Vertigo
1958 · 128 MIN · IMDB 8.3 · 442,133 VOTES · DIR. Alfred Hitchcock
Overview
A retired San Francisco detective suffering from acrophobia investigates the strange activities of an old friend's wife, all the while becoming dangerously obsessed with her.
Dialogue Timeline — 1,130 lines
A SAMPLE ACROSS THE RUNTIME — EVERY LINE IS SEARCHABLE
00:04:18 Give me your hand!
00:07:30 It does?
00:10:05 Step number two coming up.
00:13:17 No.
00:15:51 I'm in a panic about this.
00:31:29 Professor Saunders over in Berkeley.
00:34:32 ...stopping people in the streets to ask:
00:37:54 She knows nothing of a grave out at the Mission Dolores?
00:45:57 Downtown, shopping.
00:48:58 I've fallen into lakes, out of rowboats, when I was a little girl.
00:55:09 ...to wander separately?
01:00:30 ...that I'll die.
01:03:40 All I said in my note was: "Where are you?"
01:07:21 And an old wooden hotel from the old California days?
01:12:08 It's not fair. It's too late. It wasn't supposed to happen this way.
01:17:40 ...he could not face the tragic result of his own weakness...
01:23:49 But I'm here.
01:31:11 You don't look much like Jack the Ripper. What do you want to know?
01:36:33 The Carlotta story was part real, part invented...
01:42:56 The gentleman seems to know what he wants.
01:46:09 ...if you'll just like me.
01:55:15 One final thing I have to do...
01:59:17 You were the counterfeit, weren't you?
02:02:30 God have mercy.
Cast & Characters
James Stewart
John 'Scottie' Ferguson
Kim Novak
Madeleine Elster
Kim Novak
Judy Barton
Barbara Bel Geddes
Marjorie 'Midge' Wood
Tom Helmore
Gavin Elster
Henry Jones
Coroner
Raymond Bailey
Scottie's Doctor
Ellen Corby
Manager of McKittrick Hotel
Konstantin Shayne
Pop Leibel
Lee Patrick
Car Owner Mistaken for Madeleine
David Ahdar
Priest
Dialogue Record
Lines indexed1,130
Dialogue density8.8 lines / min
First line00:04:18
Final line02:02:30
Production Record
DirectorAlfred Hitchcock
LanguageEnglish
Budget$2,479,000
Revenue$7,808,900
IMDb votes442,133