Rear Window

Rear Window1954

Director: Alfred Hitchcock
Stars: James Stewart, Grace Kelly, Raymond Burr, Wendell Corey, Thelma Ritter
Genre: Mystery, Thriller
Rating: PG (Parental Guidance Suggested)
Runtime: 115 minutes

Like the Greenwich Village courtyard view from its titular portal, Alfred Hitchcock's classic Rear Window is both confined and multileveled: both its story and visual perspective are dictated by its protagonist's imprisonment in his apartment, conva… more »



Jeff:
Don't, don't you ever have any problems?

Lisa:
I have one now.

Jeff:
So do I.

Lisa:
Tell me about it.

Jeff:
Why, why would a man leave his apartment three times on a rainy night with a suitcase and come back three times?

Lisa:
He likes the way his wife welcomes him home.

Jeff:
Oh no. No, no, no. Not this salesman's wife. And why didn't he go to work today?

Lisa:
Homework. It's more interesting.

Jeff:
What's interesting about a butcher knife and a small saw wrapped in newspaper? Huh?

Lisa:
Nothing, thank heaven.

Jeff:
Why hasn't he been in his wife's bedroom all day?

Lisa:
I wouldn't dare answer that.

Jeff:
Well, listen. I'll answer it, Lisa, there's something terribly wrong.

Lisa:
And I'm afraid it's with me. [Lisa leaves him to go to the couch and smoke a cigarette.]

Jeff:
What do you think?

Lisa:
Something too frightful to utter.

Jeff:
He went out a few minutes ago in his undershirt. He hasn't come back yet. That would be a terrible job to tackle. Just how would you start to cut up a human body?

Lisa:
Jeff, I'll be honest with you. You're beginning to scare me a little.

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