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1958 • 2h 8min • PG • Mystery, Thriller, Romance

Vertigo

"Alfred Hitchcock engulfs you in a whirlpool of terror and tension!"

A retired San Francisco detective suffering from acrophobia investigates the strange activities of an old friend's wife, all the while becoming dangerously obsessed with her.

IMDb 8.2

RT 93%

MC 100

Writers

Pierre Boileau

Thomas Narcejac

Composer

Bernard Herrmann

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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

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