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Over the years, Creator/AlfredHitchcock gave the world such thrillers as ''Film/{{Rebecca}}'', ''Film/{{Psycho}}'', and ''Film/TheBirds''. He also gave us this 1955 BlackComedy, [[TheFilmOfTheBook adapted from]] Jack Trevor Story's novel of the same name.

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Over the years, Creator/AlfredHitchcock gave the world such thrillers as ''Film/{{Rebecca}}'', ''Film/{{Rebecca|1940}}'', ''Film/{{Psycho}}'', and ''Film/TheBirds''. He also gave us this 1955 BlackComedy, [[TheFilmOfTheBook adapted from]] Jack Trevor Story's novel of the same name.
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* GoshdangItToHeck: When Captain Wiles finds Harry's body, he exclaims, "For rice cake!"

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* GoshdangItToHeck: GoshDangItToHeck: When Captain Wiles finds Harry's body, he exclaims, "For rice cake!"
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The residents of a small Vermont town are faced with the appearance of one Harry Worp. The trouble with Harry is that he's dead. Four people in particular are concerned with what to do with him: Jennifer Rogers (Creator/ShirleyMacLaine, in her film debut), the dead man's long-estranged wife; retired sea captain Albert Wiles (Creator/EdmundGwenn), who believes that he shot Harry by accident while hunting; spinster Ivy Gravely (Mildred Natwick), who'd kicked Harry in self-defense after he "attacked" her; and local artist Sam Marlowe (Creator/JohnForsythe), who never actually met Harry -- not while he was alive, at least -- but is interested in Jennifer. They all spend the rest of the film trying to figure out exactly how and why he died, and more importantly, what to do with the body.

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The residents of a small Vermont town are faced with the appearance of one Harry Worp. The trouble with Harry is that he's dead. Four people in particular are concerned with what to do with him: Jennifer Rogers (Creator/ShirleyMacLaine, in her film debut), the dead man's long-estranged wife; retired sea captain Albert Wiles (Creator/EdmundGwenn), who believes that is convinced he shot Harry by accident while hunting; spinster Ivy Gravely (Mildred Natwick), who'd kicked Harry in self-defense after he "attacked" her; and local artist Sam Marlowe (Creator/JohnForsythe), who never actually met Harry -- not while he was alive, at least -- but is interested in Jennifer. They all spend the rest of the film trying to figure out exactly how and why he died, and more importantly, what to do with the body.
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The residents of a small Vermont town are faced with the appearance of one Harry Worp. The trouble with Harry is that he's dead. Four people in particular are concerned with what to do with him: Jennifer Rogers (Creator/ShirleyMacLaine, in her film debut), the dead man's long-estranged wife; retired sea captain Albert Wiles (Creator/EdmundGwenn), who thinks he shot Harry by accident while hunting; spinster Ivy Gravely (Mildred Natwick), who hit Harry in self-defense after he attacked her; and local artist Sam Marlowe (Creator/JohnForsythe), who never actually met Harry (not while he was alive at least), but is interested in Jennifer. The rest of the movie is spent trying to figure out exactly why he's dead, and more importantly, what to do with the body.

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The residents of a small Vermont town are faced with the appearance of one Harry Worp. The trouble with Harry is that he's dead. Four people in particular are concerned with what to do with him: Jennifer Rogers (Creator/ShirleyMacLaine, in her film debut), the dead man's long-estranged wife; retired sea captain Albert Wiles (Creator/EdmundGwenn), who thinks believes that he shot Harry by accident while hunting; spinster Ivy Gravely (Mildred Natwick), who hit who'd kicked Harry in self-defense after he attacked "attacked" her; and local artist Sam Marlowe (Creator/JohnForsythe), who never actually met Harry (not -- not while he was alive alive, at least), least -- but is interested in Jennifer. The They all spend the rest of the movie is spent film trying to figure out exactly how and why he's dead, he died, and more importantly, what to do with the body.


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* FakeOutOpening: The movie's [[http://www.tcm.com/mediaroom/video/78821/Trouble-With-Harry-The-Original-Trailer-.html original trailer]], which initially makes us think we're watching a lighthearted [[TravelogueShow travelogue film]] called "Autumn in Vermont".

