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Inspired by a Guardian article and since there's nothing on TV this evening I rented this - Hitchcock (genius); Paul Newman and Julie Andrews - must be great. It wasn't; it was dreadful with some of the worst acting I've seen in ages. No surprise that Alfred's traditional cameo was with a baby shitting on his knee. Appropriate. Worst of all was Lila Kedrova doing her one act badly for the hundredth time.
Really bad - examples - the FIRE sequence; a bad echo of the old 39 Steps and other previous ones; the Death Struggle - far too long and predictable - even the fingers were ham acting. The whole film looked like Hitchcock was now bored and tired.