the trouble with harry be set in a serene and technicolor awe inspire backdrop of autumn in new england and reminiscent of the cheery americana of shadow of a doubt . there also a cast of character who be more wrapped up in their romantic entanglement than in the body of harry and who should be the focal point of the story . matter of fact and one of the great delight of the trouble with harry be that the so called macguffin this time be the dead body and and not some random object . harry could just as well be anything and but the only thing that be of concern be and of course and that he dead . what i love see and a almost hitchcock be a surrealist ( he be a big fan of bunuel after all ) as much a be a director of dark or light comedy and be the non chalance treat with the body from those around it throughout . the opening scene have me floor and grin cheek to cheek and sometimes just chuckle or laugh hysterically and at some line or moment in behavior from edmund gwynn and mildred natwicks reaction ( or lack thereof ) to the dearly depart harry on the ground . they go on and on talk about meeting later in the day and almost flirting by gwynn advance and and there a dead body on the ground . on top of this there the reaction from a little kid who love play with a dead rabbit and shirley macclaine a his mother and ex lover of harry and and the artist marlowe play by john forsythe and who seem to take a detached position almost in spite of make a detailed sketch of the dead harry face . so all of this and do in a manner that should suggest reality but doesn not in the slightest and build up to something that be like the other side of the morbid coin that one saw in stranger on a train . murder be treat a few hitchcock work almost philosophically and but with with an air of oh and it just a little death and no harm really and and in the trouble with harry it do to the max . a good portion of the movie have nothing to do with harry and even if he on the character mind while a lot of courtship go on between the elder capt . wile and miss ivy gravely and ( very rush and which be the point ) between marlowe and jennifer rogers . forsythe might not be the best cast in the part and but everyone else be and and they all bring something to put whatever potential be in the script to the full . sometimes it doesn not look like it should be funny and but then something else come along another strange line of dialog and another aside about harry body be move here or there that turn thing on it head . it basically hitchcock have fun with something that and for him and be probably more lighthearted then it might be for most . it not a totally pitch black comedy and but then again hithcock be deceptive and devilishly so and in in make thing as simple a they seem . a with bunuel everything seem like it should be straightforward and which add to the absurdity and until one realize that it mean to be absurd like some yarn that you hear from a fellow you do not totally trust but listen intently anyway . it not quite one of hitchcock masterpiece and but it surely be one of the best among those experiment that the director make from time to time and test himself and the audience and put energy into something that could turn his reputation on a turn .