Notorious (1946)

Academy Awards, USA 1947

Nominated Oscar	Best Actor in a Supporting Role Claude Rains
	Best Writing, Original Screenplay Ben Hecht

RKO Radio Pictures
Directed by Alfred Hitchcock
My rating: 3.5 stars out of 4
IMDb Wikipedia
(DVD, Criterion Collection)

Government agent Cary Grant convinces Ingrid Bergman to travel to Brazil in order to infiltrate a ring of Nazis. They fall in love while waiting for the assignment, only to have their relationship fall apart when she must fake a romance with Claude Rains, one of the Nazis. She even goes as far as marrying him, all the while Grant feigning disinterest. She eventually discovers that the group is hiding uranium ore in wine bottles in the basement, leading Grant to the stash during a fateful evening gala. However, Rains finds out and together with his mother tries to slowly poison her. One of Hitchcock's most mature mid period works, with Grant and Bergman's complex relationship front and center. The casting is perfect, from the leads all the way down to the supporting characters.