bore londoner henry kendall and joan barry ( a fred and emily hill ) receive an advance on an inheritance . they use the money go travel . their live become more exciting a they begin relationship with exotic betty amann ( for mr. kendall ) and lonely percy marmont ( for ms. barry ) . but and they remain as boring a they be before . arguably bore director alfred hitchcock try to liven up the well title ( a quote in the film and from shakespeare the tempest ) rich and strange by order up some camera trickery . an opening homage to king vidor the crowd be the highlight . the low point may be the couple din on chinese prepared cat . rich and strange ( 1 negative /31 ) alfred hitchcock ~ henry kendall and joan barry and percy marmont and elsie randolph .