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Rear Window (1954)
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A wheelchair bound photographer spies on his neighbours from his apartment window and becomes convinced one of them has committed murder. Director:Alfred Hitchcock |
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Miss Lonelyhearts
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Ross Bagdasarian | ... |
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Georgine Darcy | ... |
Miss Torso
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Sara Berner | ... |
Woman on Fire Escape
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Frank Cady | ... |
Man on Fire Escape
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Jesslyn Fax | ... |
Miss Hearing Aid
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Rand Harper | ... |
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Irene Winston | ... |
Mrs. Emma Thorwald
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Havis Davenport | ... |
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Storyline
Professional photographer L.B. "Jeff" Jeffries breaks his leg while getting an action shot at an auto race. Confined to his New York apartment, he spends his time looking out of the rear window observing the neighbors. He begins to suspect that a man across the courtyard may have murdered his wife. Jeff enlists the help of his high society fashion-consultant girlfriend Lisa Freemont and his visiting nurse Stella to investigate. Written by Col Needham <col@imdb.com>
Plot Summary | Plot SynopsisTaglines:
Through his rear window and the eye of his powerful camera he watched a great city tell on itself, expose its cheating ways...and Murder! See more »Parents Guide:
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(Japan) See more »Also Known As:
Alfred Hitchcock's Rear Window See more »Box Office
Budget:
$1,000,000 (estimated)Opening Weekend:
$234,258 (USA) (2 October 1983) (21 Screens)Gross:
$30,000,000 (Worldwide) (January 1998)Company Credits
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Mono (Western Electric Recording)Aspect Ratio:
1.66 : 1
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Voice on radio: Men, are you over 40? When you wake up in the morning, do you feel tired and rundown? Do you have that listless feeling...
[the camera pans around the courtyard; cut to later in the day]
Jeff: [answering phone] Jefferies.
L.B. Jefferies' Editor: Congratulations, Jeff!
Jeff: For what?
L.B. Jefferies' Editor: For getting rid of that cast!
Jeff: Who said I was getting rid of it?
L.B. Jefferies' Editor: This is Wednesday; seven weeks from the day you broke your leg. Yes or no?
Jeff: Gunnison, how did you ever get to be such a big editor with such a small memory?
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(1952) (uncredited)
Music by Jimmy Van Heusen
Lyrics by Johnny Burke
Performed by Bing Crosby
Played when Miss Lonelyhearts has dinner with her imaginary guest See more »
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All the apartments in Thorwald's building had electricity and running water, and could be lived in. See more »Goofs
Incorrectly regarded as goofs: Early on, Jeff wheels himself over to the window and bumps his leg (the one in the cast) against the wall below the window, yet he doesn't grimace at all. Once a broken leg in a cast begins healing, it's no more sensitive to such bumps than an uninjured leg. See more »Quotes
[first lines]Voice on radio: Men, are you over 40? When you wake up in the morning, do you feel tired and rundown? Do you have that listless feeling...
[the camera pans around the courtyard; cut to later in the day]
Jeff: [answering phone] Jefferies.
L.B. Jefferies' Editor: Congratulations, Jeff!
Jeff: For what?
L.B. Jefferies' Editor: For getting rid of that cast!
Jeff: Who said I was getting rid of it?
L.B. Jefferies' Editor: This is Wednesday; seven weeks from the day you broke your leg. Yes or no?
Jeff: Gunnison, how did you ever get to be such a big editor with such a small memory?
[...]
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Referenced in Not Quite Hollywood: The Wild, Untold Story of Ozploitation! (2008) See more »Soundtracks
"To See You (Is to Love You)"(1952) (uncredited)
Music by Jimmy Van Heusen
Lyrics by Johnny Burke
Performed by Bing Crosby
Played when Miss Lonelyhearts has dinner with her imaginary guest See more »
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