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Vertigo (1958)


Vertigo
Release Date:

May 9 , 1958 (USA)

Written by: Pierre Boileau, Thomas Narcejac (Novel)
Alec Coppel, Samuel Taylor (screenplay)
Starring: James Stewart and Kim Novak
Original Score :

Bernard Herrmann

Cinematography:

Robert Burks

Edited by :

George Tomasini

Opening Titles :

Saul Bass

Running Time :

129 minutes

Filmed in :

Color

Studio(s) :

Paramount & Universal Pictures

Box-Office: $15,000,000 (USA)
$25,000,000 (World-Wide)

Staff Rating :
4.5 out of 5 Staff Rating

Alfred Hitchcock's Cameo: Approx. 11 minutes into the film, we briefly see Hitchcock wearing a gray suit walking in the street.

Vertigo Cameo


Plot Summary:
San Francisco police detective Scottie Fergusson develops a fear of heights and is forced to retire when a colleague falls to his death during a chase. An old college friend (Gavin Elster) hires Scottie to watch his wife Madeleine who has reportedly become possessed by her ancestor's spirit named Carlotta. Scottie follows her around San Francisco and is drawn to Madeleine and her obsession with death. He unwittingly becomes a figure in a complex plot, and is determined to discover the truth behind it all.

Cast List:

James Stewart
Det. John 'Scottie' Ferguson
Kim Novak
Madeleine Elster
Barbara Bel Geddes
Marjorie 'Midge' Wood
Tom Helmore
Gavin Elster
Henry Jonest
Coroner
Raymond Bailey
Scottie's doctor
Ellen Corby
Manager of McKittrick Hotel
Konstantin Shayne
Pop Leibel
Lee Patrick
Mistaken women

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James StewartKim Novak

Golden Gate BridgeThe Tower


 

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