Hitchcock bet heavily in this film: a cast of perfect unknown, an unusual plot and a cascade of black humor made with charm and class. All put together and hardly even looks like a movie by the renowned master, but it is. I've never laughed so hard at a movie made by him, and that was a very interesting and enjoyable surprise. The plot is based on the discovery of a corpse by an occasional hunter who, thus, believes he has killed him by accident. However, a lot of people end up getting involved and, some time later, there is an improvised gang bet on hiding the body, buried and unearthed several times. And still some say that the dead rest in peace! Of course, being a British movie, everything is done in a formal, polite way and always between a tea and a card game. This way of being is part of the joke. Target of a bad marketing strategy when it was released, the film has been misunderstood by the general public since then becoming, perhaps, one of the most forgotten films of this famous filmmaker's work. Anyway, it's a funny movie. It should be seen as a black comedy, not as a thriller or mystery movie. Its not a masterpiece, its not his best film, but still deserves to be watched.
Review of The Trouble with Harry
