The Trouble with Harry (1955) | |
| Director(s) | Alfred Hitchcock |
| Producer(s) | Herbert Coleman (associate), Alfred Hitchcock (uncredited) |
| Top Genres | Comedy, Mystery, Thriller/Suspense |
| Top Topics | Book-Based |
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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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The Trouble With Harry (1955): Hitchcock, Humor, and The Macabre
By 4 Star Film Fan on Dec 16, 2021 From 4 Star FilmsIdyllic 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 ButtonThe 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 ButtonThe 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 ButtonThe 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 ButtonThe 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
Sam Marlowe: Hmm... fifty. How old do you think you are?
Miss Graveley: Forty-two! I can show you my birth certificate.
Sam Marlowe: I'm afraid you're going to have to show more than your birth certificate to convince a man of that.
Miss Graveley: [Arnie puts a dead rabbit on the table while the Captain and Miss Graveley are having tea] What do you call him?
Arnie: Dead.
Capt. Wiles: Where did you get him?
Arnie: I found him.
Miss Graveley: Where did you find him?
Arnie: [Looking at the tea table] In the blueberry muffins.
Miss Graveley: [to Capt. Wiles] I'm grateful to you for burying my body.
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Facts about
One of Alfred Hitchcock's favorites of all his films.
Originally designed by Alfred Hitchcock as an experiment in seeing how audiences would react to a non-star-driven film. He was of the opinion that oftentimes having a big star attached actually hindered the narrative flow and style of the story. He also developed the film with a view to test how American audiences would react to a more subtle brand of humor than that which they were used to.
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