Director: Alfred Hitchcock

Writer: John Michael Hayes

From short story: It Had to be Murder by Cornell Woolrich

Music Score by: Franz Waxman

Keywords: Mystery, Voyeurism, Murder Witness, New York

A Greenwich Village photographer confined to a wheelchair while healing a broken leg adopts as his hobby the parallel voyeurism of all thirty-some apartments across the way. He witnesses inexplicable behavior that makes him certain that there has been a murder, but has difficulty convincing others. Received Oscar nominations for Best Director, Best Screenplay, Best Cinematography and Best Sound Recording. Entered 1997 into the National Film Registry.

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Name	Occupation	Birth	Death	Known for
Ross Bagdasarian	Musician	27-Jan-1919	16-Jun-1972	Progenitor of Alvin and the Chipmunks
Raymond Burr	Actor	21-May-1917	12-Sep-1993	Perry Mason
Frank Cady	Actor	8-Sep-1915	8-Jun-2012	Sam Drucker on Green Acres
Wendell Corey	Actor	20-Mar-1914	8-Nov-1968	Desert Fury
Georgine Darcy	Actor	14-Jan-1931	18-Jul-2004	Miss Torso in Rear Window
Grace Kelly	Royalty	12-Nov-1929	14-Sep-1982	American-born Princess of Monaco
Thelma Ritter	Actor	14-Feb-1905	4-Feb-1969	Stella in Rear Window
Jimmy Stewart	Actor	20-May-1908	2-Jul-1997	Mr. Smith Goes to Washington

CAST

Jimmy Stewart	...   L. B. Jeffries
Co-Starring
Grace Kelly	...   Lisa Carol Fremont
Wendell Corey	...   Lt. Tom Doyle
Thelma Ritter	...   Stella
with
Raymond Burr	...   Lars Thorwald
Judith Evelyn	...   Miss Lonelyhearts
Ross Bagdasarian	...   Songwriter
Georgine Darcy	...   Miss Torso
Sara Berner	...   Woman on Fire Escape
Frank Cady	...   Man on Fire Escape
Jesslyn Fax	...   Sculptress
Rand Harper	...   Newlywed Husband
Irene Winston	...   Mrs. Anna Thorwald
Havis Davenport	...   Newlywed Wife

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