It's one of Alfred Hitchcock's inspired audience-participation films: watching it, you feel titillated, horrified, and, ultimately, purged.
Rear Window
It only takes one witness to spoil the perfect crime.
1954 · 1h 52m · PG
Mystery, Thriller
Directed by
Alfred Hitchcock
Overview
A wheelchair-bound photographer spies on his neighbors from his apartment window and becomes convinced one of them has committed murder.
Director and cast
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Top critics, in their words
Of all Hitchcock's films, this is the one which most reveals the man.
The deliciousness of watching the film as it's intended to be seen is that the big screen gives Rear Window back its claustrophobia.
Don't resist the urge -- steal a peek at it now, and be reminded why Hitchcock is still without equal in the clammy thrills department.
Masterpiece of voyeurism.
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