Alfred Hitchcock's The trouble with Harry [videorecording] / Paramount Pictures ; screenplay by John Michael Hayes ; directed by Alfred Hitchcock.
Material type:
FilmPublisher number: 28316 | UniversalLanguage: English, Spanish Original language: English Subtitle language: English, French Series: Alfred Hitchcock masterpiecePublication details: Universal City, CA : Universal Studios Home Entertainment, [2006]Description: 1 videodisc : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 inISBN: - 1417058951
- 9781417058952
- Trouble with Harry
- Director of photography, Robert Burks ; editor, Alma Macrorie ; music, Bernard Herrmann.
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Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:
The trouble with Harry is that he's dead. The scene is a autumnal Vermont village, where a pre-Leave It to Beaver Jerry Mathers stumbles upon Harry's corpse in the woods. Mathers alerts his mother Shirley MacLaine (making her film debut), who recognizes Harry as her ex-husband. Later on, retired sea captain Edmund Gwenn likewise comes across the moribund Harry. Both MacLaine and Gwenn have reason to believe that they're responsible for Harry's demise; MacLaine thinks that she killed Harry by clobbering him with a bottle, while Gwenn is certain that he shot the poor fellow while hunting. As the day draws to a close, seemingly every person in town is convinced that he or she has had some hand in Harry's death, thus they conspire to hide the body from the authorities. Visiting artist John Forsythe, dumbfounded at the calm, collected reactions of the villagers regarding Harry (whose ubiquitous body pops up at the most inopportune moments), solves the "mystery." Though not his most successful film, The Trouble with Harry was one of director Alfred Hitchcock's favorites. The story's whimsical black-comedy elements are perfectly complemented by Bernard Herrmann's playful music score. Best bit: Mildred Natwick, coming upon Gwenn as the latter is strenuously dragging away Harry's corpse, asking offhandedly "What seems to be the trouble, Captain?" The Trouble With Harry was adapted by John Michael Hayes from the novel by John Trevor. ~ Hal Erickson, Rovi
Based on the novel by Jack Trevor Story.
Originally produced as a motion picture in 1955.
Special features: The trouble with Harry isn't over, production notes and photographs, and theatrical trailer.
Director of photography, Robert Burks ; editor, Alma Macrorie ; music, Bernard Herrmann.
Edmund Gwenn, John Forsythe, Shirley MacLaine, Mildred Natwick, Mildred Dunnock, Jerry Mathers.
The trouble with Harry is that he's dead, and while no one really minds, everyone feels responsible. Shirley Maclaine makes her screen debut in this New England romp that includes romance, humor ... and several unearthings of the corpse.
MPAA rating: PG.
DVD, NTSC, region 1, widescreen (1.85:1) presentation; Dolby Digital 2.0 mono.
English or Spanish dialogue with optional English or French subtitles.