The opening courtyard and apartment
Before the mystery, there’s a man with a broken leg and far too much time to look out the window. How much can Hitchcock tell you before anyone explains a thing?
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1954 · Alfred Hitchcock · 112 MIN
Rear Window
The neighbors have stories. So does every shot.
A photographer with a broken leg turns his apartment window into a private cinema. When he suspects a neighbor of murder, looking stops being a spectator sport.
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