Charade (1963)

Charade, starring Cary Grant and Audrey Hepburn, is an odd, quirky, funny and strange film about a woman (Hepburn) who's husband is murdered over a missing $250,000. She comes home to find her apartment emptied and a man (Grant) offering to assist her. She has no idea where the money is located and is hounded and threatened by a CIA official (Walter Matthau) and ex-US military buddies (James Coburn, George Kennedy) who served with Hepburn's husband.

The film has an odd sense of pacing and very light-hearted and often uncommon sense of humor. The film's logic is light and weak at best, but the weight of Grant and Hepburn's charm carry the film.

The film was not critically acclaimed, but was widely popular when it was released over 40 years ago and I can see why. The plot holes are big enough to drive through and the reactions to people being threatened with murder are far from realistic, but it's all in good fun.

It certainly will never be one of the greatest films of all time, but it is a treat to see Hepburn and Grant working together.