Obsessed with Vertigo

Obsessed with Vertigo

1997•30m•7.0/10

Documentary

Ratings

🎬TMDb

7.0/10(17)

A documentary about the making and restoration of Alfred Hitchcock's masterpiece "Vertigo." Narrated by Roddy McDowall, with behind-the-scenes talk from Barbara Bel Geddes, Henry Bumstead, Robert A. Harris, Patricia Hitchcock, James C. Katz, Kim Novak, Peggy Robertson and Martin Scorsese. Brings fresh perspective, not just to the film and the director, but to the Fifties Hollywood as well.

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Production

Signal Hill Entertainment, AMC Studios

Language

EN

Status

Released

Release Date

Cast

Roddy McDowall

Roddy McDowall

Narrator (Voice)

Patricia Hitchcock

Patricia Hitchcock

Self

Robert A. Harris

Self

James C. Katz

Self

Henry Bumstead

Henry Bumstead

Self

Herbert Coleman

Self

Kim Novak

Kim Novak

Self

Barbara Bel Geddes

Barbara Bel Geddes

Self

Martin Scorsese

Martin Scorsese

Self

C.O. Erickson

C.O. Erickson

Self

Peggy Robertson

Self

Samuel A. Taylor

Self

June Van Dyke

Self

James Stewart

James Stewart

Self (archive footage)

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