Vertigo (1958)

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PG | 2 hr 8 mins | Thriller, Adaptation | Now Playing |Box Office Total: $1.7M

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Synopsis:

During a rooftop chase, police detective John "Scottie" Ferguson is overcome with a severe case of acrophobia--a deep fear of falling which results in a stultifying vertigo--that leads to the death of a fellow officer. After retiring from the police force, Scottie attempts to return to a normal life, but his life takes another unusual turn when an old school aquaintance asks Scottie to shadow his wife, the luminescently beautiful but utterly mysterious Madeleine. Scottie is wary but the minute he sees her he cannot resist the chase. As his fixation with Madeleine grows, however, so too does her obsession with death. When Scottie's vertigo prevents him from saving Madeleine's life, his one chance at perfect love comes crashing to a brutal end. Then one day, Scottie sees a woman walking down the street who looks just like Madeleine. She is Judy Barton, a salesgirl from Kansas with her own secrets--secrets that will once again turn Scottie's world into a dizzying battle between illusion and reality.

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Full Cast & Crew

Theatrical Release
1/1/1958

Studio	Credit
Paramount Pictures	Studio
Director	Credit
Alfred Hitchcock	Director
Cast	Credit
James Stewart	John "Scottie" Ferguson
Kim Novak	Madeleine Elster/Judy Barton
Barbara Bel Geddes	Midge Wood
Tom Helmore	Gavin Elster
Henry Jones	The Coroner
Raymond Bailey	The Doctor
Ellen Corby	Manager of the McKittrick Hotel
Konstantin Shayne	Pop Leibel
Lee Patrick	Older Mistaken Identity
Paul Bryar	Captain Hansen
Margaret Brayton	Saleswoman
William Remick	Jury Foreman
Julia Petruzzi	Flower Vendor
Sara Taft	Nun
Fred Graham	Policeman
Mollie Dodd	Beauty Parlor Operator
Don Giovanni	Salesman
Roxann Delmar	Model
Bruno Santina	Waiter
Dori Simmons	Middle Aged Mistaken Identity
Rolando Gotti	Maitre d'
Carlo Dotto	Bartender
Ed Stevlingson	Attorney
Joanne Genthon	Girl in Portrait
Nina Shipman	Young Mistaken Identity
Production Credits	Credit
Herbert Coleman	Associate Producer
Alfred Hitchcock	Producer
James C Katz	Producer
Production Companies	Credit
Alfred Hitchcock Productions	Production Company
Distribution Companies	Credit
Universal Pictures Distribution	Domestic Theatrical Distributor
Universal Studios Home Video	Domestic Video Distributor
Locations
Paramount Studios, Los Angeles, California, USA
Writer	Credit
Alex Coppel	Screenplay
Pierre Boileau	Source Material (from novel)
Samuel Taylor	Screenplay
Thomas Narcejac	Source Material (from novel)
Art Department	Credit
Hal Pereira	Art Director - art direction
Sam Comer	Set Decorator
Henry Bumstead	Art Director - art direction
Frank R McKelvy	Set Decorator
Film Camera	Credit
Bill Pine	Color Timer
Robert Burks	Director of Photography
Farciot Edouart	Photography - process photography
Mike Glickman	Camera - optical cameraman
Wallace Kelley	Photography - process photography
Music	Credit
Bernard Herrmann	Music
Muir Mathiesen	Music Conductor
Production Management	Credit
Daniel J McCauley	Assistant Director
Robert Heiser	Production Manager - DTS post-production manager
Sound	Credit
Sharon Michaels	Foley Artist
Harold Lewis	Sound - sound recording
Albert Romero	Foley Mixer
Harry Snodgrass	Sound Designer
Samuel Webb	Assistant Sound Editor
Richard LeGrand Jr	Sound Editor
Michael C Casper	Rerecording - re-recording mixer
Laura Macias	Foley Artist
Bill Hooper	Sound Editor
Daniel Leahy	Rerecording - re-recording mixer
Winston Leverett	Sound - sound recording
Robert McNabb	Sound Editor
Walter Spencer	Sound Editor
William Jacobs	Sound Editor
Visual Effects	Credit
John P Fulton	Special Effects - special photographic effects
Saul Bass	Titles - titles designer
Wardrobe Hair Makeup	Credit
Wally Westmore	Makeup - makeup supervision
Nellie Manley	Hair - hairstylist supervision
Edith Head	Costume Designer

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