The Trouble with Harry Overview:

The Trouble with Harry (1955) was a Comedy - Mystery Film directed by Alfred Hitchcock and produced by Alfred Hitchcock and Herbert Coleman.

The film was based on the novel of the same name written by Jack Trevor Story published in 1949.

SYNOPSIS

Hitchcock winks at his predilection for the macabre with this black comedy romp around a troublesome dead body. MacLaine's son (a pre-Beaver Mathers) finds a corpse who turns out to be MacLaine's ex. Gripped with guilt and panic, she buries the body, but it keeps moving thanks to other guilty parties such as batty old lady Natwick and sea captain Gwenn. Romance follows for the guilty parties and accessory-after-the-fact Forsythe. Herrmann's first of many brilliant scores for the famed director, and MacLaine's first screen appearance.

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BlogHub Articles:

The Trouble With Harry (1955): Hitchcock, Humor, and The Macabre

By 4 Star Film Fan on Dec 16, 2021 From 4 Star Films

Idyllic is the word for The Trouble with Harry, and it positively crackles with the autumnal delights one can only know in locales where the seasons give way one to another. Alfred Hitchcock’s filmography boasts many opulent and gorgeously shot sequences, but Trouble With Harry might have some... Read full article


The Trouble with Harry (1955, Alfred Hitchcock)

By Andrew Wickliffe on Feb 8, 2019 From The Stop Button

The Trouble with Harry is very cute. It?s fine, the film?s intentionally cute, but it?s also somewhat frustrating. With the exception of the glorious Technicolor exteriors of Vermont leaves, director Hitchcock and photographer Robert Burks don?t do anything particularly interesting. John Michael Hay... Read full article


The Trouble with Harry (1955, Alfred Hitchcock)

on Feb 8, 2019 From The Stop Button

The Trouble with Harry is very cute. It?s fine, the film?s intentionally cute, but it?s also somewhat frustrating. With the exception of the glorious Technicolor exteriors of Vermont leaves, director Hitchcock and photographer Robert Burks don?t do anything particularly interesting. John Michael Hay... Read full article


The Trouble with Harry (1955, Alfred Hitchcock)

on Feb 8, 2019 From The Stop Button

The Trouble with Harry is very cute. It?s fine, the film?s intentionally cute, but it?s also somewhat frustrating. With the exception of the glorious Technicolor exteriors of Vermont leaves, director Hitchcock and photographer Robert Burks don?t do anything particularly interesting. John Michael Hay... Read full article


The Trouble with Harry (1955, Alfred Hitchcock)

By Andrew Wickliffe on Feb 8, 2019 From The Stop Button

The Trouble with Harry is very cute. It?s fine, the film?s intentionally cute, but it?s also somewhat frustrating. With the exception of the glorious Technicolor exteriors of Vermont leaves, director Hitchcock and photographer Robert Burks don?t do anything particularly interesting. John Michael Hay... Read full article


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Quotes from

Jennifer Rogers: I've never been to a home-made funeral before.
Capt. Wiles: I have... it's my third. All in one day...


Sam Marlowe: Didn't know you had such a pretty mother, Arnie.
Arnie: You think she's pretty, you should see my slingshot.


Sam Marlowe: Let's get Harry and pop him in.
Capt. Wiles: With hasty reverence.


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Facts about

Alfred Hitchcock: about 20 minutes in, walking past the limousine of a man looking at the paintings.
The poem that the doctor is reading when he finally discovers the body is Sonnet 116 by William Shakespeare.
Harry gets dug up four times throughout the film.
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