
There is a dead well-dressed man in a meadow clearing in the hills above a small Vermont town. Captain Albert Wiles, who stumbles across the body and finds by the man's identification that his name is Harry Worp, believes he accidentally shot Harry dead while he was hunting rabbits. Captain Wiles wants to hide the body as he feels it is an easier way to deal with the situation than tell the authorities. While Captain Wiles is in the adjacent forest, he sees other people stumb... (Full plot summary below)
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There is a dead well-dressed man in a meadow clearing in the hills above a small Vermont town. Captain Albert Wiles, who stumbles across the body and finds by the man's identification that his name is Harry Worp, believes he accidentally shot Harry dead while he was hunting rabbits. Captain Wiles wants to hide the body as he feels it is an easier way to deal with the situation than tell the authorities. While Captain Wiles is in the adjacent forest, he sees other people stumble across Harry, most of whom don't seem to know him or care or notice that he's dead. One person who does see Captain Wiles there is spinster Ivy Gravely, who vows to keep the Captain's secret about Harry. Captain Wiles also secretly sees a young single mother, Jennifer Rogers, who is the one person who does seem to know Harry and seems happy that he's dead. Later, another person who stumbles across both Harry and Captain Wiles is struggling artist Sam Marlowe, to whom Captain Wiles tells the entire story of what he has seen thus far. Over the course of the day, several revelations come to light that question if Captain Wiles actually killed Harry. Sam, Mrs. Rogers, Captain Wiles and Miss Gravely's individual and collective actions in the matter of Harry take into account friendship, self-preservation, the path of least resistance, love and a lot of realizations about what their past actions will mean. Their work may all be for naught if Deputy Sheriff Calvin Wiggs, the closest thing to law enforcement in their town, finds out about Harry.
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| Antagony & EcstasyTim BraytonOne of the absolute funniest movies of the 1950s, not least because it is perhaps the most puckish. |
| Old School ReviewsJohn A. Nesbithighly entertaining romantic comedy that still has the Hitchcock touch--a dark comedy using a dead body as the central MacGuffin |
| Austin ChronicleMarjorie BaumgartenHitchcock's comedic charms shine in this delightful story about a corpse that just won't stay buried. |
| EmpireDavid ParkinsonA lighter film for Hitchcock but with a wonderfully sewn narrative and some good performances. |
| LarsenOnFilmJosh LarsenA curious comedy that neither looks back at Rear Window nor ahead to Vertigo, but rather exists in some goofy space all its own. It’s as if Hitchcock went on vacation, but kept working. |
| Combustible CelluloidJeffrey M. AndersonI love it. I've seen it more times than just about any other Hitchcock. |
| Atlantic City WeeklyLori HoffmanHitchcock does comedy! MacLaine's film debut. |
| The New York TimesBosley CrowtherIt is not a particularly witty or clever script that John Michael Hayes has put together from a novel by Jack Trevor Story, nor does Mr. Hitchcock's direction make it spin. The pace is leisurely, almost sluggish, and the humor frequently is strained. But it does possess mild and mellow merriment all along the way. |
| ColeSmithey.comCole SmitheyBeautifully subtle suspense with a sprinkle of black humor. |
| User ReviewKen Dwow this film have it all funny,love,horror all in one film and alfrend hitchcock is not a man but he is the god of films |