In this film, Scottie is hired as a private detective to follow Madeleine Elster.
In an alternate ending to this film, the protagonist's ex-fiancée listens to a radio report about a pursued criminal. It is based on a novel by Boileau-Narcejac called The Living and the Dead. The protagonist of this film visits the McKittrick Hotel, and also visits the local history expert Pop Leibel to find out about the tragic death of a woman whose portrait is found in a local art museum, Carlotta Valdes. In this film, Scottie is hired as a private detective to follow Madeleine Elster. Madeleine apparently commits suicide by jumping from a bell tower, but it is later revealed that the suicide was faked and that Madeleine is actually Judy Barton in disguise. It popularized the use of the dolly zoom, which is used to simulate the title condition. For 10 points, name this Alfred Hitchcock film starring James Stewart and Kim Novak.
In an alternate ending to this film, the protagonist's ex-fiancée listens to a radio report about a pursued criminal.
Vertigo