The Trouble with Harry

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The Trouble with Harry is an American black comedy film directed by Alfred Hitchcock, which was released on October 3 1955 in the United States.

The film follows several quirky residents of a small town in Vermont as they deal with a dead body that has inconveniently turned up in a local park. The film starred John Forsythe and Edmund Gwenn, and co-starred Shirley MacLaine and Jerry Mathers, both in their first film roles.

One of Hitchcock's few true comedies (though most of his films had some element of tongue-in-cheek or macabre humor), the film was a box office disappointment but is today considered, if not one of Hitchcock's best efforts, certainly one of his most unusual.

The film was unavailable for nearly thirty years after its initial release, after Hitchcock bought back the rights to the film. It was finally reissued in 1984, and has since been released on VHS and DVD.

The Trouble with Harry is also notable as a landmark in Hitchcock's canon as it marked the beginning of highly successful collaboration with composer Bernard Herrmann who went to score some of Hitchcock's best known films including - Vertigo, North by Northwest and, of course, Psycho.

Trivia

Several scenes in the film had to be shot in a gym, because of rain. While in the gym, a 500 pound camera fell and hit Hitchcock on the shoulder.

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