There's a lot of political correctness to be dealt with if you want to talk about films. I've been showing so-called classics for 20+ years and this whole holier-than-thou attitude still pisses me off. You have no idea of how many times I've heard variations of Nocti's comments.
My comment, Sonny Jim, has NOTHING to do with political correctness.
I know the movies in question,
'Peeping Tom',
'Vertigo' and
'The Trouble with Harry' very well indeed. I watch them many times and they are part of my extensive film collection on DVD. I could not give two hoots about political correctness, Odeon... and you should have known me long enough to realise that.
You might
show old classics, Sirrah and imagine yourself an expert, however I have studied film since as far back as I can remember... something like 35 years. I've given you NO holier-than-thou attitude mate - you are the one who has attacked, not I. You have simply picked a lesser known Hitchcock movie to try and show how clever and rebelious you are - well it doesn't wash with me unless you can back yourself up rationally and with knowledge.
I like
'The Trouble with Harry' very much indeed, but to claim it is Hitchcock's best movie is frankly bizaare and stinks of being deliberately against the tide for the sake of being against the tide rather for any rational reason. True, it could be the very best in any other Director's catalogue, but not in Hitchcock's. What? does it rate higher than
'Shadow of a Doubt',
'Psycho',
'Rear Window',
'The Wrong Man' or even a piece of Hitchock confectionary like
'North by Northwest'. Possibly on a par with
'North by Northwest' but no better.
There is so much genius and excellence in Hitchcock's canon that it is difficult to say which of his movies are best. However,
'Vertigo' certainly stands ahead of most, if not all.
'Marnie' is underrated and deserves better just like
'The Trouble with Harry' does... I agree. However, get pissy with somebody else, if the above is an example of the limits of your knowledge.
I think you picked on
'The Trouble with Harry' only because you are attracted to going against the flow for no better reason than to go against the flow. Maybe you thought I would be unfamiliar with the movie - think again. Hey its a really good movie, I'm not saying otherwise... a great movie indeed... but in
that canon of movies. No. Not the best by any stretch - and I do not think anybody with serious knowledge would even suggest it.