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Title

posted 17 years ago by jenbob134
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Now, I know their were many titles in the running for this film but does anyone know what the main one was, the one they almost took.

[–] rexshard93 17 years ago

Suspicion (1941) is the main title.

[–] jenbob134 17 years ago

Wow really!

[–] jenbob134 17 years ago

I heard it was going to be called Johnnie but I'm not sure whether thats true.

[–] rexshard93 17 years ago

Johnnie was considered for the main title. But RKO's final decision under RKO Studio Head George Schaefer was to call the film "Suspicion".

[–] Maxim_De_Winter 17 years ago

Yea, Hitch originally wanted to call it "Johnny", after the main character (some say it was also after prized dog). RKO polled a few titles, and found that Suspicion was the most lucrative, so to Hitchcock's dismay, they chose it.

[–] rexshard93 17 years ago

Samson Raphaelson considers Suspicion "in many ways my best screenplay." But he wrote brilliant films like Trouble in Paradise, Broken Lullaby, Smiling Lieutenant, and The Shop around the Corner.