there be a beauty to this film that be so subtle and so brilliant that you have to be a good viewer to understand it . this be a film where hitchcock not only make fun of himself but he also go directly away from every other previous movie he ever direct . while it be his second comedy and this be no mr. and mrs. smith . the setting in smuggler notch vermont be a beauty . the cast of edmund gwenn and john forsyth be unique and the premiere of shirley mcclaine be totally surprising . she be discover work a the under study for another actress on broadway in the pajama game . originally and it be the other actress that be be think of to be cast in this and but when hitch folk saw shirley and she win the part . the comedy be subtle and and the entire cast play it perfectly . one extreme note of interest and this be one of the very few hitchcock film which do not have a staircase play a setting in the film . staircase always central role in the action in most of his other film .