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!
00:07:27 Works on the principle of the cantilever bridge.
00:09:58 All right, here's the first step.
00:13:02 - From whom? - Someone dead.
00:15:40 I'll get you a firm of private eyes to follow her for you.
00:31:17 That's the kind of greeting a girl likes.
00:34:09 They had the power and the freedom.
00:37:30 Great-grandmother.
00:45:31 Why? Why do you go there?
00:48:22 I wander about.
00:54:25 - Meet again sometime. - We have.
00:59:48 Why did you run?
01:02:35 Don't leave me.
01:06:41 There now.
01:10:31 It was our favorite place...
01:16:36 ...Captain Hansen dismissed as an "unfortunate incident."
01:22:06 I had a long talk with that lady in Musical Therapy...
01:30:15 Yeah, I thought so. A pickup.
01:33:40 Because I'd like to have dinner with you.
01:40:23 And nothing else?
01:44:47 Here, Judy. Drink this straight down, just like medicine.
01:53:01 That's what I had in mind. Come here.
01:57:14 See? She was running up the stairs...
02:00:51 This is where it happened.
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 line02:00:51
Production Record
DirectorAlfred Hitchcock
LanguageEnglish
Budget$2,479,000
Revenue$7,808,900
IMDb votes442,133