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Rear Window (1954)

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Rear Window
PG
Mystery
Thriller

A photographer in a wheelchair spies on his neighbors from his Greenwich Village courtyard apartment window, and becomes convinced one of them has committed murder, despite the skepticism of his fashion-model girlfriend.

Release Date
September 1, 1954
Director
Alfred Hitchcock
Cast
James Stewart , Grace Kelly , Wendell Corey , Thelma Ritter , Raymond Burr
Runtime
112 minutes
Writers
John Michael Hayes , Cornell Woolrich

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