Alma Kruger

Two school teachers and the man they both love face ruin when a malicious student cooks up a lie.

Unfolding over the course of one day, Arzner’s film focuses on a materialistic and calculating wife who believes love complicates marriage. Harriet Craig’s way of life, which she’ll stop at nothing to protect, comes under threat when her husband is caught up in a scandal.

Montgomery tries to buy the farm property next to their skyscraper - on Fifth Avenue, in the heart of NYC - which is owned by Judy Goober and her uncle Lem, a country bumpkin who refuses to sell.

Director Alfred Hitchcock combines suspense and humor in a tale of an innocent man accused of wartime sabotage - he becomes front page news while evading the police on a cross-country hunt for the real spies.