FAME READS / SCREEN NOTES
Rear Window
Scores
- IMDb8.5/10as of 2026-02-19
- Rotten Tomatoes Tomatometer99%as of 2026-01-15
- Rotten Tomatoes average9.2/10as of 2021-10-10
- Metacritic100/100as of 2026-01-15
What it is
Rear Window is a 1954 American mystery thriller film produced and directed by Alfred Hitchcock and written by John Michael Hayes, based on Cornell Woolrich's 1942 short story "It Had to Be Murder". Originally released by Paramount Pictures, the film stars James Stewart, Grace Kelly, Wendell Corey, Thelma Ritter, and Raymond Burr. It was screened at the 1954 Venice Film Festival in competition for the Golden Lion.
At a glance
- Genres
- Crime / Mystery / Thriller / Drama
- Original language
- English
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