yep--it's a good film,...but #14 on IMDb???

Rating: 9/10 (19 May 2006)

This is a very good film--definitely one of Hitchcock's best films and very suspenseful. But when I noticed on IMDb that it is ranked #16I was shocked. I just can't accept that this is the 16th best movie out there. If you thought about it, I'm sure most everyone reading this would be able to pick more than 16 better films with little problem. Jimmy Stewart, the star of this film, himself probably did a hand full of other films that should be ranked higher than this movie (such as MR. SMITH GOES TO WASHINGTON, THE MORTAL STORM, ANATOMY OF A MURDER and several others come to mind).
Now my rant about it being over-rated is NOT to say this is a bad film. As far as suspense films go, it's one of the better ones and the only Hitchcock film I like more is NORTH BY NORTHWEST--and only by a shade. The acting is just fine, the script is excellent and the scares are intense. It's also amazingly innovative the way an entire New York neighborhood was recreated in a sound stage! Truly original and a must-see for suspense film buffs.