Marnie (1964)

Directed by Alfred Hitchcock. With Tippi Hedren, Sean Connery, Martin Gabel, Louise Latham. Mark marries Marnie although she is a habitual thief and has serious psychological problems, and tries to help her confront and resolve them.

One year after she appeared as Melanie Daniels in Alfred Hitchcock's thriller, The Birds, actress Tippi Hedren took on another Hitchcock role in this unusual psychological drama. Marnie Edgars (Hedren) is a scheming young woman who repeatedly finds employment as a secretary and then proceeds to rob her employers. Though she changes her disguise, her new boss Mark Rutland (Sean Connery), a business associate of one victim, recognizes her. Mark proves to be a bit unusual himself and, instead of reporting her to the police, is intrigued by her criminal behavior--as well as her bizarre aversion to touch. Mark slowly uncovers the events in Marnie's past that have caused her antisocial behavior. Taken from Winston Graham's best-selling novel, Jay Presson Allen adapted Marnie to the screen. Allen would go on to create many more unusual female protagonists for the screen and stage.

Hitchcock creates a masterful psychological thriller about a compulsive liar and thief (Tippi Hedren), who winds up marrying the very man (Sean Connery) she ...

Richard Brody on Alfred Hitchcock’s “Marnie,” from 1964, which betrays the often grotesque carnality behind the director’s meticulous art.

Overview of Marnie, 1964, directed by Alfred Hitchcock, with Tippi Hedren, Sean Connery, Diane Baker, at Turner Classic Movies

Marnie (1964)

When Marnie first came out, Alfred Hitchcock was firmly wedged in the center of a war between enemies and acolytes. Pauline Kael thought the Master of Suspense was scraping bottom with this tale of...