---
title: 'The Paradine Case (1947)'
type: 'film'
director: 'Alfred Hitchcock'
released: '1947-01-01'
runtime_minutes: 125
genres:
  - 'Drama'
  - 'Romance'
  - 'Mystery'
countries:
  - 'United States'
canonical: 'https://cinepixo.com/movies/the-paradine-case-1947'
review_count: 0
imdb: 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0039694/'
publisher: 'CinePixo'
---

# The Paradine Case (1947)

1947 · 125 min · Drama, Romance, Mystery · United States


## Synopsis

The Paradine Case is a 1947 American courtroom drama film with elements of film noir set in England, directed by Alfred Hitchcock and produced by David O. Selznick. Selznick and an uncredited Ben Hecht wrote the screenplay from an adaptation by Alma Reville and James Bridie of the 1933 novel by Robert Smythe Hichens. The film stars Gregory Peck, Ann Todd, Alida Valli, Charles Laughton, Charles Coburn, Ethel Barrymore, and Louis Jourdan. It tells of an English barrister who falls in love with a woman who is accused of murder, and how it affects his relationship with his wife.

## Credits

- **Director:** [Alfred Hitchcock](https://cinepixo.com/people/alfred-hitchcock)
- **Screenplay:** [David O. Selznick](https://cinepixo.com/people/david-o-selznick), [Alma Reville](https://cinepixo.com/people/alma-reville), [Ben Hecht](https://cinepixo.com/people/ben-hecht), [James Bridie](https://cinepixo.com/people/james-bridie)
- **Producer:** [David O. Selznick](https://cinepixo.com/people/david-o-selznick)
- **Original Music Composer:** [Franz Waxman](https://cinepixo.com/people/franz-waxman), [Paul Dessau](https://cinepixo.com/people/paul-dessau)
- **Director of Photography:** [Lee Garmes](https://cinepixo.com/people/lee-garmes)
- **Editor:** [Hal C. Kern](https://cinepixo.com/people/hal-c-kern)

## Cast

- [Snub Pollard](https://cinepixo.com/people/snub-pollard)
- [Leonard Carey](https://cinepixo.com/people/leonard-carey)
- [Charles Coburn](https://cinepixo.com/people/charles-coburn)
- [Isobel Elsom](https://cinepixo.com/people/isobel-elsom)
- [Alida Valli](https://cinepixo.com/people/alida-valli)
- [Lester Matthews](https://cinepixo.com/people/lester-matthews)
- [Gregory Peck](https://cinepixo.com/people/gregory-peck)
- [Edgar Norton](https://cinepixo.com/people/edgar-norton)
- [John Williams](https://cinepixo.com/people/john-williams)
- [Joan Tetzel](https://cinepixo.com/people/joan-tetzel)
- [Leo G. Carroll](https://cinepixo.com/people/leo-g-carroll)
- [Charles Laughton](https://cinepixo.com/people/charles-laughton)
- [Louis Jourdan](https://cinepixo.com/people/louis-jourdan)
- [Lumsden Hare](https://cinepixo.com/people/lumsden-hare)
- [Colin Kenny](https://cinepixo.com/people/colin-kenny)

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