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The Trouble with Harry is a 1955 American Technicolor black comedy film directed by Alfred Hitchcock. The screenplay by John Michael Hayes was based on the 1950 novel by Jack Trevor Story. It starred Edmund Gwenn, John Forsythe, Mildred Natwick, Jerry Mathers and Shirley MacLaine in her film debut. The Trouble with Harry was released in the ...
- $1.2 million
- Bernard Herrmann
- Alfred Hitchcock
- September 30, 1955 (Barre, Vermont)
The Trouble with Harry: Directed by Alfred Hitchcock. With Edmund Gwenn, John Forsythe, Mildred Natwick, Mildred Dunnock. Harry's dead and, while no one really minds, everyone feels responsible.
- (40K)
- Alfred Hitchcock
- PG
- Comedy, Mystery
- BEFORE IT WAS A FILM, THE TROUBLE WITH HARRY WAS A SHORT COMIC NOVEL. As with many of his films, Alfred Hitchcock found his inspiration in a novel. Unlike most of this other work, however, this one was a humorous book—not a horror or thriller.
- IT WAS A BOX OFFICE FLOP. Apparently people weren’t interested in Hitchcockian humor at the time: Despite the fact that it was made on a small budget, the movie lost $500,000 at the box office.
- IT WAS SHIRLEY MACLAINE’S FILM DEBUT. She may be a Hollywood legend now, but in 1955, Shirley MacLaine was an ingenue chorus girl. Though Hitchcock had wanted his mainstay Grace Kelly in the role, she was unavailable.
- STUDIO HEADS CALLED MACLAINE TO TELL HER TO STOP EATING SO MUCH. Not everyone was charmed by MacLaine. Horrifyingly, the actress was subject to a call from the president of Paramount, who was unhappy with her appearance after reviewing film.
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- Comedy
- PG
The Trouble with Harry marked the last American film of Gwenn, who died on September 6, 1959. Although Gwenn also appeared in the 1955 M-G-M production It's a Dog's Life, which was filmed after The Trouble with Harry, the Hitchcock production was released later.
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