Hitchcock's finest

Rating: Null/10 (3 July 2007)

James Stewart is L.B Jeffries, a famous photographer who cannot leave his apartment because of a broken leg and with nothing to do but look out of the window all day he soon discovers there is more to his neighbours than first meets the eye... With the help of his nurse Stella played by Thelma Ritter and girlfriend Lisa (Grace Kelly) he sets out to solve a murder he thinks his neighbour has committed. Stewart is excellent in the leading role and Grace Kelly adds some glamour (in undoubtedly her finest performance) as his frustrated girlfriend Lisa, doing the legwork that Jeff cannot do from his wheelchair. Thelma Ritter as Jeff's Nurse brings a darkly comic touch to the film with her comments about Peeping Tom's and murder. This really is a masterclass in thrills and suspense from the master himself, Alfred Hithcock. Rear Window will live forever because it thrives on the voyeur in us all.