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Psychological drama about a detective who is led through a complicated series of frauds. He falls in love with the woman he is assigned to follow, only to see her commit suicide...or so he thinks...

Product Identifiers

ProducerAlfred Hitchcock

EAN5050582958317

eBay Product ID (ePID)169997701

Product Key Features

ActorBarbara Bel Geddes, Henry Jones, Jack Richardson, Kim Novak, Roland Got, Konstantin Shayne, Raymond Bailey, Ellen Corby, Lee Patrick, Paul Bryar, Tom Helmore, James Stewart

Film/TV TitleVertigo

DirectorAlfred Hitchcock

LanguageEnglish

Run Time123 Mins

Aspect Ratio1.85 Anamorphic Wide Screen

Release Year2013

FormatBlu-ray

FeaturesWidescreen

GenreThriller, General

Additional Product Features

Number of Discs1

CertificatePG

Country/Region of ManufactureUnited States of America

ComposerBernard Herrmann

Production DesignerHenry Bumstead

Additional InformationVERTIGO is Alfred Hitchcock's haunting tale of deception, madness, and death, a masterful exploration of fantasy and anxiety. The film ranks with REAR WINDOW as one of the director's most closely studied films for its psychological complexity, while the obsession of its protagonist--John "Scottie" Ferguson (James Stewart)--can also be seen to parallel that of Hitchcock's own fascination with the icy-blonde leading lady he recreated at the center of so many of his films. Scottie Ferguson is a retired detective, his career ended by the onset of a paralyzing fear of heights. An old friend, the wealthy Gavin Elster (Tom Helmore), hires Ferguson to follow his wife (Kim Novak), whom, he explains, has grown obsessed with an ancestor of hers. The assignment draws Ferguson out of his comfortable role as observer and into a complex web of intrigue, mingled with the detective's own fantasies and fears. Stewart gives an exceptional performance as the disintegrating detective, while Novak, who was left largely undirected by Hitchcock, conveys a subtle and powerful psychological journey. Another star of the film is its San Francisco setting. VERTIGO is considered one of Hitchcock's finest and most complex films.

ScreenwriterAlec Coppel, Samuel W. Taylor

Art DirectorHal Pereira

Costume DesignerEdith Head

AuthorPierre Boileau, Thomas Narcejac

Sound sourceDolby Digital

EditorGeorge Tomasini

Movie/TV TitleVertigo

Director of PhotographyRobert Burks

Consumer AdviceContains mild threat and references to suicide