A recently divorced woman hides her scandalous past from her new husband and his family.A recently divorced woman hides her scandalous past from her new husband and his family.A recently divorced woman hides her scandalous past from her new husband and his family.
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- TriviaAlfred Hitchcock: Walking past a tennis court carrying a walking stick.
- GoofsWhile sitting with Larita after she is hit with the tennis ball, John's sitting position changes between shots.
- Quotes
[last lines]
Larita Filton: [to news photographers] Shoot! There's nothing left to kill.
- Alternate versionsThere is an Italian edition of this film on DVD, distributed by DNA Srl: "SOTTO IL CAPRICORNO (Il peccato di Lady Considine, 1949) New Widescreen Edition + FRAGILE VIRTÙ (1927)" (2 Films on a single DVD, with "Under Capricorn" in double version 1.33:1 and 1.78:1), re-edited with the contribution of film historian Riccardo Cusin. This version is also available for streaming on some platforms.
- ConnectionsFeatured in Hitchcock/Truffaut (2015)
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You Need to Know the Times
The spoils of a male dominated society, as Britain was at this time. The main character is caught in a no win situation. Divorce, for whatever reason, was always put at the foot of the woman. She was the one disgraced. Abuse was accepted as the lot of many women because the husband was simply enforcing his rights. This is no great film. The hope that she could escape her past is certainly not a realistic one. She tries to start a new life with an anchor around one leg. Romance doesn't work out for her because she latches on to an innocent and so her doom is sealed. The family is unrelenting in its treatment of her and, of course, a news story surfaces. The performances are pretty ordinary. Hitchcock plays with the camera and one can pull some pretty neat scenes that probably were used again. I especially like the beginning scene where we focus on the judge's wig, soon revealing his stony presence. See this as a curiosity. It's by no means a masterwork.
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- Sep 10, 2008
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- Runtime1 hour 20 minutes
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- 1.33 : 1
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