Rear Window
It only takes one witness to spoil the perfect crime.
Rating: 8.3 out of 10TMDB(7.5K votes)
Overview
A wheelchair-bound photographer spies on his neighbors from his apartment window and becomes convinced one of them has committed murder.
Fun facts
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Nominations
4 award nominations, including the Oscar for Best Director (1955)
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Box office
Grossed $37M worldwide, about 37.0 times its $1M budget
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Setting
Set in New York City
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Music
Music by Franz Waxman
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Cinematography
Cinematography by Robert Burks
Details
- Director
- Writer
- John Michael HayesScreenplay
- Status
- Released
- Release date
- August 1, 1954
- Original language
- English
- Budget
- $1M
- Revenue
- $37M
- Countries
- United States of America
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In the United States
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Cast
James StewartL.B. Jefferies
Grace KellyLisa Fremont
Wendell CoreyThomas Doyle
Thelma RitterStella
Raymond BurrLars Thorwald
Judith EvelynMiss Lonelyhearts
Ross BagdasarianSongwriter
Georgine DarcyMiss Torso
Sara BernerWoman on Fire Escape
Frank CadyMan on Fire Escape
Jesslyn FaxMiss Hearing Aid- Rand HarperNewlywed
Irene WinstonEmma Thorwald- Havis DavenportNewlywed
Jerry AntesDancer with Miss Torso (uncredited)
Benny BartlettMan with Miss Torso (uncredited)
Sue CaseySunbather (uncredited)
Iphigenie CastiglioniWoman with Bird (uncredited)- James Cornell(uncredited)
- Don DunningDetective (uncredited)
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