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About
A retired San Francisco detective suffering from acrophobia investigates the strange activities of an old friend's wife, all the while becoming dangerously obsessed with her.
Theatrical
May 28, 1958
Box Office
$7.8M
Budget
$2.5M
Return
3.2x
DVD / Blu-ray
Mar 31, 1998
Theaters
10
Director
Alfred Hitchcock
Writers
Alec Coppel, Samuel A. Taylor
Producers
Alfred Hitchcock, Herbert Coleman
Music
Bernard Herrmann
Studio
Paramount Pictures, Alfred J. Hitchcock Productions
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Taglines
A mystery revised... A Master Remembered! (1996 Restored Film Premiere)
Hitchcock's Mastery of Terror and Tension
Taglines
Alfred Hitchcock engulfs you in a whirlpool of terror and tension!
A Complex Love Amidst Deception and Danger
Scottie
So this is where it happened. The two of you hid back there and waited for it to clear, and then you sneaked down and drove into town, is that it? And then, you were his girl, huh? Well, what happened to ya? What happened to ya? Did he ditch ya? Oh Judy, with all of his wife's money and all that freedom and that power and he ditched you. What a shame! But he knew he was safe. He knew you couldn't talk. Did he give you anything?
[off her silence]
Judy
Just some money.
Scottie
And the necklace. Carlotta's necklace. There was where you made your mistake, Judy. You shouldn't keep souvenirs of a killing. You shouldn't have been... You shouldn't have been that sentimental. I loved you so, Madeleine.
Judy
Scottie, I was safe when you found me. There was nothing that you could prove. When I saw you again, I couldn't run away. I loved you so. I walked into danger, let you change me because I loved you and I wanted you. Oh, Scottie, oh Scottie, please. You love me. Please keep me safe, please...
Scottie
It's too late. It's too late. There's no bringing her back.
Unraveling Truths in a Twisted Identity
Scottie
But you knew that day that I wouldn't be able to follow you, didn't you? Who was up there when you got up there? Elster and his wife?
Judy
Yes!
Scottie
Yes! And she was the one who died! The real wife, not you! You were the copy. You were the counterfeit, weren't you? Was she dead or alive when you got there?
Judy
Dead! Dead! He'd broken her neck!
Scottie
He'd broken her neck. He wasn't taking any chances, was he? So when you got up there, he pushed her off the tower. But it was you that screamed. Why did you scream?
Judy
I wanted to stop it, Scottie! I ran up to stop it! I...
Scottie
You wanted to stop it. Why did you scream? Since you tricked me so well up to then? You played the wife very well, Judy. He made you over, didn't he? He made you over just like I made you over. Only better. Not only the clothes and the hair. But the looks and the manner and the words. And those beautiful phony trances. And you jumped into the Bay, didn't you? I'll bet you're a wonderful swimmer, aren't you? Aren't you? Aren't you?
Judy
Yes!
Cast
Full credits →J
James Stewart
Det. John 'Scottie' Ferguson
K
Kim Novak
Madeleine Elster / Judy Barton
B
Barbara Bel Geddes
Marjorie 'Midge' Wood
T
Tom Helmore
Gavin Elster
H
Henry Jones
Coroner
R
Raymond Bailey
Scottie's Doctor
E
Ellen Corby
Manager of McKittrick Hotel
K
Konstantin Shayne
Pop Leibel
L
Lee Patrick
Car Owner Mistaken for Madeleine
B
Bess Flowers
Diner at Ernie's (uncredited)
A
Alfred Hitchcock
Man Walking Past Elster's Office (uncredited)
D
David Ahdar
Priest (uncredited)
S
Sara Taft
Nun (uncredited)
E
Ezelle Poule
Older mistaken identity (uncredited)
J
John Benson
Salesman (uncredited)
P
Paul Bryar
Capt. Hansen (uncredited)
S
Steve Conte
Burglar (uncredited)
F
Fred Graham
Policeman on Rooftop (uncredited)
F
Forbes Murray
Diner at Ernie's (uncredited)
R
Raoul Freeman
Diner at Ernie's (uncredited)
