A great movie with just a flaw (IMHO) in the love story.

Rating: 9/10 (26 February 2001)

This is a great movie and an excellent example of the masterful Hitchcock touch. Some of the cut scenes, the photography are really landmarks in film. My favorite is when Scottie is in the hotel room with the girl embracing, the camera moves around them; the livery stable scene is in the background, then we're back to the hotel room. I'm not so sure it's worthy of being #29 at IMDB. But it is pretty darn good how the writers & Hitchcock were able to blend the supernatural element (through the story line as well as the cinematography) with the logical explanation at the end (sort of an uber-Scooby Doo episode ;-).
I give it a 9 out of 10, just losing a point because I wasn't convinced by what seemed to be the rushed love interest with Scottie & Madeleine at first. Would such a stand-up guy like Scottie be making out with his old college pal's wife after what seemed like two days of tailing here? And it seemed a bit rushed or forced in the followup pursuit of Judy. I suppose this rushed love interest was a necessary evil as the film would be 4 hours long if it developed normally? And poor Midge seemed to be a pretty useless character. But these are minor gripes overshadowed by the otherwise great story, photography, & direction by Hitchcock.