While we are confronted with a dead body and a possible manslaughter/murder/coverup, the quirkiness of the situation and how all of the characters respond to it make this film quite different from other Hitchcock films. Is it a 5-star film on the level of other 5-star Hitchcock films? Man, that's a tough question. And I'm going to punt on that. I don't know if this film is as good as Vertigo or Psycho. Honestly, probably not, but regardless, I do find the character development, the acting, and the setting all top notch. Who is Harry? He's a dead body. And the trouble is, the people involved can't seem to get rid of him. He's buried, unburied, and so on, "throughout the day." Although Harry isn't a local, and for a while seems to be a stranger that's just unfortunately been shot, we discover that he's not a stranger, and the cause of his death is more complicated. At the end, I love when Jennifer (Shirley McLaine) explains to the doctor j...
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