The Trouble with Harry
A different kind of kick-the-bucket comedy!
1955 | 99m | English
Popularity: 2 (history)
| Director: | Alfred Hitchcock |
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| Writer: | John Michael Hayes, Jack Trevor Story |
| Staring: |
| The trouble with Harry is that he’s dead. In a quiet Vermont village, a corpse creates unexpected chaos as several townspeople each believe they may be to blame. | |
| Release Date: | Sep 30, 1955 |
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| Director: | Alfred Hitchcock |
| Writer: | John Michael Hayes, Jack Trevor Story |
| Genres: | Comedy, Mystery |
| Keywords | based on novel or book, small town, black humor, painting, dead body, whodunit, falling in love, corpse, hunting, vermont, autumn, murder mystery, exhumation, sudden death, vistavision |
| Production Companies | Paramount Pictures, Alfred J. Hitchcock Productions |
| Box Office |
Revenue: $7,000,000
Budget: $1,200,000 |
| Updates |
Updated: Feb 04, 2026 Entered: Apr 13, 2024 |
| Name | Character |
|---|---|
| John Forsythe | Sam Marlowe |
| Shirley MacLaine | Jennifer Rogers |
| Edmund Gwenn | Captain Wiles |
| Mildred Natwick | Miss Gravely |
| Mildred Dunnock | Mrs. Wiggs |
| Jerry Mathers | Arnie Rogers |
| Royal Dano | Calvin Wiggs |
| Parker Fennelly | Millionaire |
| Barry Macollum | Tramp |
| Dwight Marfield | Dr. Greenbow |
| Leslie Woolf | Art Critic (uncredited) |
| Philip Truex | Harry Worp (uncredited) |
| Ernest Curt Bach | Chauffeur (uncredited) |
| Alfred Hitchcock | Passer-by (uncredited) |
| Name | Job |
|---|---|
| John Michael Hayes | Screenplay |
| Robert Burks | Director of Photography |
| Edith Head | Costume Design |
| Alfred Hitchcock | Director |
| Bernard Herrmann | Original Music Composer |
| Wally Westmore | Makeup Supervisor |
| Sam Comer | Set Decoration |
| Alma Macrorie | Editor |
| John B. Goodman | Art Direction |
| Howard Joslin | Assistant Director |
| Jack Trevor Story | Novel |
| Maria Stevens | Hairdresser |
| Herbert Coleman | Second Unit Director |
| Hal Pereira | Art Direction |
| Emile Kuri | Set Decoration |
| Winston H. Leverett | Sound Recordist |
| John Hall Jr. | Makeup Artist |
| Edgar Fay | Assistant Director |
| Bernard Wiesen | Assistant Director |
| Saul Steinberg | Title Illustration |
| Harold Lewis | Sound Recordist |
| John P. Fulton | Visual Effects |
| Ralph Axness | Assistant Director |
| Ad Tice | Sound |
| Jim Miller | Sound |
| Bernard McEveety | Assistant Director |
| Name | Title |
|---|---|
| Alfred Hitchcock | Producer |
| Herbert Coleman | Associate Producer |
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Popularity History
| Year | Month | Avg | Max | Min |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 4 | 17 | 25 | 11 |
| 2024 | 5 | 19 | 35 | 10 |
| 2024 | 6 | 18 | 29 | 10 |
| 2024 | 7 | 20 | 33 | 9 |
| 2024 | 8 | 20 | 31 | 12 |
| 2024 | 9 | 15 | 22 | 11 |
| 2024 | 10 | 18 | 37 | 10 |
| 2024 | 11 | 15 | 28 | 10 |
| 2024 | 12 | 13 | 18 | 7 |
| 2025 | 1 | 14 | 21 | 11 |
| 2025 | 2 | 12 | 20 | 4 |
| 2025 | 3 | 6 | 17 | 1 |
| 2025 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 |
| 2025 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 1 |
| 2025 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 1 |
| 2025 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 0 |
| 2025 | 8 | 2 | 4 | 1 |
| 2025 | 9 | 4 | 6 | 2 |
| 2025 | 10 | 1 | 4 | 1 |
| 2025 | 11 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| 2025 | 12 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| 2026 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 |
| 2026 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 |
Trending Position
| Year | Month | High | Avg |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 6 | 888 | 888 |
| Year | Month | High | Avg |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 2 | 279 | 570 |
| Year | Month | High | Avg |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 11 | 638 | 638 |