The Trouble with Harry
1955 · Movie · PG · 99 min · ★ 7.0 · 81% critics
In a quiet Vermont village, a dead body turns an ordinary day into a strangely polite scramble. As more locals stumble onto the scene, each starts to wonder if they’re somehow responsible, and the group’s attempts to handle the situation only create more awkward, darkly funny complications.
Also known as Alfred Hitchcock's The Trouble with Harry
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Details
- Years
- 1955
- Release date
- 1955-10-03
- Language
- English
- Rated
- PG
- Runtime
- 99 min
- Critic score
- 81/100
- TMDB rating
- 7.0/10 (899 votes)
- Box office
- $7,000,000
- Budget
- $1,200,000
About
If you enjoy offbeat, lighthearted black comedies where the mystery is secondary to quirky conversations and small-town chaos, this should land well; Not for you if you want high tension or a fast whodunit like Charade.
Pros: quirky dark humor; charming small-town cast; witty dialogue | Cons: low suspense; slow, talky pace; jokes hit-or-miss
Themes
- small town
- based on novel or book
- painting
- black humor
- dead body
- whodunit
- falling in love
- corpse
- hunting
- vermont
- autumn
- murder mystery
- +3 more
Cast & crew
John Forsythe
as Sam Marlowe
Shirley MacLaine
as Jennifer Rogers
Edmund Gwenn
as Captain Wiles
Mildred Natwick
as Miss Gravely
Mildred Dunnock
as Mrs. Wiggs
Jerry Mathers
as Arnie Rogers
Royal Dano
as Calvin Wiggs
Parker Fennelly
as Millionaire
- BM
Barry Macollum
as Tramp
Dwight Marfield
as Dr. Greenbow
Directed by Alfred Hitchcock