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The Trouble with Harry (1955)

The Trouble with Harry poster
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
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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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