Granger, who played Philip, was even the lover of Arthur Laurents, who worked on the screenplay with Cronyn. Hitchcock highly enjoyed this slightly kinky touch that was added to the film. Because of the clear homosexual implications in the script, Carey Grant, originally Rupert, and Montgomery Clift, originally Brandon, decided to not do the film because they were scared of the career implications the film could have caused for them. They were replaced by James Stewart and John Dall, respectively…
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