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Vertigo
Alfred Hitchcock engulfs you in a whirlpool of terror and tension!
( Mystery / Romance / Thriller )


Vertigo Poster



US Runtime: 128 min

Country of Origin: United States of America

Premiere Date:
May 28, 1958   [USA]
 
Director: Alfred Hitchcock   [Director]
 
Writers: Alec Coppel   [Screenplay]
Samuel A. Taylor   [Screenplay]
 
Producers: Herbert Coleman   [Associate Producer]
Alfred Hitchcock   [Producer]
 
Cinematography: Robert Burks   [Director of Photography]
 
Edited by: George Tomasini   [Editor]
 
Music Composed by Bernard Herrmann   [Original Music Composer]
 
Costume Design: Edith Head   [Costume Design]
 
Production Companys: Alfred J. Hitchcock Productions   (US)
Paramount Pictures   (US)
 


Plot Summary:

    A former San Francisco police detective juggles wrestling with his personal demons and becoming obsessed with the hauntingly beautiful woman he has been hired to trail, who may be deeply disturbed.

Cast:

James Stewart
Det. John 'Scottie' Ferguson
Kim Novak
Madeleine Elster / Judy Barton
Barbara Bel Geddes
Marjorie 'Midge' Wood
Tom Helmore
Gavin Elster
Henry Jones
Coroner
 
Raymond Bailey
Scottie's Doctor
Ellen Corby
Manager of McKittrick Hotel
Konstantin Shayne
Pop Leibel
Lee Patrick
Car Owner Mistaken for Madeleine
 

Uncredited Cast:


Bess Flowers
Diner at Ernie's (uncredited)
Alfred Hitchcock
Man Walking Past Elster's Office (uncredited)
David Ahdar
Priest (uncredited)
Sara Taft
Nun (uncredited)
Ezelle Poule
Older mistaken identity (uncredited)
John Benson
Salesman (uncredited)
 
Paul Bryar
Capt. Hansen (uncredited)
Steve Conte
Burglar (uncredited)
Fred Graham
Policeman on Rooftop (uncredited)
Forbes Murray
Diner at Ernie's (uncredited)
Raoul Freeman
Diner at Ernie's (uncredited)
 

Sound Crew:


Winston H. Leverett
Sound Recordist
 
Harold Lewis
Sound Recordist
 
 

Special Visual Effects Crew:


Farciot Edouart
Visual Effects
John P. Fulton
Visual Effects
 
W. Wallace Kelley
Visual Effects
 

Art Department:


Saul Bass
Title Designer
Henry Bumstead
Art Direction
Sam Comer
Set Decoration
 
Frank R. McKelvy
Set Decoration
Hal Pereira
Art Direction
 

Directing Crew:


Daniel McCauley
Assistant Director
 
 

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