![]() ![]() ![]() He gives his character, who should be hateful, a humanistic quality that makes him an even more complicated figure. Claude Rains, who is a personal favorite of mine, is absolutely fabulous in this film. The acting in `Notorious' is top-notch Grant and Bergman were at their best during this era. ![]() While the scenes never get beyond the standard close-ups of their kisses, the chemistry is a heavy physical presence. ![]() `Notorious', despite adhering to the chaste Hayes Code of the time has some of the steamiest scenes between two actors that I can recall during that era. Of course, love develops between Devlin and Alicia, which complicates their operation and of course, their lives. The plan is to get them together so that she can spy on Sebastian and his colleagues so that the Americans can get a leg up on their mutual espionage. Devlin brings Alicia to Brazil in hopes to arrange a meeting with Alex Sebastian (the fantastic Claude Rains) another German spy who just happens to have a history with Alicia insofar that he was in love with her. Devlin, an American agent who employs the assistance of Alicia Huberman, (Ingrid Bergman) a German expatriate whose father has just been convicted as a German spy. In Alfred Hitchcock's 1946 film, `Notorious', Cary Grant plays T.R. ![]()
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