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A newspaper photographer with a broken leg passes time recuperating by observing his neighbors through his window. He sees what he believes to be a murder, and decides to solve the crime himself. With the help of his nurse and wife, he tries to catch the murderer without being killed himself.

• Rating:

  PG

• Genre:

  Mystery & thriller

• Original Language:

  English

• Director:

  Alfred Hitchcock

• Producer:

  Alfred Hitchcock

• Writer:

  John Michael Hayes, Cornell Woolrich

• Release Date (Theaters):

  Sep 1, 1954  wide

• Release Date (Streaming):

  Sep 7, 2004

• Box Office (Gross USA):

  $1.6M

• Runtime:

  1h 52m

• Distributor:

  Paramount Pictures

• Aspect Ratio:

  Flat (1.37:1)

Cast & Crew

James Stewart
L.B. "Jeff" Jefferies

Grace Kelly
Lisa Carol Fremont

Wendell Corey
Det. Lt. Thomas J. Doyle

Raymond Burr
Mr. Lars Thorwald

Thelma Ritter
Stella

Judith Evelyn
Miss Lonelyheart

Ross Bagdasarian
Songwriter

Georgine Darcy
Miss Torso, the Ballet Dancer

Sara Berner
Woman on Fire Escape

Frank Cady
Man on Fire Escape

Jesslyn Fax
Miss Hearing Aid

Alan Lee
Newlyweds' landlord

Anthony Warde
Detective

Alfred Hitchcock
Director

Alfred Hitchcock
Producer

John Michael Hayes
Writer

Cornell Woolrich
Writer

Franz Waxman
Original Music

Robert Burks
Cinematographer

George Tomasini
Film Editing

J. McMillan Johnson
Art Director

Hal Pereira
Art Director

Sam Comer
Set Decoration

Ray Moyer
Set Decoration

Edith Head
Costume Design

Wally Westmore
Makeup Supervisor

Herbert Coleman
Assistant Director

John Cope
Sound Recordist

Harry Lindgren
Sound Recordist

John P. Fulton
Special Photographic Effects

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• Jul 28, 2018

  okay but too outmoded for my taste

  Ed K Super Reviewer

• Dec 04, 2017

  Hitchcock's nod to voyeurism has a very simple premise: a photographer (Jimmy Stewart) is laid up with a broken leg, and finds entertainment in looking out his second floor window at his neighbors. The plot device is that during a heat wave, these neighbors leave their curtains drawn or shades up at all times, well, with the exception of a pair of newlyweds, whose implied activity (and its frequency) is a little joke Hitch gives us early on. He also dials up some eye candy circa 1954 with a dancer who regularly prances about her apartment. Stewart (slash Hitchcock) is a bit of perv, and he's kidded about that by his tough little nurse (Thelma Ritter) and glamorous girlfriend (Grace Kelly). Things get serious when he notices one of the neighbors (Raymond Burr) leaving his apartment multiple times in the wee hours of the night, and that the guy's wife has mysteriously disappeared. From then on, there is a tension to the film, as we're not sure what's going on, or if anything at all is going on, as Stewart's detective friend (Wendell Corey) is skeptical and provides some alternate explanations. You might say, c'mon, we're pretty sure something's going on, this is a Hitchcock film after all, but consider the uncomfortable light Stewart's character is placed in: spying on neighbors with binoculars and a gigantic zoom lens, suggesting that his friend break the law by searching the guy's apartment without a warrant, and even (gasp) having Kelly over for a little sleepover, despite only having a single bed. It would have been interesting had Stewart's character been darker, e.g. taking pictures of his neighbors, but that may be implied when he breaks out slides showing pictures of a flower garden in the courtyard to try to understand if anything has changed. Tension ratchets up considerably when Ritter and Kelly investigate on their own, but I won't spoil it. The fact that the action for the entire movies takes place in Stewart's apartment or from its vantage point is a pretty phenomenal achievement. Stewart turns in a strong performance, and Ritter's blunt speculations are effective in spurring our imaginations. I loved the scene which ends with Burr's cigarette glowing in the dark, one of the best moments in the film. The little stories playing out in the various apartments, including a woman who is lonely and depressed, provide interesting subplots. Overall the film is a little too constrained for me to consider it Hitchcock's best, and I could have used a little more darkness in the characters or the plot, but it's certainly very good, and a brilliant example of suspense not requiring fast-paced action or gore.

  Antonius B Super Reviewer

• Mar 26, 2016

  Truly suspenseful and masterfully crafted, Alfred Hitchcock's Rear Window is a masterpiece of thriller that is both parts witty and serious, clever and entertaining, and humor filled and fear inducing. James Stewart is amazing in the main role.

  Matthew M Super Reviewer

• Nov 22, 2015

  Pretty well made but I disliked the ending and how it was handled so much that this brings the movie down significantly for me.