Rear Window

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Rear Window is a 1954 suspense thriller film directed by Alfred Hitchcock, centered on a wheelchair-bound photographer who suspects his neighbor of murder while spying on his apartment courtyard.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf film
mystery film
suspense film
thriller film
artDirectionBy Hal Pereira
Joseph MacMillan Johnson
basedOn It Had to Be Murder
basedOnAuthor Cornell Woolrich
cinematographyBy Robert Burks
countryOfOrigin United States
director Alfred Hitchcock
distributor Paramount Pictures
editedBy George Tomasini
femaleLeadCharacter Lisa Fremont
femaleLeadPortrayedBy Grace Kelly
genre mystery
suspense
thriller
hasColorProcess Technicolor
leadCharacter L. B. Jeffries
leadCharacterOccupation photographer
leadCharacterPortrayedBy James Stewart
musicBy Franz Waxman
nominatedFor Academy Award for Best Adapted Screenplay
Academy Award for Best Cinematography
Academy Award for Best Director
Academy Award for Best Sound Recording
originalLanguage English
plotSummary A wheelchair-bound photographer spies on his neighbors from his apartment and becomes convinced one of them has committed murder.
preservedIn National Film Registry
producer Alfred Hitchcock
productionCompany Alfred J. Hitchcock Productions
recognizedBy National Film Registry
registrySelectionReason aesthetically significant
culturally significant
historically significant
releaseYear 1954
runtimeMinutes 112
screenwriter John Michael Hayes
setIn Greenwich Village
New York City
starring Grace Kelly
James Stewart
Raymond Burr
Thelma Ritter
Wendell Corey
theme ethics of watching
surveillance
urban isolation
voyeurism

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Alfred Hitchcock notableWork Rear Window
Alfred Hitchcock directed Rear Window
Thelma Ritter notableWork Rear Window
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Raymond Burr participatedIn Rear Window (1954 film)
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Christopher Reeve notableWork Rear Window (1998 TV film)
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Thelma Ritter notableWork Rear Window
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Hal Pereira notableWork Rear Window
George Tomasini notableWork Rear Window
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John Michael Hayes notableWork Rear Window
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Joseph MacMillan Johnson workedOn Rear Window
It Had to Be Murder adaptedAs Rear Window
It Had to Be Murder adaptationTitleChange The film adaptation was retitled "Rear Window".
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It Had to Be Murder alternateTitle Rear Window
Cornell Woolrich workAdaptedAs Rear Window
Lisa Fremont appearsIn Rear Window
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L. B. Jeffries appearsIn Rear Window
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Robert Burks notableWork Rear Window
Alfred Hitchcock notableWork Rear Window
subject linked to: Reville
Wendell Corey notableWork Rear Window
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Bess Flowers appearedIn Rear Window
Grace Kelly notableWork Rear Window
subject linked to: Kelly family of Philadelphia
Judith Evelyn notableWork Rear Window
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