Charade

About Charade

After Regina Lampert falls for the dashing Peter Joshua on a skiing holiday in the French Alps, she discovers upon her return to Paris that her husband has been murdered. Soon, she and Peter are giving chase to three of her late husband's World War II cronies, Tex, Scobie and Gideon, who are after a quarter of a million dollars the quartet stole while behind enemy lines.

Charade (1963) is a comedy mystery film directed by Stanley Donen. It runs 113 minutes and was released in December 1963.

Its themes are central intelligence agency (CIA), widow, train, and whodunit.

Cary Grant stars as Peter Joshua, Audrey Hepburn as Regina Lampert, Walter Matthau as Hamilton Bartholemew, and James Coburn as Tex Panthollow. The screenplay is by Peter Stone. It comes from Stanley Donen Films and Universal Pictures. It streams on Amazon Prime Video, Amazon Prime Video with Ads, and Artiflix in the United States.

Mission: Impossible, Murder on the Orient Express, and Mission: Impossible - Fallout make useful companions to Charade, all filed under espionage and spy. TMDB voters put it at 7.7 out of 10 across 1,613 votes and it carries a NR rating.