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Title

  • Vertigo

Summary

  • Scottie Ferguson, a San Francisco police detective is forced to retire when a freak accident gives him a severe case of acrophobia--that is vertigo or dizziness in high places. Ferguson is hired by a rich shipbuilder to follow his wife who is behaving suspiciously and might be planning suicide. He falls in love with her, she is later murdered and Ferguson becomes obsessive in his desire to re-create her in another woman.

Names

  • Hitchcock, Alfred, 1899-1980, direction, production
  • Coppel, Alec, writing
  • Taylor, Samuel, 1912-2000, writing
  • Stewart, James, 1908-1997, cast
  • Novak, Kim, cast
  • Bel Geddes, Barbara, cast
  • Helmore, Tom, cast
  • Jones, Henry, 1912-1999, cast
  • Boileau, Pierre, 1906-1989
  • Alfred J. Hitchcock Productions
  • Paramount Pictures Corporation
  • Universal Pictures (Firm)
  • Copyright Collection (Library of Congress)

Created / Published

  • United States : Paramount, 1958 ; United States : Universal, 1984.

Headings

  • -  Vertigo--Drama
  • -  Compulsive behavior--Drama
  • -  Betrayal--Drama
  • -  Murder--Drama
  • -  Private investigators--California--San Francisco--Drama

Genre

  • Thrillers (Motion pictures)
  • Detective and mystery films
  • Feature films
  • Fiction films

Notes

  • -  LP10837 U.S. Copyright Office
  • -  Based on the 1954 novel D'entre les morts (From among the dead) by Boileau-Narcejac.
  • -  Copyright: Alfred J. Hitchcock Productions, Inc. & Paramount Pictures Corp.; 9May58; LP10837.
  • -  Theatrical projection print is a reissue.
  • -  Parts of summary taken from The motion picture guide, vol. VIII, p. 3675 and Plain Dealer, 3/13/1984.
  • -  LC also holds a videodisc viewing copy in the LC Purchase Collection.
  • -  Prints viewed for credits only.
  • -  Sources used: Variety, May14,1958; The motion picture guide, vol. VIII, p. 3675; Washington post, March 1,1984; The Sun, March 3,1984; Catalog of copyright entries, motion pictures, 1950-1959.
  • -  Director of photography, Robert Burks ; edited by George Tomasini ; music by Bernard Herrmann ; associate producer, Herbert Coleman.
  • -  James Stewart, Kim Novak, Barbara Bel Geddes, Tom Helmore, Henry Jones.
  • -  This film was selected for the National Film Registry.
  • -  35 mm non-viewing print renumbered: CPA 0004-0017 to FPF 9627-9640.

Medium

  • viewing copy 2 videocassettes of 2 (VHS) (ca. 128 min.) : sd., col. ; 1/2 in.
  • viewing copy 3 videocassettes of 3 (ca. 128 min.) : sd., col. ; 3/4 in.
  • non-viewing print 14 film reels of 14 (ca. 128 min., ca. 11,525 ft.) : sd., col. ; 35 mm.
  • theatrical projection print 14 film reels of 14 on 7 (ca. 128 min., ca. 11,525 ft.) : sd., col. ; 35 mm.

Call Number/Physical Location

  • VAA 0367-0368 (viewing copy)
  • VBB 1675-1677 (viewing copy)
  • FPF 9627-9640 (non-viewing print)
  • CQA 0622-0628 (theatrical projection print)

Source Collection

  • Alfred Hitchcock Estate Collection (Library of Congress)

Library of Congress Control Number

  • 94503843

Online Format

  • web page
  • image

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Chicago citation style:

Coppel, Alec, Writing, Samuel Taylor, James Stewart, Kim Novak, Barbara Bel Geddes, Tom Helmore, Henry Jones, et al. Vertigo. directeds by Hitchcock, Alfred, Ectionuction, produceds by Hitchcock, Alfred, Ectionuction United States: Paramount, ; United States: Universal, 1984, 1984. Image. https://aj.sunback.homes/item/94503843/.

APA citation style:

Coppel, A., Taylor, S., Stewart, J., Novak, K., Bel Geddes, B., Helmore, T. [...] Copyright Collection. (1984) Vertigo. Hitchcock, A., dir, Hitchcock, A., prod United States: Paramount, ; United States: Universal, 1984. [Image] Retrieved from the Library of Congress, https://aj.sunback.homes/item/94503843/.

MLA citation style:

Coppel, Alec, Writing, et al. Vertigo. dir by Hitchcock, Alfred, Ectionuction, prod by Hitchcock, Alfred, Ectionuction United States: Paramount, ; United States: Universal, 1984, 1984. Image. Retrieved from the Library of Congress, <aj.sunback.homes/item/94503843/>.