Rear Window is a 1954 American suspense film directed by Alfred Hitchcock, written by John Michael Hayes and based on Cornell Woolrich's 1942 short story "It Had to Be Murder". Originally released by Paramount Pictures, the film stars James Stewart as a photographer who spies on his neighbors while recuperating from a broken leg; Grace Kelly as his girlfriend; Thelma Ritter as his nurse; Wendell Corey as a police detective; and Raymond Burr as one of the neighbors.
The film is considered by many filmgoers, critics and scholars to be one of Hitchcock's best. It received four Academy Award nominations, and it was ranked #42 on AFI's 100 Years…100 Movies list, #48 on the 10th-anniversary edition. It was added to the United States National Film Registry in 1997. (wiki)
