Charade (1963)

Regina Lambert returns to Paris from a ski holiday in Switzerland to find that her husband has been murdered. She is later told by CIA agent Hamilton Bartholemew that Charles Lambert was one of five men who stole $250,000 in gold from the U.S. government during World War II, and the government wants it back. The money was not found among his possessions, and Regina can shed no light on its whereabouts. Later that day she is visited by Peter Joshua, whom she had met briefly while on holiday. When her husband's former partners in crime, who were double-crossed by Charles, start calling her looking for the money, Peter offers to help find it. Thus begins an elaborate charade in which nothing is what it seems to be.

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*Tagline: It's a guessing game of mirth and mystery!
*被好萊塢絢麗奪目的畫面 和嘆為觀止的特效寵壞的我，欣賞這部年紀比我大上一輪多的謎中謎，剛開始的幾分鐘，確實讓我有格格不入的距離感。但是，緊湊的劇情很快地把我的情緒捉牢，令我迫不及待的想要知道接下來的發展。畢竟一部好的電影，畫面或是特效的重要性是遠遠比不上劇情的。
*在這部電影中，二十五萬美金究竟落在何處，沒有人知道，缺乏實際證據的情形下，每位間諜必須絞盡腦汁取得情報，因此軟情報是本片的基本架構。此外，影片中的間諜跟老師上課所介 紹，歸類於寫實派【東山再起的間諜】一書中的間諜，在辦案和愛情上的際遇各不相同。寫實派的間諜 - 利馬斯感覺起來是一絲不苟、擇善固執的愛國鬥士。不幸地，他接近愚忠的愛國精神，反而被其祖國所利用，辦案的過程，不僅困難重重，甚至組員都無一倖存；和圖書館員的愛情，苦楚似乎更勝於甜美。謎中謎的葛蘭特查案的手法就比利馬斯高明許多，全片中最危險的橋段，算是在屋頂上的搏鬥，不過，他還是順利地擺平對手。在辦案之餘，葛蘭特也樂於跟赫本培養感情，當然他如此做是為了從赫本身上取得更多的情報，我覺得葛蘭特在知道赫本其實不知情後，反而產生了保護她的念頭。綜合辦案和愛情兩點的不同，謎中謎應該是屬於浪漫派的範疇。
*在謎中謎之前，我看了另 一部間諜電影 - 阿拉伯的勞倫斯。隨著勞倫斯在沙漠待得時間越久，他的角色反而從間諜變成替阿拉伯世界發聲的人物。嚴格來說，勞倫斯的轉變是為了他的私利 - 著眼於更多人福祉的私利。謎中謎的葛蘭特也為了他的私利 - 和赫本發展更進一步的感情而做改變。相較於寫實派的悲情，浪漫的間諜更吸引我，利馬斯的故事對想 藉著看電影放鬆的我來講，實在是過於沈重。