Free screening of 'Charade' (1963), the Stanley Donen comedy-thriller with Audrey Hepburn and Cary Grant, at the Saint Louis Art Museum.
Saint Louis Art Museum is screening Charade on Saturday, March 26, as part of its SLAM Cinema series. It's a 1963 mystery directed by Stanley Donen, and the screening runs from 2 PM to 4 PM. The film is an hour and 53 minutes long and is not rated.
If you've never seen it, Charade is a mid-century mystery that plays out in Paris. Audrey Hepburn stars as Reggie Lampert, a recently widowed American who discovers her late husband had stolen $250,000 from the US government during World War II. That puts her in the crosshairs of his former accomplices, who want the money back, and a CIA administrator who's just as determined to recover it. To survive, she turns to a charming stranger named Peter Joshua, played by Cary Grant, for protection. From there, the movie turns into a high-stakes cat-and-mouse game: the body count keeps climbing, and Joshua keeps changing his identity, leaving Reggie—and the audience—wondering who he actually is.
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It's a classic pairing of Hepburn and Grant, and the Paris setting gives it a specific kind of mid-century elegance. The plot is a twisty one, and seeing it on a big screen is a different experience than catching it on a small one at home. The screening is free, so you can just show up and settle in for the afternoon. It runs from 2 PM to 4 PM on Saturday, March 26, at the Saint Louis Art Museum.
