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Rear Window
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"Rear Window" is a 1954 film directed by Alfred Hitchcock about a man confined to his apartment who becomes obsessed with watching his neighbors through their windows and believes he witnesses a crime. The film is considered a masterpiece of suspense cinema and established many techniques that became central to Hitchcock's reputation as a master of tension and visual storytelling.
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8.3A wheelchair-bound photographer spies on his neighbors from his apartment window and becomes convinced one of them has committed murder.
Cast
- James Stewart as L.B. Jefferies
- Grace Kelly as Lisa Fremont
- Wendell Corey as Thomas Doyle
- Thelma Ritter as Stella
- Raymond Burr as Lars Thorwald
- Judith Evelyn as Miss Lonelyhearts
Themes
- nurse
- isolation
- photographer
- suspicion of murder
- wheelchair
- girlfriend
- salesman
- neighbor
- whodunit
- biting
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Wikidata facts
- Duration
- 112
- FilmAffinity ID
- 802694
- Image
- Rearwindow trailer 3.jpg
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- Commons category
- Rear Window
- publication date
- 1954-09-01
- title
- Rear Window
- capital cost
- 1000000
- review score
- 4.4/5
- box office
- 36764313
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Rear Window is a 1954 American mystery thriller film directed by Alfred Hitchcock and written by John Michael Hayes, based on Cornell Woolrich's 1942 short story "It Had to Be Murder". Originally released by Paramount Pictures, the film stars James Stewart, Grace Kelly, Wendell Corey, Thelma Ritter, and Raymond Burr. It was screened at the 1954 Venice Film Festival in competition for the Golden Lion.
Rear Window is shot almost entirely from within one room and from the point-of-view outside the window. The film was made with a budget of $1 million ($12 million in 2025), and grossed $27 million during its initial release ($324 million in 2025).