Rear Window is a movie directed by Alfred Hitchcock in 1954 and based on the book It Had to Be Murder by Cornell Woolrich, first published in 1942. The movie features James Stewart, Grace Kelly, Wendell Corey, Thelma Ritter, Raymond Burr, Judith Evelyn, and others.
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Storyline
Recuperating from a broken leg, adventuresome professional photographer L. B. Jeff Jefferies is confined to a wheelchair in his apartment in Chelsea, Manhattan. He spies on his neighbors from his apartment window and becomes convinced one of them has committed murder.
Movie vs Book
Year
1954
Minutes
112
Movie Rate
8.40
Source: IMDb
Movie
Rear Window
Director: Alfred Hitchcock
Country: USA
Year: 1954
Length: 1h52m
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Year
1942
Pages
47
Book Rate
7.52
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Book
It Had to Be Murder
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