
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 different kind of kick-the-bucket comedy!”
The trouble with Harry is that he’s dead. In a quiet Vermont village, a corpse creates unexpected chaos as several townspeople each believe they may be to blame.

John Forsythe
Sam Marlowe

Shirley MacLaine
Jennifer Rogers

Edmund Gwenn
Captain Wiles

Mildred Natwick
Miss Gravely

Mildred Dunnock
Mrs. Wiggs

Jerry Mathers
Arnie Rogers

Royal Dano
Calvin Wiggs

Parker Fennelly
Millionaire
Barry Macollum
Tramp

Dwight Marfield
Dr. Greenbow
The Trouble with Harry is a comedy, mystery film released in 1955 exploring themes of small town, based on novel or book, painting, black humor, dead body, whodunit. Directed by Alfred Hitchcock, it stars John Forsythe, Shirley MacLaine, Edmund Gwenn. The trouble with Harry is that he’s dead. In a quiet Vermont village, a corpse creates unexpected chaos as several townspeople each believe they may be to blame.
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