The Paradine Case

The Paradine Case
Theatrical release poster
Directed byAlfred Hitchcock
Screenplay byAlma Reville
James Bridie
David O. Selznick
Ben Hecht
Based onThe Paradine Case
by Robert Hichens
Produced byDavid O. Selznick
StarringGregory Peck
Ann Todd
Alida Valli
Charles Laughton
CinematographyLee Garmes
Edited byHal C. Kern
Music byFranz Waxman
Uncredited:
Edward Rebner
Paul Dessau
Production
company
Distributed bySelznick Releasing Organization
Release date
  • December 29, 1947 (1947-12-29)
Running time
114 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish
Budget$4,258,000[1]
Box office$2.1 million (worldwide)[1][2]

The Paradine Case is a 1947 courtroom drama with elements of film noir set in England, directed by Alfred Hitchcock and produced by David O. Selznick. Selznick and an uncredited Ben Hecht wrote the screenplay from an adaptation by Alma Reville and James Bridie of the 1933 novel by Robert Smythe Hichens.[3] The film stars Gregory Peck, Ann Todd, Alida Valli, Charles Laughton, Charles Coburn, Ethel Barrymore, and Louis Jourdan. It tells of an English barrister who falls in love with a woman who is accused of murder, and how it affects his relationship with his wife.

  1. ^ a b David Thomson, Showman: The Life of David O. Selznick, Abacus, 1993 p 506
  2. ^ Variety puts US rentals at $2.2 million - see "Top Grossers of 1948", Variety 5 January 1949 p 46
  3. ^ Cite error: The named reference imdb was invoked but never defined (see the help page).