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Rear Window (1954)

Rear Window is a classic 1954 film from director Alfred Hitchcock. The movie centers on LB Jefferies (James Stewart), a photographer who claims he saw one of his neighbors commit murder after spying on them. The film was nominated for four Oscars and was also unsuccessfully remade as a TV movie in 1998 starring Christopher Reeves.

Rear Window
PG
Mystery
Thriller

Director
Alfred Hitchcock
Release Date
September 1, 1954
Studio(s)
Paramount Pictures
Distributor(s)
Paramount Pictures
Cast
Thelma Ritter , James Stewart , Wendell Corey , Grace Kelly , Raymond Burr
Writers
John Michael Hayes
Runtime
112 minutes
Budget
$1 million

Summary

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

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