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The Trouble with Harry Overview:

The Trouble with Harry (1955) was a Comedy - Mystery Film directed by Alfred Hitchcock and produced by Alfred Hitchcock and Herbert Coleman.

The film was based on the novel of the same name written by Jack Trevor Story published in 1949.

SYNOPSIS

Hitchcock winks at his predilection for the macabre with this black comedy romp around a troublesome dead body. MacLaine's son (a pre-Beaver Mathers) finds a corpse who turns out to be MacLaine's ex. Gripped with guilt and panic, she buries the body, but it keeps moving thanks to other guilty parties such as batty old lady Natwick and sea captain Gwenn. Romance follows for the guilty parties and accessory-after-the-fact Forsythe. Herrmann's first of many brilliant scores for the famed director, and MacLaine's first screen appearance.

(Source: available at Amazon AMC Classic Movie Companion).

The Trouble with Harry BlogHub Articles:

The Trouble With Harry (1955): Hitchcock, Humor, and The Macabre

By 4 Star Film Fan on Dec 16, 2021 From 4 Star Films

Idyllic is the word for The Trouble with Harry, and it positively crackles with the autumnal delights one can only know in locales where the seasons give way one to another. Alfred Hitchcock’s filmography boasts many opulent and gorgeously shot sequences, but Trouble With Harry might have some... Read full article

The Trouble with Harry (1955, Alfred Hitchcock)

By Andrew Wickliffe on Feb 8, 2019 From The Stop Button

The Trouble with Harry is very cute. It’s fine, the film’s intentionally cute, but it’s also somewhat frustrating. With the exception of the glorious Technicolor exteriors of Vermont leaves, director Hitchcock and photographer Robert Burks don’t do anything particularly interesting. John Mic... Read full article

The Trouble with Harry (1955, Alfred Hitchcock)

on Feb 8, 2019 From The Stop Button

The Trouble with Harry is very cute. It’s fine, the film’s intentionally cute, but it’s also somewhat frustrating. With the exception of the glorious Technicolor exteriors of Vermont leaves, director Hitchcock and photographer Robert Burks don’t do anything particularly interesting. John Mic... Read full article

The Trouble with Harry (1955, Alfred Hitchcock)

on Feb 8, 2019 From The Stop Button

The Trouble with Harry is very cute. It’s fine, the film’s intentionally cute, but it’s also somewhat frustrating. With the exception of the glorious Technicolor exteriors of Vermont leaves, director Hitchcock and photographer Robert Burks don’t do anything particularly interesting. John Mic... Read full article

The Trouble with Harry (1955, Alfred Hitchcock)

By Andrew Wickliffe on Feb 8, 2019 From The Stop Button

The Trouble with Harry is very cute. It’s fine, the film’s intentionally cute, but it’s also somewhat frustrating. With the exception of the glorious Technicolor exteriors of Vermont leaves, director Hitchcock and photographer Robert Burks don’t do anything particularly interesting. John Mic... Read full article

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The Trouble with Harry Quotes:

Capt. Wiles: [as he sees Sam Marlowe coming] Next thing you know they'll be televising the whole thing.
Capt. Wiles: Blessed are they who expect nothing, for they shall not be disappointed.
[Discussing Jennifer's recently deceased husband Harry]
Jennifer Rogers: You can stuff him, for all I care. Stuff him and put him in a glass case, only I'd suggest frosted glass.
Sam Marlowe: What did he do to you? Besides marry you.
Capt. Wiles: I fired three bullets. Three! One for the hunting sign, one for the tin can...
Sam Marlowe: ...and one for the little man who's lying in the grave.
[Upon finding the Captain dragging a body along the ground]
Miss Graveley: What seems to be the trouble, Captain?
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The Trouble with Harry Facts
Alfred Hitchcock: about 20 minutes in, walking past the limousine of a man looking at the paintings.
Film debut of Shirley MacLaine.
Originally designed by Alfred Hitchcock as an experiment in seeing how audiences would react to a non-star-driven film. He was of the opinion that oftentimes having a big star attached actually hindered the narrative flow and style of the story. He also developed the film with a view to test how American audiences would react to a more subtle brand of humor than that which they were used to.
Location filming in Vermont was hampered by heavy rainfall. Many exterior scenes were actually filmed on sets constructed in a local high school gymnasium. Much of the dialogue recorded there was inaudible due to the rainfall on the tin roof, so much post-recording was necessary.
One of Alfred Hitchcock's favorites of all his films.
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