Fresh
A terrifically entertaining comedy-thriller.
Dave Kehr, Chicago Reader
Charade
Is anyone really who they seem to be?
1963 · 1h 53m · Passed
Comedy, Mystery, Romance
Directed by
Stanley Donen
Overview
After Regina Lampert falls for the dashing Peter Joshua on a skiing holiday in the French Alps, she discovers upon her return to Paris that her husband has been murdered. Soon, she and Peter are giving chase to three of her late husband's World War II cronies, Tex, Scobie and Gideon, who are after a quarter of a million dollars the quartet stole while behind enemy lines.
Director and cast
- Stanley Donen Director
- Cary Grant as Peter Joshua
- Audrey Hepburn as Regina Lampert
- Walter Matthau as Hamilton Bartholemew
- James Coburn as Tex Panthollow
- George Kennedy as Herman Scobie
- Dominique Minot as Sylvie Gaudel
- Ned Glass as Leopold Gideon
- Jacques Marin as Insp. Edouard Grandpierre
- Paul Bonifas as Mr. Felix
- Thomas Chelimsky Cast
Critics on Rotten Tomatoes
Top critics, in their words
94%
Tomatometer
Fresh
Firsttime teaming of Cary Grant and Audrey Hepburn, a natural, gives the sophisticated romantic caper an international appeal, plus the selling points of adventure, suspense and suberb comedy.
Robert B. Frederick, Variety
Rotten
I tell you, this light-hearted picture is full of such gruesome violence.
Bosley Crowther, New York Times
Fresh
Made when the studio system was on its last legs, Charade still feels fresh, quick-witted, nothing like the artificial, airless Hollywood pictures of its time.
Charles Taylor, Salon.com
Rotten
What's going on is sort of confused.
TIME Magazine
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