Above Suspicion (1943)

Above Suspicion (1943) is an American spy film distributed by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer starring Joan Crawford and Fred MacMurray, and directed by Richard Thorpe. The screenplay was adapted from the novel Above Suspicion (novel) by Helen MacInnes, which is loosely based on the life experiences of MacInnes and her husband, Gilbert Highet.

The plot follows two newlyweds who spy on the Nazis for the British Secret Service during their honeymoon in Europe.

This film marked the end of Crawford's 18-year career with MGM before signing with Warner Bros, and the last for character actor Conrad Veidt. who died of a heart attack a few weeks after shooting ended.

Synopsis

In the spring of 1939 in England, Oxford University professor Richard Myles (Fred MacMurray) and his new bride Frances (Joan Crawford) decide to honeymoon on the continent. Because they are American tourists and therefore "above suspicion," they find themselves commissioned by the British secret service to find an apparently missing scientist who has developed a countermeasure against a new Nazi secret weapon, a magnetic sea mine. Without knowing his name, what he looks like, or where to find him, the couple look upon the search as adventurous and cross Europe seeking clues from clandestine contacts.

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