Immer Ärger mit Harry (1955)

Immer Ärger mit Harry: Directed by Alfred Hitchcock. With Edmund Gwenn, John Forsythe, Mildred Natwick, Mildred Dunnock. The trouble with Harry is that he is dead and, while no one really minds, everyone feels responsible. After Harry’s body is found in the woods, several locals must determine not only how and why he was killed but what to do with the body.

“One thing I really admire about Hitchcock was that he was willing to experiment, and wasnu0026#39;t content to make the same movie over and over. This meant that he sometimes made movies that puzzled his audiences, and several of them were out and out flops. But the passage of time has been kind to many of these movies which can be enjoyed for what they are, not what the audience WANTED them to be. u0026#39;The Trouble With Harryu0026#39; is a great example. Many of Hitchcocku0026#39;s movies have humour in them, but an actual comedy was a bit left field for him. And not just any kind of comedy, a very black one. Humour is very subjective, but I found this movie to very clever and a lot of fun. It gets off to a bit of a shaky start with John Forsytheu0026#39;s character coming out with some unfunny lines and bits of business, but once the story kicks in and the characters played by Edmund Gwenn and Mildred Natwick are introduced, the movie becomes very amusing. Forsythe is technically the star of the movie, and Shirley MacLaine (in her movie debut) the leading lady, but Natwick, and especially Gwenn, steal the picture, and to me have the best lines. Edmund Gwenn was also in the underrated 1950s monster movie u0026#39;Them!u0026#39;, and Iu0026#39;m really fond of him. I also get a kick out of Royal Dano who plays the sheriff. Dano was a very interesting character actor who was in everything from u0026#39;Moby Dicku0026#39; to u0026#39;Drumu0026#39; to u0026#39;Killer Klowns From Outer Spaceu0026#39;. To be totally honest u0026#39;The Trouble With Harryu0026#39; wouldnu0026#39;t make it into my Top Ten Hitchcock movies, but that is only because he made so many great ones, and itu0026#39;s tough to choose, not because this is poor movie. If you want an edge of your seat thriller then maybe this isnu0026#39;t for you, but if you thought Hitchu0026#39;s droll introductions on his TV show were entertaining, then you should check this one out, as itu0026#39;s cut from the same cloth.”