Vertigo (1958)

Vertigo rating: IMDb, Rotten Tomatoes and Metacritic

IMDb8.2/10· 459K votes

Rotten Tomatoes93%

Metacritic100%

TMDb8.141/10· 6K votes

With 93% on Rotten Tomatoes, backed by 8.2/10 on IMDb and 100/100 on Metacritic, critical reception of this film has been very positive.

About Vertigo

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.

Cast of Vertigo

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  James Stewart

  as Det. John 'Scottie' Ferguson

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  Kim Novak

  as Madeleine Elster / Judy Barton

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  Barbara Bel Geddes

  as Marjorie 'Midge' Wood

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  Tom Helmore

  as Gavin Elster

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  Henry Jones

  as Coroner

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  Raymond Bailey

  as Scottie's Doctor

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  Ellen Corby

  as Manager of McKittrick Hotel

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  Konstantin Shayne

  as Pop Leibel

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  Lee Patrick

  as Car Owner Mistaken for Madeleine

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  Bess Flowers

  as Diner at Ernie's (uncredited)

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  Alfred Hitchcock

  as Man Walking Past Elster's Office (uncredited)

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  David Ahdar

  as Priest (uncredited)

Vertigo facts

Budget

$2.5M

Box office

$7.8M

Our take on Vertigo

Hitchcock's 1958 masterpiece follows an acrophobic ex-detective hired to follow a friend's wife — and his spiral into obsession, deception and grief. Hypnotic, sensual and formally radical, it's now widely hailed as one of the greatest films ever made, a study of desire as a kind of haunting. If its dreamlike dread and obsessive romance gripped you, Rebecca and Shutter Island share its blend of mystery, psychology and beautiful unease.