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Rear Window

8.4

Released August 01, 1954Runtime 1h 52min

It only takes one witness to spoil the perfect crime.

A wheelchair-bound photographer spies on his neighbors from his apartment window and becomes convinced one of them has committed murder.

Genres

Thriller

Mystery

Production Companies

Paramount Pictures

Patron Inc.

Production Countries

United States of America

Finances

Budget: $1,000,000
Revenue: $37,042,336
Profit/Loss: $36,042,336

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Cast

James StewartL.B. 'Jeff' Jefferies

Grace KellyLisa Fremont

Wendell CoreyDet. Lt. Thomas J. Doyle

Thelma RitterStella

Raymond BurrLars Thorwald

Judith EvelynMiss Lonelyhearts

Ross BagdasarianSongwriter

Georgine DarcyMiss Torso

Sara BernerWoman on Fire Escape

Frank CadyMan on Fire Escape

Jesslyn FaxMiss Hearing Aid

Rand HarperNewlywed

Irene WinstonEmma Thorwald

Havis DavenportNewlywed

Jerry AntesDancer with Miss Torso (uncredited)

Benny BartlettMan with Miss Torso (uncredited)

Sue CaseySunbather (uncredited)

Iphigenie CastiglioniWoman with Bird (uncredited)

James CornellMinor Role (uncredited)

Don DunningDetective (uncredited)

Marla EnglishGirl at Songwriter's Party (uncredited)

Bess FlowersSongwriter's Party Guest with Poodle (uncredited)

Art GilmoreRadio Announcer (voice) (uncredited)

Fred GrahamDetective (uncredited)

Kathryn GrantGirl at Songwriter's Party (uncredited)

Charles HarveyMinor Role (uncredited)

Len HendryPoliceman (uncredited)

Alfred HitchcockClock-Winder in Songwriter's Apartment (uncredited)

Harry LandersMan with Miss Lonelyhearts (uncredited)

Alan LeeNewlyweds' Landlord (uncredited)

Mike MahoneyPoliceman (uncredited)

Jonnie ParisSunbather (uncredited)

Eddie ParkerDetective (uncredited)

Robert ShermanMinor Role (uncredited)

Dick SimmonsMan with Miss Torso (uncredited)

Ralph SmileyCarl (uncredited)

Jack StoneyIce Man (uncredited)

Anthony WardeDetective (uncredited)

Gig YoungJeff's Editor (voice) (uncredited)

Crew

Alfred HitchcockDirector

Herbert ColemanAssistant Director

John Michael HayesScreenplay

Cornell WoolrichShort Story

Alfred HitchcockProducer

Ray MoyerSet Decoration

George TomasiniEditor

Hal PereiraArt Direction

Sam ComerSet Decoration

J. McMillan JohnsonArt Direction

Edith HeadCostume Design

Robert BurksDirector of Photography

Franz WaxmanOriginal Music Composer

John P. FultonVisual Effects

Harry LindgrenSound Recordist

John CopeSound Recordist

Wally WestmoreMakeup Supervisor

Bob LandryTechnical Advisor

Loren L. RyderSound Recordist

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Reviews

by CharlesTheBold

L.B. Jeffries (Jimmy Stewart), an adventurous photographer, is temporarily immobilized by a serious leg injury. Bored, and living in a time where TV and internet were not available as distractions, he watches the courtyard out his real window and speculates about the lives of the neighbors that he...

It Had To Be Murder. L.B. Jefferies is a wheelchair bound photographer who by way of relieving his boredom, starts observing the lives of all his neighbours from his apartment window. As he gets deeper into the lives of all around him, he becomes convinced that one of hem has committed the act ...

Probably have seen this a half dozen times over the years and still is my favorite Hitchcock movie, favorite mind you not best. Simple story and taking place in one location, but good performances from James Stewart and Grace Kelly. **4.5/5**

Jimmy Stewart is cracking as the laid-up photographer who spends his chair-ridden days casually observing the day-to-day activities of his neighbours. Gradually, he becomes suspicious of one of them as the wife suddenly disappears and the husband (Raymond Burr) starts making odd trips out at night;...

I love a good plot twist as much as next person but maybe it was better back then.