The Trouble with Harry

About The Trouble with Harry

In a quiet Vermont village, a corpse creates unexpected chaos as several townspeople each believe they may be to blame.

The Trouble with Harry is a 1955 comedy mystery film directed by Alfred Hitchcock. The film is filed under murder mystery, whodunit, falling in love, and corpse.

John Forsythe takes the lead as Sam Marlowe, Shirley MacLaine as Jennifer Rogers, Edmund Gwenn as Captain Wiles, and Mildred Natwick as Miss Gravely. It runs 99 minutes and was released in October 1955.

The screenplay is by John Michael Hayes. Produced by Alfred J. Hitchcock Productions. The story is adapted from a novel. In the United States it streams on TCM.

Murder on the Orient Express, The Iron Giant, and L.A. Confidential make useful companions to The Trouble with Harry, all filed under autumn. TMDB voters put it at 7.0 out of 10 across 940 votes and it carries a PG rating.