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ハリーの災難【Blu-ray】 [ シャーリー・マクレーン ] 価格:1,500円 (2018/12/14 11:14時点) 感想(0件)

Plot
The quirky but down-to-earth residents of the small hamlet of Highwater, Vermont, are faced with the freshly dead body of Harry Worp (Philip Truex), which has inconveniently appeared on the hillside above the town. The problem of who the person is, who was responsible for his sudden death, and what should be done with the body is "the trouble with Harry."
Captain Wiles (Edmund Gwenn) is sure that he killed the man with a stray shot from his rifle while hunting, until it is shown he actually shot a rabbit. Jennifer Rogers (Shirley MacLaine), Harry's estranged wife, believes she killed Harry because she hit him hard with a milk bottle. Miss Gravely (Mildred Natwick) is certain that the man died after a blow from the heel of her hiking boot when he lunged at her out of the bushes (still reeling from the blow received at the hands of Jennifer). Sam Marlowe (John Forsythe), an attractive and nonconformist artist, is open-minded about the whole event, and is prepared to help his friends and neighbors in any way he can. In any case, no one is upset at all about Harry's death.
However, they all are hoping that the body will not come to the attention of "the authorities" in the form of cold, humorless Deputy Sheriff Calvin Wiggs (Royal Dano), who earns his living per arrest. The Captain, Jennifer, Miss Gravely and Sam bury the body and then dig it up again several times throughout the day. They then hide the body in a bathtub before finally putting it back on the hill where it first appeared, in order to make it appear as if it was just discovered.
Finally it is learned that Harry died of natural causes; no foul play at all was involved. In the meantime, Sam and Jennifer have fallen in love and wish to marry, and the Captain and Miss Gravely have also become a couple. Sam has been able to sell all his paintings to a passing millionaire, although Sam refuses to accept money, and instead requests a few simple gifts for his friends and himself.

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Cast
Edmund Gwenn as Capt. Albert Wiles エドマンド・グウェン
John Forsythe as Sam Marlowe　ジョン・フォーサイス
Shirley MacLaine as Jennifer Rogers　シャーリー・マクレーン
Mildred Natwick as Miss Ivy Gravely　ミルドレッド・ナトウィック
Mildred Dunnock as Mrs. Wiggs　ミルドレッド・ダンノック
Jerry Mathers as Arnie Rogers　ジェリー・メイザース
Royal Dano as Deputy Sheriff Calvin Wiggs　ロイヤル・ダノ
Parker Fennelly as Millionaire　パーカー・フェネリー



1955年のアルフレッド・ヒッチコック監督作品「ハリーの災難」です。
ヒッチコックといえば、サスペンスやスリラーで成功を収めていた監督ですが、
本作品はコメディーです。しかもコメディーといってもブラックコメディーです。
ブラックコメディーというのはタブー(禁忌)とされているものを笑いにしているということ。
「ハリーの災難」で言えば人の死がそれに当たりますね。
ハリーの死体を巡ったドタバタ劇。

邦題のハリーの災難と言うとおり、ハリーは死んでからも何度も掘り返されたり、また埋めたりと散々な目にあっています。
ハリーを殺したと思っている人が何人も村にいたためですが、それにしても悪ノリがすごい。
でも実際にありそうで怖い描写です。

99分と長い映画ではないですが、眠くなることもあったので、もう少し短くても良かったと思う。