Rear Window | 1954

Rating: ★★☆☆☆ Watched @ home

Creator/Director • Alfred Hitchcock

Lead cast

• James Stewart - L.B. "Jeff" Jefferies, a bored photographer recovering from a broken leg

• Grace Kelly - his glamorous girlfriend Lisa

• Wendell Corey - his detective friend

• Thelma Ritter - his visiting nurse Stella

• Raymond Burr - the suspected neighbor, Mr. Thorwald

Based on

Cornell Woolrich's (writing under the pen name William Irish) 1942 short story It Had to Be Murder

AI Summary

Set in an apartment complex courtyard in Greenwich Village, New York, the story follows L.B. Jefferies, an injured photographer confined to a wheelchair, who becomes increasingly suspicious of his neighbor, whom he believes has murdered his wife. As he observes his neighbors through his window during a summer heat wave, he witnesses a series of unsettling events that lead him to suspect foul play.

My feelings, thoughts, and opinions

I love old school movies. It's really fun to see the contrast between modern-day movies and old-school movies.

It was a good watch, even though it was a slow watch.

Probably won't watch again, watched once and I am good.