Above Suspicion

Above Suspicion (1943) is a Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer feature film starring Joan Crawford, Fred MacMurray, and Basil Rathbone in a story about newlyweds spying on the Nazis for the British Secret Service. The screenplay by Keith Winter, Melville Baker, and Patricia Coleman was based upon the novel Above Suspicion by Helen MacInnes. The film was directed by Richard Thorpe and produced by Victor Saville, and was Crawford's last feature for MGM before sig... more

Above Suspicion (1943) is a Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer feature film starring Joan Crawford, Fred MacMurray, and Basil Rathbone in a story about newlyweds spying on the Nazis for the British Secret Service. The screenplay by Keith Winter, Melville Baker, and Patricia Coleman was based upon the novel Above Suspicion by Helen MacInnes. The film was directed by Richard Thorpe and produced by Victor Saville, and was Crawford's last feature for MGM before signing with Warner Bros.. Frances and Richard Myles (Joan Crawford and Fred MacMurray) are newlyweds honeymooning in Europe on the eve of World War II. Unexpectedly, they find themselves commissioned by the British secret service to secure the plans for a new secret weapon masterminded by the Nazis (involving magnetic mines). The trail leads them to Innsbruck where they arouse the suspicions of Gestapo chief Von Ashenhausen (Basil Rathbone). Having secured the plans, the couple find great difficulty leaving the country. Frances is captured and... less