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1954, Mystery & thriller, 1h 52m
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Movie Info
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
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Georgine Darcy
Miss Torso, the Ballet Dancer
Sara Berner
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Frank Cady
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Alan Lee
Newlyweds' landlord
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Detective
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John Michael Hayes
Writer
Cornell Woolrich
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Franz Waxman
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George Tomasini
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J. McMillan Johnson
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Hal Pereira
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Sam Comer
Set Decoration
Ray Moyer
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Edith Head
Costume Design
Wally Westmore
Makeup Supervisor
Herbert Coleman
Assistant Director
John Cope
Sound Recordist
Harry Lindgren
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John P. Fulton
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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.