Apple TVThe Trouble with Harry (1955)
Bias Rating
Analyzing...
Leans Traditional
Viewer Rating
Rating: 7.5
Overview
When a local man's corpse appears on a nearby hillside, no one is quite sure what happened to him. Many of the town's residents secretly wonder if they are responsible, including the man's ex-wife, Jennifer, and Capt. Albert Wiles, a retired seaman who was hunting in the woods where the body was found. As the no-nonsense sheriff gets involved and local artist Sam Marlowe offers his help, the community slowly unravels the mystery.
Starring Cast
Where to watch
Apple TV
Google PlayBias Dimensions
Political: Center
Diversity: Low
Overview
When a local man's corpse appears on a nearby hillside, no one is quite sure what happened to him. Many of the town's residents secretly wonder if they are responsible, including the man's ex-wife, Jennifer, and Capt. Albert Wiles, a retired seaman who was hunting in the woods where the body was found. As the no-nonsense sheriff gets involved and local artist Sam Marlowe offers his help, the community slowly unravels the mystery.
Starring Cast
Where to watch
Apple TVGoogle PlayDetailed Bias Analysis
Analyzing...
Leans Traditional
Primary
The film's central subject matter and its narrative solution are entirely apolitical, focusing on human eccentricity and the comedic absurdity of an inconvenient death rather than any ideological stance.
This film features a predominantly white cast, consistent with traditional casting practices of its time. The narrative focuses on character-driven humor and situational comedy, without engaging in critical portrayals of traditional identities or incorporating explicit themes related to diversity, equity, or inclusion.
Secondary
The Trouble with Harry, a black comedy by Alfred Hitchcock, does not feature any identifiable LGBTQ+ characters or themes. The narrative centers on a group of eccentric villagers dealing with a mysterious death, with all relationships and character arcs being heteronormative.
The movie does not contain any action or adventure elements.
The 1955 film "The Trouble with Harry" is an adaptation of Jack Trevor Story's 1950 novel. All major characters, including Harry Worp, Captain Wiles, Jennifer Rogers, Sam Marlowe, and Miss Ivy Gravely, retain their original genders from the source material in the film adaptation.
The film is an adaptation of a novel where character races were not explicitly defined as non-white. The on-screen portrayals align with the implicit racial context of the source material and setting, with no character established as one race being depicted as another.
Viewer Rating Breakdown
7.5
Viewer Rating
Combines user and critic ratings from four sources
User Ratings
7.0
7.0
Critic Ratings
8.8
7.4
More Like This
Leans Traditional
7.6
Family Plot
(1976)
Political: Center
Diversity: Low
Leans Traditional
8.3
Being There
(1979)
Political: Center
Diversity: Low
Leans Traditional
7.7
The Cat and the Canary
(1927)
Political: Center
Diversity: Low
Leans Traditional
8.3
Charade
(1963)
Political: Center
Diversity: Low
Traditional
8.6
Rebecca
(1940)
Political: Center
Diversity: Low
LGBTQ: Negative
Leans Traditional
7.0
Revenge of the Pink Panther
(1978)
Political: Center
Diversity: Low
Leans Traditional
8.9
Vertigo
(1958)
Political: Center
Diversity: Low
Leans Traditional
8.0
To Catch a Thief
(1955)
Political: Center
Diversity: Low
Leans Traditional
7.7
A Shot in the Dark
(1964)
Political: Center
Diversity: Low
Leans Traditional
7.1
Irma la Douce
(1963)
Political: Center
Diversity: Low
Leans Traditional
7.5
The Private Life of Sherlock Holmes
(1970)
Political: Center
Diversity: Low
LGBTQ: Neutral
Leans Traditional
8.4
The Thin Man
(1934)
Political: Center
Diversity: Low
Leans Traditional
7.8
Spellbound
(1945)
Political: Center
Diversity: Low
Center
6.7
Murder by Death
(1976)
Political: Center
Diversity: Low
LGBTQ: Neutral
Leans Traditional
9.2
Rear Window
(1954)
Political: Center
Diversity: Low
Leans Traditional
7.0
Cocoon
(1985)
Political: Center
Diversity: Low
Leans Traditional
8.8
The Apartment
(1960)
Political: Center
Diversity: Low
Leans Traditional
8.8
Notorious
(1946)
Political: Center
Diversity: Low
Center
7.8
The Man Who Knew Too Much
(1956)
Political: Center
Diversity: Low
Leans Traditional
8.1
Suspicion
(1941)
Political: Center
Diversity: Low