Marnie Edgar is a habitual liar and a thief who gets jobs as a secretary and after a few months robs the firms in question, usually of several thousand dollars. When she gets a job at Rutland's, she also catches the eye of the handsome owner, Mark Rutland. He prevents her from stealing and running off, as is her usual pattern, but also forces her to marry him. Their honeymoon is a disaster and she cannot stand to have a man touch her and on their return home, Mark has a private detective look into her past. When he has the details of what happened in her childhood to make her what she is, he arranges a confrontation with her mother realizing that reliving the terrible events that occurred in her childhood and bringing out those repressed memories is the only way to save her.
Tippi Hedren | Marnie Edgar |
Sean Connery | Mark Rutland |
Diane Baker | Lil Mainwaring |
Louise Latham | Bernice Edgar |
Martin Gabel | Sidney Strutt |
Alan Napier | Mr. Rutland |
Mariette Hartley | Susan Clabon |
Bob Sweeney | Cousin Bob |
Milton Selzer | Man at Track |
Bruce Dern | Sailor |
Henry Beckman | First Detective |
S. John Launer | Sam Ward |
Edith Evanson | Rita, Cleaning Woman |
John Hart | Minister (uncredited) |
Meg Wyllie | Mrs. Turpin |
Bernard Herrmann | Composer |
Robert Burks | Cinematographer |
George Tomasini | Editor |
Robert F. Boyle | Production Designer |