Rent Rear Window (1954)
4.2 of 5 from 503 ratings
1h 49min
- General info
- Available formats
- Synopsis:
- Jefferies (James Stewart), a photographer with a broken leg, takes up the fine art of spying on his Greenwich Village neighbours during a summer heat wave. But things really hot up when he suspects one neighbour (Raymond Burr) of murdering his invalid wife and burying the body in a flower garden.
- Actors:
- James Stewart, Grace Kelly, Wendell Corey, Thelma Ritter, Raymond Burr, Judith Evelyn, Ross Bagdasarian, Georgine Darcy, Sara Berner, Frank Cady, Jesslyn Fax, Rand Harper, Irene Winston, Havis Davenport, Jerry Antes, Barbara Bailey, Benny Bartlett, Nick Borgani, Sue Casey, Iphigenie Castiglioni
- Directors:
- Alfred Hitchcock
- Producers:
- Alfred Hitchcock
- Voiced By:
- Gig Young
- Narrated By:
- Art Gilmore
- Writers:
- John Michael Hayes, Cornell Woolrich
- Others:
- Robert Burks, Loren L. Ryder
- Studio:
- Universal Pictures
- Genres:
- Classics, Thrillers
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- BBFC:
- Release Date:
- 13/05/2013
- Run Time:
- 112 minutes
- Languages:
- English DTS-HD Master Audio 2.0, French DTS 2.0 Mono, German DTS 2.0 Mono, Italian DTS 2.0 Mono, Japanese DTS 2.0 Mono, Spanish DTS 2.0 Mono
- Subtitles:
- Chinese, Danish, Dutch, English Hard of Hearing, Finnish, French, German, Icelandic, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Mandarin, Norwegian, Portuguese, Spanish, Swedish
- Formats:
- Pal
- Aspect Ratio:
- Widescreen 1.66:1
- Colour:
- Colour
- BLU-RAY Regions:
- B
- Bonus:
- Rear Window Ethics: An Original Documentary
- A Conversation With Screenwriter John Michael Hayes
- Pure Cinema: Through The Eyes Of The Master
- Breaking Barriers: The Sound Of Hitchcock
- Hitchcock-Truffaut Interview Excerpts
- Masters Of Cinema
- Feature Commentary With John Fawell, Author Of Hitchcock's Rear Window: The Well-Made Film Production Photographs
- Theatrical Trailer
- Re-Release Trailer Narrated By James Stewart
- BBFC:
- Release Date:
- 07/09/2020
- Run Time:
- 112 minutes
- Languages:
- English DTS-HD High Resolution 2.0, French DTS 2.0, German DTS 2.0, Italian DTS 2.0, Polish DTS 2.0, Spanish DTS 2.0
- Subtitles:
- Czech, Danish, Dutch, English Hard of Hearing, Finnish, French, German, Hindi, Italian, Norwegian, Polish, Spanish, Swedish
- DVD Regions:
- Region 2
- Formats:
- Pal
- Aspect Ratio:
- Widescreen 1.66:1
- Colour:
- Colour
- BLU-RAY Regions:
- B
- Bonus:
- Documentaries
- Expert Commentaries
- Interviews
- Screen Tests
- Storyboards
- And Much More!
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Reviews (5) of Rear Window
Hitchcock at his best - Rear Window review by CB
It's all filmed on one set with the hero's bed - he's laid up with a broken leg - front and centre. He's a photographer and apartment bound so the action comes from the invalids various visitors. There's a murder, of course, but it is by no means a routine murder story.
It's 20+ years since I last watched it but it hasn't aged a bit. Sure, the hero's camera I an ancient manual thing, and the all-important flash bulbs are ancient too, but so what?
It's been fully restored. If you haven't seen it, it will keep you on the edge of your seat. The late, great Grace Kelly is a definitive bonus for the men and her AMAZING dress collection is a bonus for the women.
2 out of 2 members found this review helpful.
When the heat is on. - Rear Window review by CP Customer
An excellent film which is both funny and exciting, with excellent performances from James Stewart and Grace Kelly.
1 out of 2 members found this review helpful.
Tense Classic Thriller - Rear Window review by GI
If you've ever doubted Alfred Hitchcock's credentials as a master of the suspense film then you haven't seen Rear Window. Shot completely on one set this is a classic Hollywood thriller with two top quality stars in James Stewart and Grace Kelly. He is L.B. 'Jeff' Jeffries, a renowned magazine photographer (consequently a snoop!), who has broken his leg and over a hot New York summer he's confined to a wheelchair in his apartment. Out of boredom he watches his neighbours going about their everyday business. Then one night, during a thunderstorm, he sees a man who lives opposite him acting suspiciously and after awhile Jeff begins to conclude the man has murdered and dismembered his nagging wife. As Jeff puts his pieces of the 'crime' together he also manages to convince his socialite girlfriend, Lisa (Kelly) of the murder but the police aren't so easily convinced and decide Jeff is fantasising. Hitchcock keeps you asking yourself did a murder happen or are all the clues innocently explained creating some great tension and with a twist surprise ending which I won't spoil in case you've never seen this wonderful film. With its look at the moral issues of voyeurism and privacy the film was ahead of its time and quite raunchy for an early 1950s film. Stewart is really good here, an actor of great range and proving it here in a role that requires mostly close ups and little movement. A must see film, a true masterpiece of the thriller genre.
1 out of 1 members found this review helpful.