Charade (1963)

Film · 1h 53m

A charming stranger helps a woman evade dangerous criminals while witty banter and romance blossom in Paris.

Romantic and suspenseful, with dry wit. A date-night pick at a brisk pace. Emotionally it carries some weight.

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Charade parents guide

There is no US rating to lean on. What we tagged stays mild: some violence and no gore.

Scare: Mildly scary; A few tense or eerie moments.
Jump scares: None noted
Gore: No gore
Violence: Some violence; Some fighting or peril.
Sex and nudity: None flagged; It has no US rating to check against, so treat our zero as unconfirmed.
Language: None flagged; It has no US rating to check against, so treat our zero as unconfirmed.

How we rate: an AI reads what is known about each title and tags it 0 to 3; we check the tags against a hand-rated set and correct them by hand when readers tell us. Estimates, not a scene-by-scene review. Spot a mistake? Tell us.

Three questions

Is Charade scary?: Only a little. Charade has a few tense moments, nothing that follows you to bed.
How gory is Charade?: No gore and some violence. Squeamish viewers are fine here.

What is Charade about?

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.

Does it have a happy ending? (spoiler-safe)

There is a twist, and that is all we are saying.