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The on-location shooting in old Quebec City is a viewing bonus. Two years after I Confess, Hitchcock took his crew to northern Vermont - about 200 miles from Quebec City - to direct the beautiful autumn scenery in The Trouble With Harry.

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I love this movie and have watched it nearly half a dozen times. Thanks for your insights

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Unfortunately, that link is to an analysis and reaction podcast, not the actual film.

I did a little legwork for you though, aside from renting for a few bucks everywhere, it CAN be viewed for free here: https://ok.ru/video/264620673699

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Chad, I tried to link to the actual video, not to the podcast. Thanks for pointing out the problem. We usually just use the trailer if we can't find a free version, because it's not our business to recommend any particular pay to view venue. I don't know how I got the wrong link, but as usual I was finishing up the nuts and bolts of the post late last night. Sorry for the confusion.

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I have been meaning to revisit this film and now I have all the reason in the world to do so. Thank you so much for featuring it this week and thank you also for introducing me to a phrase which I have never heard before: “the warp and woof,”

How extraordinary!

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This is a tremendous film, and Montgomery Clift plays it in such a restrained and low-key way. As for the odd phrase, Tony and I talk often about how many such expressions (common when we were children) have dropped utterly out of the language. That's a shame, for clearly such as "warp and woof" were old expressions from long before our time and even our parents' -- but they connected us to those for whom the expressions were not figurative but literal. It may seem a little loss, but language is vital to society, as Orwell knew and foresaw. We need to do more "Figuratively Speaking" word-of-the-week posts!!

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I wholeheartedly concur!

The director of our little oratory is from Cornwall UK, and uses expressions that I have never, ever heard of before. It is absolutely delightful to learn something new that is part of the culture and upbringing of an English speaker, though it’s sometimes bizarre.

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I enjoy watching real estate shows from the UK for the tours through different parts of the country, and the different figures of speech are also fun to hear.

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