Fascinating masterpiece

Rating: 10/10 (25 July 2006)

James Stewart plays a San Francisco detective John 'Scottie Ferguson who is suffering from fear of heights.An old college friend Gavin Elster (Tom Helmore) hires him to watch his wife Madeleine (Kim Novak) because she's acting weird.It looks like she's possessed by her ancestor's spirit named Carlotta.Of course Scottie doesn't pay that.He becomes more and more interested in the case when he finds out what kind of beauty Madeleine is.Naturally he falls for her.Alfred Hitchcock's Vertigo (1958)keeps you in it's touch from the first minutes on.You can't leave it for a second.You can't miss a moment.James Stewart was the perfect choice to play the lead.Nobody couldn't have done it like Jimmy.Kim Novak is beautiful, she's mysterious and a true talent.Barbara Bel Geddes does the part of Marjorie 'Midge' Wood and she does it very good.Hitch knew how to keep the viewers nailed to their seats.Who has that ability this day?