Rear Window
“It only takes one witness to spoil the perfect crime.”
Alfred HitchcockCast
James Stewart 
Grace Kelly 
Thelma Ritter 
Raymond Burr
Credits
Written by: 
John Michael Hayes
Plot
A photographer laid up with a broken leg spies on his neighbours and becomes convinced one of them has committed murder.
Sinekatalog’s take
A photographer stuck in his flat watches his neighbours and suspects murder. Hitchcock confines the whole film to one courtyard, and the result is a study of voyeurism as much as a thriller.Sinekatalog’s own editorial review – not a user or critic quote.
Ratings
IMDb: 8.4 / 10 (575,381 votes)
Rotten Tomatoes: 99% (134 critic reviews)
IMDb rating and vote count from the IMDb ratings dataset; Rotten Tomatoes snapshot from October 2026. Scores change over time.
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