The Paradine Case (1947), directed by Alfred Hitchcock. Blu-ray at home, Tuesday, March 25.

I’m watching a lot of Hitchcock because, for whatever reason, the older I get the more I appreciate his movies, and studying them is very rewarding. I’ve seen almost all of his movies, but The Paradine Case was difficult to find. I ended up having to shell out $20 for the Blu-ray.

This is without question the worst Hitchcock film I’ve ever seen. I’m not going to waste too much time on this one, because it’s almost painful recounting it. Gregory Peck is wooden, as is AIda Valli, his love interest and a woman accused of murder. Her character should’ve been played by Ingrid Bergman, but then again, even Bergman couldn’t have saved the awful plot, hamhandedly adapted by David O. Selznick. But it wastes Louis Jordan, Charles Laughton and Charles Coburn (so great in Bachelor Mother and More the Merrier). This movie is tedious and dull, with plot twists that are barely twists leading to a conclusion that I guessed would come ten minutes in.