Vertigo

1958

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Director:

Alfred Hitchcock

Studio:

Alfred J. Hitchcock Productions

Starring:

James Stewart, Kim Novak, Barbara Bel Geddes, Tom Helmore, Henry Jones

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San Francisco detective Scottie Ferguson retires after his fear of heights causes a colleague's death. An old friend hires him to follow his wife Madeleine, who seems possessed by a dead ancestor, and Scottie falls in love with her, then becomes obsessed with remaking another woman in her image.