Vertigo

In Alfred Hitchcock's classic thriller, a retired detective with a fear of heights is hired to follow a friend's wife who is behaving bizarrely. As he becomes obsessed with her, he is drawn into a complex web of deceit and danger.

• Alfred Hitchcock's personal favorite among all his films.
• The bell tower sequence was mostly created with matte paintings.
• Hitchcock bought the rights to the novel anonymously to keep costs down.
• The film's iconic poster was designed by Saul Bass.
• The classic 'Vertigo' effect was achieved with a dolly zoom.

• "Only one is a wanderer; two together are always going somewhere."
• "I didn't want to die. She did. She tricked me."
• "It's not fair. It's too late. It wasn't supposed to happen this way."
• "I look up, I look down. I look up, I look..."
• "I have acrophobia which gives me vertigo and I get dizzy."