Marnie

Alfred Hitchcock's 1964 film follows a woman who robs the companies she works for and changes identity. One employer catches her. Instead of reporting her he marries her. The film traces her behaviour to childhood; the narrative builds its psychological explanation through the assumptions of its period. Tippi Hedren and Sean Connery lead. Years later Hedren described the director's conduct off set. The use of colour is deliberately artificial. Who it's for: those studying the history of cinema. Who it's not for: viewers who cannot take a scene of marital rape presented in a romantic frame; that is how the film gives it.