Review of Marnie (1964) by Erik W — 02 Apr 2012

A blonde bombshell who moves from workplace to workplace stealing money from the vaults is stalked by a dashing man who forces her to marry him in exchange for keeping her compulsive theft a secret. Haunted by her rough childhood and unloving mother, she is deeply disturbed, having anxiety attacks whenever she sees the colour red or when anyone tries to touch her.

The chemistry between Connery and Hedron is good, and its difficult to imagine anyone playing such a creepy possessive character in such a likable way as Connery is able to. By the standards of Hitchcock films such as Psycho or Rear Window, this is disappointing, but on its own merits, it moves well, with an interesting story and characters and is certainly worth a watch for any Hitchcock fans..though don't expect anything as memorable as the great director at his best.