Rooftop Chase (Opening Scene) | Vertigo (1958)

After a rooftop chase, where his fear of heights and vertigo result in the death of a policeman, San Francisco detective John "Scottie" Ferguson (James Stewart) retires.

From Alfred Hitchcock’s Vertigo (1958): Detective Scottie (James Stewart) who suffers from acrophobia is hired to investigate the strange activities of an old friend's wife (Kim Novak). She commits suicide while Scottie becomes dangerously obsessed with her.

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[jessicagregg]

One of my all time favourite Hitchcock movies. A real gut punch and edge of your seat from start to finish

[cringeworthy]

I got sweaty palms when he looked down. Jeeesssus.

[nicholassakamoto]

In my opinion, I’d say this is one of the most intense moments of this movie.

[Jean-rgsp]

*This is from the remastered tape and the bullet reports from the policeman's revolver are not from the original print. They do sound super, much better than the sound from an automatic pistol.*

[controlschemekeaton]

Hitchcock would have a field day with these directors now.

[elenij]

he falls to his death and the rest of the film is a ghost story. Lots of evidence for that.