Vertigo

Based On the book by Boileau-Narcejac

Vertigo is a 1958 American psychological thriller film produced and directed by Alfred Hitchcock. The story was based on the 1954 novel D'entre les morts (From Among the Dead) by Boileau-Narcejac, with a screenplay by Alec Coppel and Samuel A. Taylor. The film stars James Stewart as a former San Francisco police detective who has retired after an incident in the line of duty caused him to develop an extreme fear of heights, accompanied by vertigo. He is hired as a private investigator to report on the strange behavior of an acquaintance's wife (Kim Novak).

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Release date:

1958

Director:

Alfred Hitchcock

Cast:

James Stewart, Kim Novak, Barbara Bel Geddes, Tom Helmore, Henry Jones

Genre:

Thriller, Mystery, Romance, Drama, Psychological thriller

Country:

United States

Language:

English

Year page:

1958 in adaptations