Marnie
1964, NR, 129 min.
Directed by Alfred Hitchcock, Narrated by , Voices by , Starring Tippi Hedren, Sean Connery, Di Ane Baker, Louise Latham, Martin Gabel, Alan Napier.

Universal Hitchcock Series: For my money, this Freudian tale about a beautiful kleptomaniac and liar is one of Hitchcock’s best accomplishments, certainly one of his most perverse. A disappointment at the time of its release, this one gains more credibility with each passing year.

This article appears in August 13 • 1999 (Cover).

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Marjorie Baumgarten is a film critic and contributing writer at The Austin Chronicle, where she has worked in many capacities since the paper's founding in 1981. She served as the Chronicle's Film Reviews editor for 25 years.