crime and love

Rating: Null/10 (11 December 2000)

This was the first Alfred Hitchcock movie I have seen and I enjoyed it a lot. I thought the way he made opposites attract with James Stewart's character, Jefferies, and Grace Kelly's character, Lisa, was interesting. Jefferies was the type of person who didn't mind not being able to take a bath everyday or every week in some cases, while Lisa was a glamorous, beautiful uptown lady who had to have everything just the way she wanted it. While trying to make Jefferies see that they should be together, they both got caught up in suspected crime happening across the courtyard. Since Jefferies was stuck in a wheelchair, Lisa became his legs. She went to the apartment building of the suspected and got the name off of the mailbox. She also went into Mr. Thorwald's apartment and took his wife's ring and was forced into the living room when he found her in the bedroom after he got home. With her back facing the window, she put her hands behind her back and pointed out to Jefferies that she had the ring. With this gesture she didn't only mean that she, but that she was ready to get married. I think the end was good too. Lisa was laying on the couch reading a book and magazine wearing pants, an old shirt and a rag in her hair. Jefferies was asleep in his wheelchair with two broken legs instead of one.