Vertigo / Alfred J. Hitchcock Productions, Inc. and Paramount Pictures Corporation ; director-producer, Alfred Hitchcock ; screenplay by Alec Coppel and Samuel Taylor.

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Scottie Ferguson, a San Francisco police detective is forced to retire when a freak accident gives him a severe case of acrophobia. Ferguson is hired by a rich shipbuilder to follow his wife who is behaving suspiciously and might be planning suicide. He falls in love with her, she is later murdered...

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Bibliographic Details
Uniform Title:Collector's edition (Universal Studios Home Video (Firm))
Rovi Media Collection. Movies.
Alfred Hitchcock collection.
Corporate Authors: Alfred J. Hitchcock Productions
Paramount Pictures Corporation
Universal Studios Home Video (Firm)
Other Authors: Hitchcock, Alfred, 1899-1980
Coppel, Alec
Taylor, Samuel, 1912-2000
Stewart, James, 1908-1997
Novak, Kim
Bel Geddes, Barbara
Helmore, Tom
Jones, Henry, 1912-1999
Boileau-Narcejac
Language:English
French
Spanish
Language and/or Writing System:
Dialogue in English, closed-captioned in English for the hearing impaired, and optional Spanish and French subtitles.
Published: Universal City, Calif. : Universal Home Video, [1998], ©1998.
Edition:Collector's edition.
Series:Collector's edition (Universal Studios Home Video (Firm))
Rovi Media Collection. Movies.
Alfred Hitchcock collection.
Subjects:
Feature films.
Detective and mystery films.
Vertigo > Drama.
Murder > Drama.
Police > California > San Francisco > Drama.
Love > Drama.
Films for the hearing impaired.
Genre:
Drama.
Physical Description:1 videodisc (128 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Format: Video DVD
Description
Summary:
Scottie Ferguson, a San Francisco police detective is forced to retire when a freak accident gives him a severe case of acrophobia. Ferguson is hired by a rich shipbuilder to follow his wife who is behaving suspiciously and might be planning suicide. He falls in love with her, she is later murdered and Ferguson becomes demonic in his desire to re-create her in another woman.
Note:Originally produced as a motion picture in 1958.
Based on the novel D'entre les morts by Pierre Boileau and Thomas Narcejac.
Includes restoration trailer, documentary footage, production notes.
Videorecording.
Call Number:PN1995.9.S87 V46 1998 VideoDVD
AJ1 D0020674 VideoDVD
Audience:
MPAA rating: PG.
ISBN:0783226055
Credits:Director of photography, Robert Burks; editor, George Tomasini; music, Bernard Herrmann; associate producer, Herbert Coleman.
System Details:DVD; Dolby digital, surround 5.1; widescreen 1.85:1.
Cast:
James Stewart, Kim Novak, Barbara Bel Geddes, Tom Helmore, Henry Jones.