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
- 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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