inquest

That scene was a funny satirical scene quite alien from the rest of the dreamlike movie.

His British films included a few inquest scenes and some quite broad social satire which he had to stifle in his US movies.

We didn't get to see any evidence or testimony because Hitchcock says the justice system is often blind and foolish.

we couldn't see that because it would have taken away from the precious man feels.

You rest what case?

Of the inquest courtroom scene, there needn't have been a lot of attention given to it nor even much reality contained within--it was essential only to progress the narrative. Some have even mentioned how it had a dream-like quality to it, I would add just as most of the movie does as well. Perhaps the scene was dealt with in the manner that it was merely to depict yet one more occurrence in Scottie's life which he's somewhat experiencing "outside" of himself--due to his "sickness-es".
Being primarily a psychological drama, along the way the movie would suffer trying to become a courtroom drama or even a murder mystery.

I thought the Coroner went way beyond his brief in his treatment of Scottie. Scottie wasn't on trial, and the Coroner's comments could have been interpreted as irrelevant, argumentative and possibly even leading the jury (who reached their verdict with unseemly haste - the whole process would have been thrown out).

However, describing the scene as "dreamlike" as our friends above have, is very apt. More like an anxiety dream (of Scottie's), where you're wearing no clothes, or at an exam you have no clue about.


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