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The Trouble with Harry

The Trouble with Harry

Comedy · Mystery · 1955

In a quiet Vermont village, a corpse creates unexpected chaos as several townspeople each believe they may be to blame.

Movie details

The Trouble with Harry

“A different kind of kick-the-bucket comedy!”

1955 Comedy · Mystery 1h 39m

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7.0 / 10

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In a quiet Vermont village, a corpse creates unexpected chaos as several townspeople each believe they may be to blame.

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The people responsible.

Directed by

Alfred Hitchcock

Written by

John Michael Hayes

John Forsythe

John Forsythe

Sam Marlowe

Shirley MacLaine

Shirley MacLaine

Jennifer Rogers

Edmund Gwenn

Edmund Gwenn

Captain Wiles

Mildred Natwick

Mildred Natwick

Miss Gravely

Mildred Dunnock

Mildred Dunnock

Mrs. Wiggs

Jerry Mathers

Jerry Mathers

Arnie Rogers

Royal Dano

Royal Dano

Calvin Wiggs

Court is in session

Put The Trouble with Harry on trial.

Two incompatible taste archetypes. One film. Read the arguments, then issue a completely binding cultural ruling.

The defence The Arthouse Gremlin

“Its refusal to behave is the point.”

The strange choices create the kind of friction that follows you out of the theatre and into the argument.

The prosecution The Popcorn Loyalist

“Oddness is not depth.”

A film can break every rule and still leave nothing behind but the memory of how hard it tried to be singular.