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      Rich and Strange

      Released Dec 10, 1931 1 hr. 32 min. Drama List
      75% 12 Reviews Tomatometer 30% 1,000+ Ratings Audience Score Accountant Fred Hill (Henry Kendall) and his wife, Emily (Joan Barry), lead lives of tedious regimentation -- until a kindly uncle gives them a small fortune. Fred quits his job and they race off to Paris before embarking on a world cruise. Aboard ship and caught up in a luxurious new lifestyle, the Hills begin affairs -- he with a mysterious princess (Betty Amann) and she with the suave Cmdr. Gordon (Percy Marmont) -- that may drain their wallets and tear their marriage apart. Read More Read Less

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      Steve D Slow and forgettable. Rated 1 out of 5 stars 12/28/23 Full Review S R A Hitchcock film that had eluded me. When I found it on Amazon I was glad to watch it. It was a dated almost voyeuristic film about being and average Brit couple who gets money, only to travel the world and lose each other in temptation. Of course, the refind their love and come back in the end. Rated 2.5 out of 5 stars 10/12/23 Full Review Audience Member Hitchcock's Rich and Strange has a decent premise: some sudden and unexpected wealth comedically makes a bored married couple lose their sense of right and wrong. It's a classic corruption-of-money fable that's only real issue is in the tone. Most of the time, it's a fairly straightforward screwball rom-com…except when it unceremoniously dips into extreme and unwanted drama. Still, when it's foot is firmly in the bumbling idiocy of the couple, it's a good time…and the shipwreck is surprising and cool. Rated 3 out of 5 stars 02/24/23 Full Review zed b Not his best offering, give it a pass, Hitchcock hits a low point with this one! Rated 2.5 out of 5 stars 03/31/23 Full Review Audience Member Odd story but technically inspiring. Rated 3 out of 5 stars 02/20/23 Full Review joel h The casual approach to marriage and infidelity in Rich and Strange was, well, strange. I think it would have made more sense to me if the main characters were merely dating when these events occurred. Plus, the ending felt out of place. I almost liked this movie, if only because of Joan Barry. Rated 2.5 out of 5 stars 03/30/23 Full Review Read all reviews Post a rating

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      Dave Kehr Chicago Reader And so it is: this early (1932) Hitchcock film shows more signs of the artist to come than any of his other British movies. Sep 4, 2004 Full Review Michael Barrett PopMatters Hitchcock’s Rich and Strange follows a clueless English couple wandering the world and being chastened by what they find: their flawed selves. Mar 5, 2022 Full Review Matt Brunson Film Frenzy Rich and Strange is indeed a thematically rich and occasionally strange movie. Rated: 3/4 Jan 15, 2022 Full Review Sean Axmaker Turner Classic Movies Online ... a mature exploration of personal disappointment and longing for a fantasy that doesn't exist and an adult confrontation of wandering affections and romantic betrayal... May 9, 2009 Full Review Amber Wilkinson Eye for Film The film seems uncomfortable in either the silent or sound camp. Rated: 2.5/5 Dec 7, 2007 Full Review Cole Smithey ColeSmithey.com Rated: 4/5 Nov 4, 2007 Full Review Read all reviews

      Movie Info

      Synopsis Accountant Fred Hill (Henry Kendall) and his wife, Emily (Joan Barry), lead lives of tedious regimentation -- until a kindly uncle gives them a small fortune. Fred quits his job and they race off to Paris before embarking on a world cruise. Aboard ship and caught up in a luxurious new lifestyle, the Hills begin affairs -- he with a mysterious princess (Betty Amann) and she with the suave Cmdr. Gordon (Percy Marmont) -- that may drain their wallets and tear their marriage apart.
      Director
      Alfred Hitchcock
      Screenwriter
      Dale Collins, Alfred Hitchcock, Alma Reville, Val Valentine
      Distributor
      Stokey Video, Powers Pictures Inc.
      Production Co
      British International Pictures
      Genre
      Drama
      Original Language
      English
      Release Date (Theaters)
      Dec 10, 1931, Original
      Release Date (Streaming)
      Aug 5, 2014
      Sound Mix
      Mono