Above Suspicion (1943) on Netflix
In 1939, professor Richard Myles and his bride Frances set out on a European honeymoon. The British secret service sends them after a scientist with a countermeasure to a Nazi sea mine.
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Plot summary
It is spring 1939. Richard Myles, an Oxford professor, and his bride Frances plan a honeymoon in continental Europe. The British secret service asks them to find a scientist who has built a countermeasure to a new Nazi magnetic sea mine. They know neither his name nor his face, and they treat the search as an adventure, crossing Europe for clues from clandestine contacts. In Paris, a hat with a rose marks their first contact, who directs them to a café in Montmartre. A guidebook to southern Germany turns up in Richard's coat; ink dots on one of its maps form a musical staff carrying the opening notes of "My Love Is Like a Red, Red Rose," which the pair take as their password. Three pinpricks on that map point them to a Salzburg bookseller, A. Werner.
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Did you know?!Facts and trivia about Above Suspicion (1943)
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- Conrad Veidt's part in Above Suspicion was his final screen role: the actor died of a heart attack only weeks after shooting on the film had finished.
- Joan Crawford's appearance in Above Suspicion ended her 18-year career at MGM, after which she signed a new contract with Warner Bros.
- The 1941 novel the film was adapted from, Above Suspicion by Scots-American writer Helen MacInnes, was loosely drawn from the real experiences of MacInnes and her husband Gilbert Highet.
