
Vertigo(1958)
A retired San Francisco detective suffering from acrophobia investigates the strange activities of an old friend's wife, all the while becoming dangerously obsessed with her.
A retired detective suffering from acrophobia investigates the strange activities of an old friend's wife, all the while becoming dangerously obsessed with her.

Robert Downey Jr.
John 'Scottie' Ferguson
Vertigo is a romance, mystery, thriller film exploring themes of sense of guilt, obsession, detective, vertigo, remake, fear of heights. it stars Robert Downey Jr.. A retired detective suffering from acrophobia investigates the strange activities of an old friend's wife, all the while becoming dangerously obsessed with her.
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