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* FakeOutOpening: The In the movie's [[http://www.tcm.com/mediaroom/video/78821/Trouble-With-Harry-The-Original-Trailer-.html original trailer]], which initially makes us think we're watching a lighthearted [[TravelogueShow travelogue film]] called "Autumn in Vermont".
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* ArtisticTitle: The opening credits are shown while the camera scrolls along a stylized, childlike drawing (by ''Magazine/TheNewYorker'' cartoonist Saul Steinberg) of a house, trees, birds... and Harry's corpse.

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* ArtisticTitle: The opening credits are shown while the camera scrolls along a stylized, childlike drawing (by ''Magazine/TheNewYorker'' cartoonist Saul Steinberg) of a house, trees, birds... [[BreadEggsMilkSquick and Harry's corpse.corpse]].
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The residents of a small Vermont town are faced with the appearance of one Harry Worp. The trouble with Harry is that he's dead. Four people in particular are concerned with what to do with him: Jennifer Rogers (Creator/ShirleyMacLaine, in her film debut), the dead man's long-estranged wife; retired sea captain Albert Wiles (Creator/EdmundGwenn), who thinks he shot Harry by accident while hunting; spinster Ivy Gravely (Mildred Natwick), who hit Harry in self-defense after he attacked her; and local artist Sam Marlowe (Creator/JohnForsythe), who never actually met Harry, but is interested in Jennifer. The rest of the movie is spent trying to figure out exactly why he's dead, and more importantly, what to do with the body.

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The residents of a small Vermont town are faced with the appearance of one Harry Worp. The trouble with Harry is that he's dead. Four people in particular are concerned with what to do with him: Jennifer Rogers (Creator/ShirleyMacLaine, in her film debut), the dead man's long-estranged wife; retired sea captain Albert Wiles (Creator/EdmundGwenn), who thinks he shot Harry by accident while hunting; spinster Ivy Gravely (Mildred Natwick), who hit Harry in self-defense after he attacked her; and local artist Sam Marlowe (Creator/JohnForsythe), who never actually met Harry, Harry (not while he was alive at least), but is interested in Jennifer. The rest of the movie is spent trying to figure out exactly why he's dead, and more importantly, what to do with the body.
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[[caption-width-right:350:Well, [[CreatorsOddball the poster's not lying]].]]

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[[caption-width-right:350:Well, [[caption-width-right:310:Well, [[CreatorsOddball the poster's not lying]].]]
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* AmbiguousDisorder: In a setting filled to the brim with EccentricTownsfolk, Sam still manages to stand out as "strange", even to the other townsfolk, being prone to AttentionDeficitOohShiny tendencies as well as a general lack of respect for personal boundaries.
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The residents of a small Vermont town are faced with the appearance of one Harry Worp. The trouble with Harry is that he's dead. Four people in particular are concerned with what to do with him: Jennifer Rogers (Creator/ShirleyMacLaine, in her film debut), the dead man's long-estranged wife; retired sea captain Albert Wiles (Creator/EdmundGwenn), who thinks he shot Harry by accident while hunting; spinster Ivy Gravely (Mildred Natwick), who hit Harry in self-defense after he attacked her; and local artist Sam Marlowe (John Forsythe), who never actually met Harry, but is interested in Jennifer. The rest of the movie is spent trying to figure out exactly why he's dead, and more importantly, what to do with the body.

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The residents of a small Vermont town are faced with the appearance of one Harry Worp. The trouble with Harry is that he's dead. Four people in particular are concerned with what to do with him: Jennifer Rogers (Creator/ShirleyMacLaine, in her film debut), the dead man's long-estranged wife; retired sea captain Albert Wiles (Creator/EdmundGwenn), who thinks he shot Harry by accident while hunting; spinster Ivy Gravely (Mildred Natwick), who hit Harry in self-defense after he attacked her; and local artist Sam Marlowe (John Forsythe), (Creator/JohnForsythe), who never actually met Harry, but is interested in Jennifer. The rest of the movie is spent trying to figure out exactly why he's dead, and more importantly, what to do with the body.

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