

Vertigo
Alfred Hitchcock engulfs you in a whirlpool of terror and tension!
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.
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- Status
- Released
- Budget
- $2.5M
- Box office
- $7.8M
- Language
- English
- plan
- love of one's life
- sense of guilt
- san francisco, california
- suicide attempt
- obsession
- bachelor
- detective
- necklace
- vertigo
- museum
- painting
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United States of America
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Release dates
IndiaIN
- Digital / OTT30 Oct 2014
United StatesUS
- PremiereSan Francisco, California9 May 1958
- TheatricalPG28 May 1958
- TheatricalPGRe-release28 Oct 1983
- TheatricalPGRestored version4 Oct 1996
United KingdomGB
- Theatrical24 Aug 1958
- TheatricalPGRestored version25 Apr 1997
United Arab EmiratesAE
- PhysicalDVD4 Jun 2007
- PhysicalBlu-ray23 Sept 2013
AustraliaAU
- TheatricalPG23 Jan 1959
- TheatricalPGRe-release2 Aug 1984
CanadaCA
- Theatrical16 Jun 1958
ArgentinaAR
- Theatrical135 Mar 1959
BelgiumBE
- Theatrical12Re-release23 Jun 1984
BrazilBR
- Theatrical1421 Jul 1958
ChileCL
- PremiereTerapias de Cine: Ciencia y Medicina8 Aug 2015
ChinaCN
- PremiereBeijing International Film Festival13 Apr 2019
CzechiaCZ
- Premiere15+Karlovy Vary International Film Festival1 Jul 1997
- Theatrical (limited)Projekt 10029 Jan 1998
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Vertigo was released on 28 May 1958.
Audience reviews
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Eky
6/16/2012
All I know, this film wasn’t so successful at first and this probably because the audience didn’t expect a film so dark and claustrophobic. Vertigo was so strange already from the beginning because of its surreal and nightmarish atmosphere. I bow to Hitchcock in his creativity in visualizing Jimmy Stewart’s acrophobia by implementing one of the oldest cinematography techniques, using zoom lens as it zooms in while th…
- T4/10
tmdb47633491
4/7/2018
I will never understand the universal adoration for Vertigo. Blindly inherited wisdom is the only explanation. How anyone could prefer this to North by Northwest or Rear Window is beyond me. An exceptionally made, exceptionally boring movie
- B8/10
barrymost
3/30/2020
A tense, dizzying thriller from the Master. Plot in a nutshell: A retired detective suffering from acrophobia takes the case of an old college chum's wife, who may be possessed by the spirit of her great-grandmother who committed suicide many years previous. But of course, a much darker, and more down-to-earth, secret lies beneath the surface. Comments: James Stewart is the perfect anti-hero in this: clever …
- J8/10
JPV852
9/5/2020
Not one of my favorites from Hitchcock, and certainly dower, but still visually striking and two amazing performances from James Stewart and Kim Novak. This is only the second time seeing this, guessing the last time was maybe 10 years ago or so, not entirely sure when I'll revisit it. **3.75/5**
- J9/10
James
10/14/2023
Perhaps it’s due to my dislike for the overrated “North By Northwest”, but as of now this is my favourite Hitchcock.
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