also a fabulous actor. Tippi Hedren over-acts a little (and has a pretty dreadful hairdo), but nevertheless contributes to what is a marvellous drama. Tecnical aspects In the version that I have, there is an hour long documentary about the making of the film, which is surprisingly very interesting. The ...

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