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Vertigo
Why this pick
Its meticulous visual design and slow-burn unease deepen a grief-stricken man's obsession with recreating a lost woman, sustaining the same dreamlike psychological pull.
A FILM WORTH A CLOSER LOOKTHE FEATURE PRESENTATION
MOVIE1950 1h 31m USA
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01 / THE STORY
A little about the film.
This psychological thriller tells the story of Jeff Cohalan (Young). He is a successful architect who is tormented because his fiancée, Vivian Sheppard, was killed in a mysterious car accident on the night before their wedding. Blaming himself for her death, Cohalan spends his time alone, lamenting in the state-of-the-art cliff-top home he had designed for his bride-to-be.
02 / FACES IN THE FRAME
The people who bring it to life.
Robert Young
Jeff Cohalan
Betsy Drake
Ellen Foster
John Sutton
Keith Ferris
Jean Rogers
Dodo Ferris
Shirley Ballard
Vivian Sheppard
Jason Robards Sr.
Stacy Rogers (as Jason Robards)
Smoki Whitfield
Albert, Club Car Waiter (as Smokey Whitfield)
Bess Flowers
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