Vertigo
"A tall story about a pushover."
A retired San Francisco detective suffering from acrophobia investigates the strange activities of an old friend's wife, all the while becoming dangerously obsessed with her.
Cast
James Stewart
Det. John 'Scottie' Ferguson
Kim Novak
Madeleine Elster / Judy Barton
Barbara Bel Geddes
Marjorie 'Midge' Wood
Tom Helmore
Gavin Elster
Henry Jones
Coroner
Raymond Bailey
Scottie's Doctor
Ellen Corby
Manager of McKittrick Hotel
Konstantin Shayne
Pop Leibel
Lee Patrick
Car Owner Mistaken for Madeleine
Bess Flowers
Diner at Ernie's (uncredited)
Alfred Hitchcock
Man Walking Past Elster's Office (uncredited)
David Ahdar
Priest (uncredited)
Sara Taft
Nun (uncredited)
Ezelle Poule
Older mistaken identity (uncredited)
John Benson
Salesman (uncredited)
Paul Bryar
Capt. Hansen (uncredited)
Steve Conte
Burglar (uncredited)
Fred Graham
Policeman on Rooftop (uncredited)
Forbes Murray
Diner at Ernie's (uncredited)
Raoul Freeman
Diner at Ernie's (uncredited)
Crew
Alfred Hitchcock
Producer
Bernard Herrmann
Original Music Composer
Robert Burks
Director of Photography
George Tomasini
Editor
Henry Bumstead
Art Direction
Hal Pereira
Art Direction
Edith Head
Costume Design
Farciot Edouart
Visual Effects
John P. Fulton
Visual Effects
W. Wallace Kelley
Visual Effects
Pierre Boileau
Novel
Thomas Narcejac
Novel
Sam Comer
Set Decoration
Frank R. McKelvy
Set Decoration
Saul Bass
Title Designer
Daniel McCauley
Assistant Director
Wally Westmore
Makeup Supervisor
Nellie Manley
Hair Supervisor
Harold Lewis
Sound Recordist
Winston H. Leverett
Sound Recordist
Muir Mathieson
Conductor
Herbert Coleman
Associate Producer
Alfred Hitchcock
Director
Alec Coppel
Screenplay
Samuel A. Taylor
Screenplay