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What was the point of the Hennessey/Hammond 24 hour shadow?

posted 7 years ago by nomad472002
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What did they hope to achieve by this? Doesn't strike me as good investigative technique.

[–] cryofry 7 years ago

They thought Guy killed Miriam. They were watching him 24/7 in case he did anything suspicious.

It looks a bit sweaty in there so you may need to apply baby powder Zapp Brannigan

[–] daveyh (590) 5 months ago

surely that would only work though if they tailed him on the sly. Being so open about the fact that they'd have a detective with him at all times would only see him make a conscious effort to avoid doing anything suspicious

[–] Sassysheepdog 7 years ago

How close were they watching him? Bruno was able to get a gun to Guy without them noticing.

[–] Information-Police (4154) 5 years ago

Hitchcock didn't think much of police. I mean, in Vertigo, Jimmy Stewart went nearly the whole movie not recognizing Kim Novak, some he had fallen in love with.