The Trouble with Harry

The Trouble with Harry

A different kind of kick-the-bucket comedy!

1955•1h 39m•7.0/10

ComedyMystery

Ratings

🎬TMDb

7.0/10(899)

The trouble with Harry is that he’s dead. In a quiet Vermont village, a corpse creates unexpected chaos as several townspeople each believe they may be to blame.

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Production

Alfred J. Hitchcock Productions

Language

EN

Status

Released

Release Date

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Cast

John Forsythe

John Forsythe

Sam Marlowe

Shirley MacLaine

Shirley MacLaine

Jennifer Rogers

Edmund Gwenn

Edmund Gwenn

Captain Wiles

Mildred Natwick

Mildred Natwick

Miss Gravely

Mildred Dunnock

Mildred Dunnock

Mrs. Wiggs

Jerry Mathers

Jerry Mathers

Arnie Rogers

Royal Dano

Royal Dano

Calvin Wiggs

Parker Fennelly

Parker Fennelly

Millionaire

Barry Macollum

Tramp

Dwight Marfield

Dwight Marfield

Dr. Greenbow

Leslie Woolf

Art Critic (uncredited)

Philip Truex

Harry Worp (uncredited)

Ernest Curt Bach

Chauffeur (uncredited)

Alfred Hitchcock

Alfred Hitchcock

Passer-by (uncredited)

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