Rear Window

1954 · directed by Alfred Hitchcock

Rating

100/100

Hit

yes

Prestige lists

AFI 100, BFI Top 100, TSPDT 250, NFR

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

Rear Window (1954), directed by Alfred Hitchcock, rates 100/100 — a hit. See how its director, cast and crew rate across their careers.

Cast

• James Stewart
• Grace Kelly
• Wendell Corey
• Thelma Ritter
• Raymond Burr
• Judith Evelyn
• Ross Bagdasarian
• Georgine Darcy
• Sara Berner
• Frank Cady

Crew

• Robert Burks — Director of Photography
• George Tomasini — Editor
• Franz Waxman — Original Music Composer
• John Michael Hayes — Screenplay

More from Alfred Hitchcock

1. North by Northwest (1959) — 99/100 · hit
2. Vertigo (1958) — 99/100 · hit
3. Psycho (1960) — 99/100 · hit
4. Rebecca (1940) — 89/100 · hit
5. Notorious (1946) — 86/100 · hit
6. The Lady Vanishes (1938) — 85/100 · hit

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