Full Definition of SWAG. 1. : sway 1. 2. a: something (as a decoration) hanging in a curve between two points: festoon b: a suspended cluster (as of evergreen branches). 3. a: goods acquired by unlawful means: loot b: spoils, profits.
Both aloof and sensual, Kim Novak was cast by Hitchcock in Vertigo after original actress, Vera Miles, left due to pregnancy. Novak played the dual role of Judy Barton/Madeleine Elster, who becomes the sole obsession of acrophobic police detective John Scottie Ferguson (Stewart).
Director Alfred Hitchcock was working on his next film, Vertigo, when his leading actress, Vera Miles, became pregnant and had to withdraw from the complex role of Judy Barton. Hitchcock approached Harry Cohn to offer Novak the female lead without even requesting a screen test.