Rear Window

1954

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The weather is getting hotter, and photographer L.B. Jefferies (James Stewart) is stuck in his apartment with a broken leg and nothing to do--that is, nothing to do but spy on his neighbours through their open windows across the way in the apartment complex. There's an attractive and scantily clad dancer, a songwriter, a lonely .. Read more

Starring	Grace Kelly, Wendell Corey, Thelma Ritter, Raymond Burr
Director	Alfred Hitchcock
Run time	112 mins
Genres	Thriller

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"...Everything from the masterly opening sequence to the ambiguous final shot indicates that this is the work of a prodigiously talented director..." -- 5 out of 5 stars
- Total Film
- Posted 11 Mar 2005
Artificial but gripping suspenser of an unusual kind; with such restricted settings, all depends on the script and the acting, and they generally come up trumps.
- Halliwell's Film Guide
- Posted 02 Mar 2006
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30 out of 31 people found this review helpful

Hitchcock Classic.

James Stewart confined to a wheel chair with a broken leg relieves the boredom by harmless spying on his neighbours.It`s hot summertime so all the windows in the appartments opposite are open,most of the time.He gets suspicious when the wife of the arguing couple who live opposite go missing.He enlists the help of his girlfriend(Grace Kelly) to do the leg work.You see as he does,through their windows,people living different lives.Stewart and Kelly interact marvelously and she`s never looked more beautiful.
- - john evans from cardiff,wales.
  - Posted 01 Aug 2004 20:14
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11 out of 12 people found this review helpful

Gripping Stuff

A genuinely classic movie. Got it out for the family (kids 9,11,13) who've been rasied on a diet of Disney & Hollywood blockbusters. Wanted to expand their horizons a little. 'Oh no this is an old film!' was their first response. Following which it was an absolute joy to see them steadily drawn in, and eventually absolutely gripped by it. By the time they got to Grace Kelly's flat searching scene they weren't even blinking! The story, the atmosphere, the tension, it's all there. A great education in the art of film making and goes to show you don't need $100m to make a great movie. It's about story telling and Hitchcock was a master story teller.
- - A customer from Surrey
  - Posted 14 Apr 2005 08:43
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