| During a rooftop chase, police detective John "Scottie" Ferguson (James Stewart) is overcome with a severe case of acrophobia--a deep fear of falling which results in a stultifying vertigo--that leads to the death of a fellow officer. After retiring from the police force, Scottie attempts to return to a normal life, but his life takes another unusual turn when an old school acquaintance asks Scottie to shadow his wife, the luminescent but utterly mysterious Madeleine (Kim Novak). Scottie is drawn into a vortex of deceit, murder and obsession. When Scottie's vertigo prevents him from saving Madeleine's life, his one chance at perfect love comes crashing to a brutal end. Then one day, Scottie sees a woman walking down the street who looks just like Madeleine. She is Judy Barton (Kim Novak), a salesgirl from Kansas with her own secrets--secrets that will once again turn Scottie's world into a dizzying battle between illusion and reality. |
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