Vertigo
(1958)
A Mystery Revised... A Master Remembered! (1996 Restored Film Premiere)
Stars: James Stewart, Kim Novak, Barbara Bel Geddes, Tom Helmore, Henry Jones
Director: Alfred Hitchcock
Writer: Pierre Boileau, Thomas Narcejac
Language: English
Studio: Universal Studios
Duration: 128
John "Scottie" Ferguson is a retired San Francisco police detective who suffers from acrophobia and Madeleine is the lady who leads him to high places. A wealthy shipbuilder who is an acquaintance from college days approaches Scottie and asks him to follow his beautiful wife, Madeleine. He fears she is going insane, maybe even contemplating suicide, because she believes she is possessed by a dead ancestor. Scottie is skeptical, but agrees after he sees the beautiful Madeleine.
James Stewart | John 'Scottie' Ferguson |
Kim Novak | Madeleine Elster |
Barbara Bel Geddes | Midge Wood |
Tom Helmore | Gavin Elster |
Henry Jones | Coroner |
Raymond Bailey | Scottie's Doctor |
Ellen Corby | Manager of McKittrick Hotel |
Konstantin Shayne | Pop Leibel |
Lee Patrick | Car Owner Mistaken for Madeleine |
Bernard Herrmann | Composer |
David Ahdar | Priest |
Robert Burks | Cinematographer |
Margaret Bacon | Nun |
George Tomasini | Editor |
John Benson | Salesman |
Margaret Brayton | Ransohoff's Saleslady |
Paul Bryar | Captain Hansen |
Nina Shipman | Woman in Museum Mistaken for Madeleine |
Saul Bass | credits |
Jean Corbett | Mrs. Elster |
Dori Simmons | Woman at Ernie's Mistaken for Madeleine |
Joanne Genthon | Carlotta Valdes |
James Whitney | Lissajous Spirals (credits) |
Don Giovanni | Salesman |
Alfred Hitchcock | Man Walking Past Elster's Office |
Catherine Howard | Nun |
Julian Petruzzi | San Francisco Flower Vendor |
Sara Taft | Nun |
Henry Bumstead | Art Direction |
Hal Pereira | Art Direction |
Edith Head | Costume Design |
Genre: Classics, Thriller
Media: DVD
Sound: AC-3
IMDb: 0052357