---
title: 'Under Capricorn (1949)'
type: 'film'
director: 'Alfred Hitchcock'
released: '1949-01-01'
runtime_minutes: 112
genres:
  - 'Drama'
  - 'Crime'
  - 'History'
countries:
  - 'United Kingdom'
canonical: 'https://cinepixo.com/movies/under-capricorn-1949'
review_count: 0
imdb: 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0042004/'
publisher: 'CinePixo'
---

# Under Capricorn (1949)

1949 · 112 min · Drama, Crime, History · United Kingdom


## Synopsis

Under Capricorn is a 1949 British historical drama film directed by Alfred Hitchcock about a couple in Australia who started out as lady and stable boy in Ireland, and who are now bound together by a horrible secret. The film is based on the play by John Colton and Margaret Linden, which in turn is based on the novel Under Capricorn (1937) by Helen Simpson. The screenplay was written by James Bridie from an adaptation by Hume Cronyn. This was Hitchcock's second film in Technicolor, and like his preceding colour film Rope (1948), it features 9- and 10-minute long takes.

## Credits

- **Director:** [Alfred Hitchcock](https://cinepixo.com/people/alfred-hitchcock)
- **Screenplay:** [Hume Cronyn](https://cinepixo.com/people/hume-cronyn)
- **Original Music Composer:** [Richard Addinsell](https://cinepixo.com/people/richard-addinsell)
- **Producer:** [Sidney Bernstein, Baron Bernstein](https://cinepixo.com/people/sidney-bernstein-baron-bernstein)
- **Director of Photography:** [Jack Cardiff](https://cinepixo.com/people/jack-cardiff)
- **Editor:** [Bert Bates](https://cinepixo.com/people/bert-bates)

## Cast

- [Alfred Hitchcock](https://cinepixo.com/people/alfred-hitchcock)
- [Joseph Cotten](https://cinepixo.com/people/joseph-cotten)
- [Ronald Adam](https://cinepixo.com/people/ronald-adam)
- [Denis O'Dea](https://cinepixo.com/people/denis-o-dea)
- [Jack Watling](https://cinepixo.com/people/jack-watling)
- [Margaret Leighton](https://cinepixo.com/people/margaret-leighton)
- [Ingrid Bergman](https://cinepixo.com/people/ingrid-bergman)
- [Michael Wilding](https://cinepixo.com/people/michael-wilding)
- [Francis de Wolff](https://cinepixo.com/people/francis-de-wolff)
- [Cecil Parker](https://cinepixo.com/people/cecil-parker)
- [Harcourt Williams](https://cinepixo.com/people/harcourt-williams)

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