Revealing mistake: When Marnie is dreaming, watch her window. The curtains move as if there is wind, but the window is closed.
Marnie (1964)
Ending / spoiler
Directed by: Alfred Hitchcock
Starring: Sean Connery, Diane Baker, Tippi Hedren, Louise Latham, Martin Gabel
Mark Rutland thinking that he knows why Marnie is disturbed, takes her to see her mama to get a confession out of her to 'free' her daughter's mind. But finds out on the night of the 'accident', that when Bernice (the mother) and her boyfriend were going to bed on a stormy night, until Marnie gets scared from the thunder and lightning. When the boyfriend tries to console her, Bernice get offended because she does not want him touching her daughter. Thinking that she has gone crazy, the boyfriend tries to calm her down, but Marnie, thinking that the boyfriend is attacking her mama, grabs a fireplace pick (or whatever it is called) and stabs him to his death. That is why Marnie is afraid to get close with men especially her husband Mark. And it is also the reason why she hates the color red because of the blood that was all over the boyfriend. Now that the truth was revealed, Marnie seems cured.
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More mistakes in Marnie
Marnie Edgar: Can't you understand? Isn't it plain enough? I cannot bear to be handled.
Mark Rutland: By anybody? Or just me?
Marnie Edgar: You... Men.
Mark Rutland: Really? You didn't seem to mind at my office that day, or at the stables. And all this last week i've handled you.
Trivia: Hitchcock's cameo comes five minutes into the film - he is entering from the left side of the hotel corridor after Marnie walks by.
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