The Trouble with Harry

The Trouble with Harry
Original poster
Directed byAlfred Hitchcock
Screenplay byJohn Michael Hayes
Based onThe Trouble with Harry
1949 novel
by Jack Trevor Story
Produced byAlfred Hitchcock
Starring
CinematographyRobert Burks
Edited byAlma Macrorie
Music byBernard Herrmann
Production
company
Alfred J. Hitchcock Productions
Distributed byParamount Pictures
Release date
Running time
99 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish
Budget$1.2 million
Box office$3.5 million

The Trouble with Harry is a 1955 American Technicolor black comedy film directed by Alfred Hitchcock. The screenplay by John Michael Hayes was based on the 1949 novel of the same name by Jack Trevor Story. It stars Edmund Gwenn, John Forsythe, Mildred Natwick, Jerry Mathers and Shirley MacLaine in her film debut. The film was released in the United States on September 30, 1955, then re-released in 1984 after the distribution rights were acquired by Universal Pictures.