Alfred Hitchcock, Edmund Gwenn, Jerry Mathers

Trouble erupts in a small, quiet New England town when a man's body is found in the woods. The problem is that almost everyone in town thinks that they had something to do with his death.

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PG, 1 hr. 39 min.

Directed by: Alfred Hitchcock

Release Date: October 3, 1955

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DVD Release Date: March 6, 2001

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  • May 20, 2009
    A dark comedy that is a truly underestimated Hitchcock film, but perhaps one that is more of an acquired taste depending on your humour. It is a tad corny in places, but love the dryness of the comedy throughout whilst dealing with a pretty grim and dark subject matter.

    Altho...( read more)ugh I haven't rated it really highly this has still become an instant favourite for me.
  • January 17, 2009
    Delightful! Hitchcock's dabbling in dark comedy featuring a young and absolutely beautiful Shirley MacLaine.
  • May 16, 2008
    hitchcock + comedy = very funny, sweet movie
  • December 30, 2007
    not one of hitchcocks best yet with some genuinely funny moments in it but not enough of them it manages to get a little somewhere helped by the acting skills of shirley maclaine and the female half of the cast
  • November 8, 2007
    Well we know that The Trouble With Harry is not a thriller - it's billed as a black comedy but the real trouble with The Trouble With Harry is that it is neither very black and is never comic. And only mildly entertaining for most of it's length. At times the story is so tedious...( read more) and irritating you suspect Hitch may have nodded off more than once. Edmund Gwenn witters on interminably - thinking aloud continually till I want to scream. Add to that John Forsythe's laughable (in the wrong way) faux-bohemian artist and I usually reach for the fast-forward. But...
    Over the years I have found it hard to completely dismiss. I find myself drawn to it on rainy Sundays or cold winter evenings - the cinematic equivalent of a hot toddy and a warm rug? Bob Burke's Technicolor photography is so beautiful - the rich Autumnal shades of red, yellow and brown are complimented by Bernard Herrmann's richly evocative score - this is Herrmann's first score for Hitch and it is quite possibly my favourite he wrote for him.
    The women are great. Mildred Dunnock as the brusque shopkeeper, Mrs Wiggs, is only a very small role but she leaves a lasting impression. Mildred Natwick as the lonely spinster Ivy Gravely is lovely. The scene where she buys a teacup and the care and thought she attaches to the purchase is quite touching and a little sad but is soured by Sam Marlowe's patronising and mocking of her - sneering at her deceit about her age, getting Wiggy to cut her hair [chopping it off!] and telling her to wear more make-up!. I enjoyed Shirley MacLaine's debut as well - her tomboy-single-mother is far too good for the smug and annoying Sam Marlowe!
    Don't be too hard on The Trouble With Harry. It's not ALL bad - just don't go into it with high expectations and you won't be that disappointed.
  • October 26, 2009
    excellent- so funny and so beyond its time.
  • October 19, 2009
    I simply did not care for it. There's nothing horribly wrong with The Trouble With Harry, but it did not succeed at engrossing me like Hitchcock usually has a knack for. Throughout most of the movie, I kept thinking that the story would be much better as a play. John Forsythe and...( read more) Shirley MacLaine were great, but the film itself just wasn't. It came no where close to meeting my expectations.
  • September 15, 2009
    Saw this great funny movie.
  • September 3, 2009
    gotta love this Hitchcock movie...
  • September 2, 2009
    Felt quite a bit too quaint to be fully enjoyable

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