![]() For the residents of this small village, he’s a nuisance, and for Hitchcock, he’s essentially a diverting MacGuffin, a gimmick to hang the film’s ostensible plot on while it moves along to other things. In an idyllic setting, the village of Highwater, a tucked away hamlet ripe for escapist scandal, the discarded cadaver of Bostonian Harry is about to live up to the film’s title (if, that is, a dead body can live up to anything), causing nothing but distress for all involved. ![]() Hitchcock, the beloved Master of Suspense, had always had a witty way about him, even with his more sober fare, but this is something else. It’s a funny, unusual way to start a film, but it’s visually striking, with an ample VistaVision rendering of scenic splendor and lush cinematography by Robert Burks (his fourth picture with Hitchcock), and it establishes a droll tone that persists, unrelentingly so, throughout this 1955 Paramount release.
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