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Rear Window

It only takes one witness to spoil the perfect crime.

8.3(7,426)19541h 53m14

A wheelchair-bound photographer spies on his neighbors from his apartment window and becomes convinced one of them has committed murder.

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Status
Released
Budget
$1M
Box office
$37M
Language
English
  • nurse
  • isolation
  • photographer
  • suspicion of murder
  • wheelchair
  • girlfriend
  • salesman
  • neighbor
  • whodunit
  • biting
  • convalescence
  • voyeurism

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United States of America

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Release dates

  • United StatesUS

    • Premiere1 Aug 1954
    • Theatrical1 Sept 1954
    • TheatricalPGre-release30 Sept 1983
    • Physicalrestored version20 Jan 2000
    • Theatrical (limited)Fathom’s Big Screen Classics 70th Anniversary28 Aug 2024
  • United KingdomGB

    • PremiereLondon8 Oct 1954
    • Theatrical15 Nov 1954
    • TheatricalPGrestored, re-release3 Feb 2000
  • United Arab EmiratesAE

    • PhysicalDVD17 Oct 2005
  • AustraliaAU

    • Theatrical23 Jun 1955
    • TheatricalPGre-release21 Jun 1984
    • TheatricalPGre-release30 Nov 2000
    • PremiereSydney Film Festival9 Jun 2013
  • CanadaCA

    • TheatricalPGToronto8 Nov 1954
    • TheatricalPG70th Anniversary Re-Release7 Nov 2024
  • ArgentinaAR

    • Theatrical131 Sept 1955
  • AustriaAT

    • Theatrical5 Aug 1955
  • BelgiumBE

    • Theatrical144 Mar 1955
    • Theatrical (limited)14Gent, re-release31 May 1984
  • BrazilBR

    • Theatrical1211 Feb 1955
    • TV12Universal27 Jan 2000
    • Theatrical149 Aug 2000
    • Physical12VHS / DVD23 Jan 2001
  • ChileCL

    • Theatrical (limited)14re-release5 Mar 2016
  • ChinaCN

    • PremiereBeijing International Film Festival13 Apr 2019
  • DenmarkDK

    • Theatrical1525 Apr 1955
    • Theatrical11re-release28 Aug 1962
    • Theatrical15restored, re-release15 Sept 2000

Frequently asked questions

Rear Window was released on 1 August 1954.

Audience reviews

5
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    CharlesTheBold

    2/21/2017

    L.B. Jeffries (Jimmy Stewart), an adventurous photographer, is temporarily immobilized by a serious leg injury. Bored, and living in a time where TV and internet were not available as distractions, he watches the courtyard out his real window and speculates about the lives of the neighbors that he sees. In particular, he wonders whether his neighbor Thorvald (Raymond Burr, who actually looks older than his later ch…

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    John Chard

    2/11/2020

    10/10

    It Had To Be Murder. L.B. Jefferies is a wheelchair bound photographer who by way of relieving his boredom, starts observing the lives of all his neighbours from his apartment window. As he gets deeper into the lives of all around him, he becomes convinced that one of hem has committed the act of murder, thus putting himself and those close to him in mortal danger. Much like most of Alfred Hitchcock's other la…

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    JPV852

    9/6/2020

    9/10

    Probably have seen this a half dozen times over the years and still is my favorite Hitchcock movie, favorite mind you not best. Simple story and taking place in one location, but good performances from James Stewart and Grace Kelly. **4.5/5**

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    CinemaSerf

    3/28/2022

    8/10

    Jimmy Stewart is cracking as the laid-up photographer who spends his chair-ridden days casually observing the day-to-day activities of his neighbours. Gradually, he becomes suspicious of one of them as the wife suddenly disappears and the husband (Raymond Burr) starts making odd trips out at night; calling long distance and generally acting oddly. Grace Kelly (his girlfriend) thinks this all a bit too prurient for he…

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    James

    10/20/2023

    7/10

    I love a good plot twist as much as next person but maybe it was better back then.

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