Before the Fact

TCM

109 minutes

1941

Mysterious / Romantic / Thriller

Wealthy, sheltered Lina McLaidlaw is swept off her feet by charming ne'er-do-well Johnnie Aysgarth. Though warned that Johnnie is little more than a fortune hunter, Lina marries him anyway and remains loyal to her irresponsible husband as he plows his way from one disreputable business scheme to another. Gradually Lina comes to the conclusion that Johnnie intends to kill her in order to collect her inheritance.

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About show

1941

Mysterious / Romantic / Thriller

Creators

Alfred Hitchcock

Cast

Cary Grant, Joan Fontaine, Cedric Hardwicke, Billy Bevan, Alfred Hitchcock, Nigel Bruce, May Whitty, Isabel Jeans, Heather Angel, Auriol Lee, Reginald Sheffield, Leo G. Carroll, Faith Brook, Violet Campbell, Leonard Carey, David Clyde, Clyde Cook, Alec Craig, Carol Curtis-Brown, Vernon Downing, Rex Evans, Edward Fielding, Gavin Gordon, Lumsden Hare, Gertrude Hoffmann, Kenneth Hunter, Dorothy Lloyd, Aubrey Mather, Nondas Metcalf, Rita Page, Hilda Plowright, Clara Reid, Maureen Roden-Ryan, Donald Stuart, Denis Tankard, Pax Walker, Ben Webster, Elsie Weller, Constance Worth