Review of The Trouble with Harry (1955) by Petros T — 16 Oct 2015

One of the Hitchcock five, and the one that's taken me all this time to get around to viewing it. It is quite simply bizarre. In no way like any other of the masters work and only works when you realise it is his 'Waiting For Godot' (as has been noted by other critics).

Once you 'get' the sway of the dialogue and the light dance of the photography and music (Burks and Herrmann respectively) it is rather likeable and strange, strange, strange. A singular black comedy fairytale, surreal and odd, a Sunday afternoon movie with a corpse at its heart.