Vertigo (1958) update feed
" Unlike Hitchcock's previous films, Vertigo did not do well at the box office and received only lukewarm reviews from critics. This was partly because, as a thriller, the film clocked in at over two hours and contained minute detail that made it hard to follow. But Vertigo was taken out of circulation by Hitchcock in 1973, and when it returned ten years later critics changed their tune and decided it was one of the greatest films of all time. There is still some controversy now over whether the"
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"Scottie Ferguson (James Stewart) is a retired detective whose fear of heights while on the force had led to the death of a policeman. Now an old college chum has put Scottie on the trail of his disturbed wife Madeleine (Kim Novak), who believes herself possessed by the spirit of her suicidal great-great-grandmother. Scottie follows Madeleine up and down the hills of San Francisco, a vertiginous setting where even the streets have lost their balance. At first he is a detective tracking his suspec"