After doing as many of these pieces as I have, sometimes it takes a while to figure out which celebrity to take on next.

And sometimes inspiration comes to you instead of you looking for it.

Over on Turner Classic Movies they were playing the charming, romantic, and suspenseful 1963 film Charade, starring Audrey Hepburn and Cary Grant, a film I’ve seen countless times and could see countless others. Known by many as the best Alfred Hitchcock film Alfred Hitchcock didn’t make, the film features a spectacular turn by Ms. Hepburn, who is at her charismatic best playing the freshly widowed Regina Lambert. Her husband, she finds only after he’s gone, was likely involved in hiding nearly a quarter of a million dollars stolen during the late stages of WWII.

At the man’s funeral, strange characters appear out of the woodwork, including Cary Grant -quite wonderful- as a man who may or may not have her interests at heart. The film also boasts early appearances by Walter Matthau, James Coburn, and George Kennedy. It’s a great film and, unfortunately, was re-made, not well at all, in 2002 as The Truth About Charlie.

Stick with the original and forget the remake was ever made.

And now, Ms. Hepburn…