Rear Window is a 1954 American mystery thriller film directed by Alfred Hitchcock and written by John Michael Hayes based on Cornell Woolrich's 1942 short story "It Had to Be Murder". Originally released by Paramount Pictures, the film stars James Stewart, Grace Kelly, Wendell Corey, Thelma Ritter, and Raymond Burr. It was screened at the 1954 Venice Film Festival. The film is considered by many filmgoers, critics, and scholars to be one of Hitchcock's best and one of the greatest films ever made. It received four Academy Award nominations and was ranked number 42 on AFI's 100 Years...100 Movies list and number 48 on the 10th-anniversary edition, and in 1997 was added to the United States National Film Registry in the Library of Congress as being "culturally, historically, or aesthetically significant".
Director | Alfred Hitchcock |
Produced by | Alfred Hitchcock |
Screenplay by | John Michael Hayes |
Starring | James Stewart, Grace Kelly, Wendell Corey, Thelma Ritter, Raymond Burr |
Music | Franz Waxman |
Cinematography | Robert Burks |
Edited by | George Tomasini |
Production, company | Patron Inc. |
Distributed by | Paramount Pictures |
Released | September 1, 1954 (US) |
Running time | 112 minutes |
Country | United States |
Language | English |
Budget | $1 million |
Box office | $36.8 million |
About Rear Window
Alfred Hitchcock film about a wheelchair-bound photographer who believes his neighbor committed murder.
Achievement of Rear Window
Shot entirely at Paramount Studios in Los Angeles, California, a set was created in the style of a Greenwich Village courtyard.
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Latest information about Rear Window updated on July 28 2021.