The Trouble with Harry (1955)

Directed by

Alfred Hitchcock

Genre

drama film, crime film, mystery film, thriller film, crime thriller film, crime drama film

Country

United States

Runtime

1h 39m

Rated

PG

Rating

7.0 of 10 from 911 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A small New England town gets into mild chaos when a few residents discover a dead body in the woods. They keep moving and hiding the corpse while politely figuring out what happened. The movie follows their calm and amusing reactions rather than suspense.

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What happens

The Trouble with Harry is a 1955 American Technicolor black comedy film directed by Alfred Hitchcock. The screenplay by John Michael Hayes was based on the 1949 novel of the same name by Jack Trevor Story. It stars Edmund Gwenn, John Forsythe, Mildred Natwick, Jerry Mathers and Shirley MacLaine in her film debut. The film was released in the United States on September 30, 1955, then re-released in 1984 after the distribution rights were acquired by Universal Pictures. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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