the master of suspense prof himself to be a pretty good craftsman of comedy in this entertaining yarn about the trouble cause by a corpse in a small new england community . there be terrific performance from forsythe a an eccentric artist and gwenn and natwick a a couple of old timer who strike up a romance on account of the corpse and and and in her film debut and maclaine a the wife of the corpse . and jerry mathers a the beaver like son of maclaine . initially and a the character be introduce and the comedy seem to be force but it soon get on a roll and offer plenty of laugh . the country setting be beautifully photograph and herrmann and in his first collaboration with hitchcock and provide a nice score .