The Trouble With Harry
Film195599 min

The Trouble With Harry

Taste attributes: comedymysterythrillerdetectivefastimaginaryglossyenclosedemotionally undemandingfighting evilrescue/escape/jeopardysolving the riddle/not as it seems

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Boxlist takeExpect a small-scale, very fast comedy, glossy rather than gritty. Best if you like pace over patience.

Pace: very fast · Originality: balanced · Tone: balanced · Weight: balanced · Realism: imaginary world · Story: balanced · Structure: balanced · Look: glossy · Scale: very confined · Emotional punch: balancedHow we score

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What lines up

  • Linearity: Balanced linearity, just how this profile likes it
  • Wholesomeness: Balanced wholesomeness, just how this profile likes it

What might not click

  • Emotional punch: Undemanding, where this profile leans emotive / stirring
  • Pace: Fast, where this profile leans slow

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Synopsis

Trouble erupts in a small, quiet New England town when a man's body is found in the woods. The problem is that almost everyone in town thinks that they had something to do with his death.

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Taste Attributes

fighting evilrescue/escape/jeopardysolving the riddle/not as it seems

Characteristics

Where this title sits on each taste spectrum

SlowPACEFast
FamiliarORIGINALITYOriginal
DarkTONEWholesome
LightWEIGHTINESSHeavy
FantasyREALISMRealistic
SimpleINTRICACYIntricate
Non-LinearLINEARITYLinear
UnderstatedSTYLEStylised
IntimateSCALEEpic
RestrainedEMOTIONIntense

Cast

Edmund GwennJohn ForsytheShirley MacLaineMildred NatwickMildred Dunnock

Details

Genre
Comedy
Year
1955
Runtime
99 min
Status
Released
Studio
Alfred J. Hitchcock Productions
Taste scores
How we score

Matched on pace, tone, themes and style, not just genre.

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