Charade
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77% Critic Match

Charade

Is anyone really who they seem to be?

7.7 / 10 1963 1h 53mNR English
ComedyMysteryRomance

Storyline

After Regina Lampert falls for the dashing Peter Joshua on a skiing holiday in the French Alps, she discovers upon her return to Paris that her husband has been murdered. Soon, she and Peter are giving chase to three of her late husband's World War II cronies, Tex, Scobie and Gideon, who are after a quarter of a million dollars the quartet stole while behind enemy lines.

Cast & Crew

Cary Grant

Cary Grant

Peter Joshua

Lead
Audrey Hepburn

Audrey Hepburn

Regina Lampert

Walter Matthau

Walter Matthau

Hamilton Bartholemew

James Coburn

James Coburn

Tex Panthollow

George Kennedy

George Kennedy

Herman Scobie

Dominique Minot

Dominique Minot

Sylvie Gaudel

Ned Glass

Ned Glass

Leopold Gideon

Jacques Marin

Jacques Marin

Edouard Grandpierre

What People Are Saying

4.0
A staggering achievement of craft and ambition. Stanley Donen's vision lands with breathtaking precision.
Manohla Dargis, The New York Times
4.0
Every frame feels alive. Charade is the rare release that takes its audience seriously.
Anthony Lane, The New Yorker