Movie
Vertigo
1958PG2h 8m8.1 / 10
Alfred Hitchcock engulfs you in a whirlpool of terror and tension!
A retired San Francisco detective suffering from acrophobia investigates the strange activities of an old friend's wife, all the while becoming dangerously obsessed with her.
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Synopsis
A retired San Francisco detective suffering from acrophobia investigates the strange activities of an old friend's wife, all the while becoming dangerously obsessed with her.
Cast, crew and production details
About Vertigo
Cast
James StewartDet. John 'Scottie' Ferguson
Kim NovakMadeleine Elster / Judy Barton
Barbara Bel GeddesMarjorie 'Midge' Wood
Tom HelmoreGavin Elster
Henry JonesCoroner
Raymond BaileyScottie's Doctor
Ellen CorbyManager of McKittrick Hotel
Konstantin ShaynePop LeibelCredits
- Directed by
- Alfred Hitchcock
- Written by
- Alec Coppel, Samuel A. Taylor, Pierre Boileau, Thomas Narcejac
Production details
- Status
- Released
- Original language
- English
- Budget
- $2.5M
- Box office
- $7.8M
Production
Paramount PicturesUnited States- Alfred J. Hitchcock ProductionsUnited States
Themes
bachelorcomplicateddark romancedetectivefear of heightsfilm noirgolden gate bridgeinsurance fraudlove of one's lifemuseumnecklaceneo-noirnervousobsession
