Notorious

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In order to help bring Nazis to justice, U.S. government agent T.R. Devlin recruits Alicia Huberman, the American daughter of a convicted German war criminal, as a spy. As they begin to fall for one another, Alicia is instructed to win the affections of Alexander Sebastian, a Nazi hiding out in Brazil. When Sebastian becomes serious about his relationship with Alicia, the stakes get higher, and Devlin must watch her slip further undercover.

Starring the electric Ingrid Bergman and Cary Grant, Hitchcock's Notorious is a simmering tale of love and betrayal and "one of the outstanding testaments of Hitchcock’s expressive complexity as an artist.” (Village Voice)

Notorious screens as part of our "Costumes by Edith Head" series. Courtesy of Walt Disney Pictures and Swank Motion Pictures.