Rich and Strange

Rich and Strange

1h 23m 5.5/10

Overview

Believing that an unexpected inheritance will bring them happiness, a married couple instead finds their relationship strained to the breaking point.

Director

Alfred Hitchcock

Top Billed Cast

Elsie Randolph

Elsie Randolph

The Old Maid

Percy Marmont

Percy Marmont

Commander Gordon

Betty Amann

Betty Amann

The Princess

Joan Barry

Joan Barry

Emily Hill

Aubrey Dexter

Aubrey Dexter

Colonel (uncredited)

Henry Kendall

Henry Kendall

Fred Hill

Reviews

CinemaSerf

CinemaSerf

6/13/2022

5/10

A good advertisement for a holiday cruise this definitely isn't: a combination of sea-sickness; decks packed to the gunwales and some overtly snobbish fellow passengers make me realise why I quite like planes! Henry Kendall and Joan Barry come into a windfall inheritance and decide to celebrate by going on such an holiday - and soon discover that it isn't all it is cracked up to be. Using some of Hitchcock's expertly hones silent film skills, we tell the story as our nouveau-riche couple slowly realise that wealth isn't everything as their behaviour and attitudes start to adapt to their new surroundings. Don't look for any traditional suspense or thrills in this; it is a much more pedestrian assessment of shallowness and flummery with some quite poignant observations of a rather pointless existence.

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