Director Alfred Hitchcock (“Rear Window” 1954) made the only comedy film of his career in “The Trouble with Harry.” The screenplay by John Michael Hayes, based on the 1950 novel by Jack Trevor Story, tells the tale of the reaction of a small town’s residents to the discovery of the dead body of Harry Worp on a hillside. Humorous results ensue.
Shirley MacLaine made her film debut here, the start of a long show biz career. She turned in a respectable performance as the estranged wife of Harry, but demonstrates immediately that her range as an actor has not grown or changed much over the last six decades. John Forsythe also stars in the picture, himself at the beginning of decades in movies and television.
Co-stars include Edmund Gwenn, Mildred Natwick, Mildred Dunnock, Royal Dano, Parker Fennelly, Jerry Mathers (later famous as Theodore Cleaver of television’s “Leave it to Beaver”), and Philip Truex in an uncredited part as the corpse of Harry Worp, Hitch’s Macguffin of the film. The very watchable “The Trouble with Harry” was popular at the box office for producer Alfred Hitchcock, Alfred J. Hitchcock Productions, and Paramount Pictures.
The Trouble with Harry (1955)
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Director Alfred Hitchcock (“Rear Window” 1954) made the only comedy film of his career in “The Trouble with Harry.” The screenplay by John Michael Hayes, based on the 1950 novel by Jack Trevor Story, tells the tale of the reaction of a small town’s residents to the discovery of the dead body of Harry Worp on a hillside. Humorous results ensue.
Shirley MacLaine made her film debut here, the start of a long show biz career. She turned in a respectable performance as the estranged wife of Harry, but demonstrates immediately that her range as an actor has not grown or changed much over the last six decades. John Forsythe also stars in the picture, himself at the beginning of decades in movies and television.
Co-stars include Edmund Gwenn, Mildred Natwick, Mildred Dunnock, Royal Dano, Parker Fennelly, Jerry Mathers (later famous as Theodore Cleaver of television’s “Leave it to Beaver”), and Philip Truex in an uncredited part as the corpse of Harry Worp, Hitch’s Macguffin of the film. The very watchable “The Trouble with Harry” was popular at the box office for producer Alfred Hitchcock, Alfred J. Hitchcock Productions, and Paramount Pictures.