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Vertigo (1958)

★ 8.1 · 6,301 ratings on TMDB

Alfred Hitchcock engulfs you in a whirlpool of terror and tension!

Vertigo poster★ 8.1

A retired San Francisco detective suffering from acrophobia investigates the strange activities of an old friend's wife, all the while becoming dangerously obsessed with her.

DirectorAlfred Hitchcock
CastBarbara Bel Geddes, Bess Flowers, Ellen Corby, Henry Jones, James Stewart, Kim Novak
GenresMystery, Romance, Thriller
The emergence reading

Vertigo keeps every mind human — it fights its subject at zero distance. The story fights on E8 of the E0–E14 reality ladder.

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Same people

Shared director or cast.

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