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Cary Grant behind Alfred Hitchcock's audacious 'double bluff' that stunned viewers
JUST IN: Cary Grant: Star died suddenly from a stroke - warning signsFontaine's character is swept off her feet by Grant's, though she soon learns of the financial turmoil he is in, and that he has no ambition beyond gambling. McCann said: "Hitchcock had wanted Grant for the role precisely because of such audience expectations. "He knew that audiences on seeing Johnnie Aysgarth would know that he was Cary Grant, so that however bleak the situation might become, they would not believe that a character played by Grant could really turn out to be a murderer.
