When Vertigo was released in Europe in 1958, it contained an ending with an additional scene inserted. According to most accounts, Hitchcock provided this extended ending in order to satisfy a foreign censorship committee that apparently would not accept onscreen murderers getting away with their crimes. In this ending, the final scene takes place in Midge’s apartment where she listens to a radio report about Gavin Elster’s impending capture in Europe.
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