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Vertigo

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

8.1(6,559)19582h 8m22

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

Frequently asked questions

Vertigo was released on 28 May 1958.

Audience reviews

6
  • E

    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…

  • T

    tmdb47633491

    4/7/2018

    4/10

    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

  • B

    barrymost

    3/30/2020

    8/10

    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 …

  • J

    JPV852

    9/5/2020

    8/10

    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**

  • J

    James

    10/14/2023

    9/10

    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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