Rear Window
1954
*****
Director: Alfred Hitchcock
Cast: James Stewart, Grace Kelly, Thelma Ritter, Wendell Corey, Raymond Burr, Judith Evelyn, Ross Bagdasarian, Georgine Darcy
An injured photographer is stuck at home. He passes time by spying on his neighbours, and becomes convinced that the salesman opposite his apartment has killed his wife. The story is deceptively simple and the film is shot entirely on a studio set, but this is one of Hitchcock's most intriguing, influential, and entertaining thrillers. The film deals with vouyerism, isolation, and the nature of truth. Based on Cornell Woolrich's 1942 short story It Had to Be Murder. Remade for TV in 1998 with Christopher Reeve in the lead.
