With its blend of humor, heart, and chilling suspense, there may be no better showcase for Alfred Hitchcock’s legendary style than REAR WINDOW. James Stewart (VERTIGO) stars as L.B. Jefferies, a photographer who normally spends his days traveling into dangerous situations to get the pictures no one else dares take. But one of his adventures temporarily lands him in a wheelchair, forcing him to while away his days watching his colorful assortment of neighbors in the apartment building across the street. It all seems harmless enough until he begins to suspect one of his neighbors has committed a murder. Co-starring Hollywood icon Grace Kelly (DIAL M FOR MURDER) and the magnificent Thelma Ritter (ALL ABOUT EVE), Alfred Hitchcock’s REAR WINDOW stands as a masterclass in filmmaking. By putting the audience in Stewart’s shoes, he both engrosses and implicates the viewer in his tawdry,…
