Pfeiffer's blonde lead is suggestive of past Hitchcock blondes Grace Kelly, Kim Novak and Tippi Hedren, while Ford's two-faced character evokes Joseph Cotten in Shadow of a Doubt and Claude Rains in Notorious.
Pfeiffer's blonde lead is suggestive of past Hitchcock blondes Grace Kelly, Kim Novak and Tippi Hedren, while Ford's two-faced character evokes Joseph Cotten in Shadow of a Doubt and Claude Rains in Notorious. Characters, plot developments and several stylistic elements honor Rear Window, Vertigo, Spellbound, Rebecca and Psycho.