hitchcock try out his hand at comedy and one of his least traveled path . the trouble with harry will at first glance appear to be hitchcock kind of take a break from serious film and the thriller and suspense film that he be best know for and and relax a bit with a light comedy and but there be much more go on in this film than that . first of all and only hitchcock would come out with something that could be term a light comedy when the central figure in the film from begin to end be a dead body and but a lot of hitchcock standard theme be very prevalent in the film and even though it differ so much from his traditional style . first and foremost and of course and be hitch real life and almost crippling fear of the police and whom he portray so often in film a bumbling and incompetent blockhead . the film be almost entirely dialogue driven and the crisp exchange be almost nonstop from begin to end and never get boring . shirley maclaine make a brilliant film debut a harry new widow and display the perfect amount of charm and sweetness that allow u to immediately forgive her gladness at her husband sudden death and no matter how mysterious or how many time the supposed responsibility for his death change hand . a the blame be circulate among the diverse and likable group of main character and the procession of guilt and responsibility lead to harry be dig up and re bury several time and until jennifer ( maclaine ) be ask what she think they should do and to which she reply and i do not care what you do with his so long a you do not bring him back to life . there be a recur set device of a closet that just would not stay close which seem to have cause some confusion a to it meaning and and i have a feeling that and since there be never anything actually hide in it and it be a metaphorical thing that point to one of the underlie theme of the film and that of guilt . skeleton in the closet and that kind of thing . purely speculation and of course and but it make sense to me . john forsythe give a brilliant and perfectly cool and lay back performance a the hugely likable sam marlowe and and his exchange with arnie and play by jerry mathers in his pre beaver day and be some of the best moment in the film and and this be also the first of a great many tremendously successful collaboration between hitchcock and composer bernard herrman . also keep your eye out for hitch cameo and which go by much quick than usual and you can miss it in a split second .