Rear Window

  • 112'
  • USA
  • 1954

Hitchcock's classic Technicolor thriller is a visionary metaphor for today’s espionage practices. Recuperating from a broken leg, professional photographer L. B. 'Jeff' Jefferies (James Stewart) is confined to a wheelchair while his girlfriend Lisa Fremont (Grace Kelly) visits him regularly. His apartment’s rear window looks out onto a courtyard and several other apartments. During a heatwave, he spies on his neighbors who keep their windows open to stay cool.

As Jeff watches his neighbors, he assigns them such roles and character names as 'Miss Torso' and 'Miss Lonelyhearts'. Of particular interest is seemingly mild-mannered travelling salesman Lars Thorwald, who is saddled with a nagging, invalid wife. One night, Jeff becomes convinced one of them has committed a murder. Lisa is less convinced, at first: "Tell me everything you saw, and what you think it means." 

Director
Alfred Hitchcock
Country of production
USA
Year
1954
Festival Edition
IFFR 2019
Length
112'
Medium
35mm
Language
English
Producer
Alfred Hitchcock
Production Company
Alfred J. Hitchcock Productions
Sales
Park Circus Limited
Screenplay
John Michael Hayes
Cinematography
Robert Burks
Editor
George Tomasini
Music
Franz Waxman
Cast
James Stewart, Grace Kelly, Wendell Corey, Thelma Ritter, Raymond Burr, Judith Evelyn, Ross Bagdasarian
Director
Alfred Hitchcock
Country of production
USA
Year
1954
Festival Edition
IFFR 2019
Length
112'
Medium
35mm
Language
English
Producer
Alfred Hitchcock
Production Company
Alfred J. Hitchcock Productions
Sales
Park Circus Limited
Screenplay
John Michael Hayes
Cinematography
Robert Burks
Editor
George Tomasini
Music
Franz Waxman
Cast
James Stewart, Grace Kelly, Wendell Corey, Thelma Ritter, Raymond Burr, Judith Evelyn, Ross Bagdasarian