One of my favorite Hitchcock movies

Rating: 10/10 (29 January 2000)

I adore this movie! James Stewart and Grace Kelly are great as the main characters, Jeff and Lisa. There are also fantastic performances by the supporting cast: Thelma Ritter as Stella, Wendell Corey as detective and friend of Jeff Tom Doyle, and Raymond Burr as the bad guy Lars Thorwald.
My favorite part is the whole sequence when Jeff, Lisa, and Stella try to get Thorwald. It begins with Lisa entering Thorwald's apartment, and reaches a climax when Thorwald gets home and discovers her. He wrestles with her and Jeff gets panicky, but luckily he had called the police and they arrived before Thorwald could hurt Lisa. The truly frightening part is when Lisa is wiggling her finger back and forth so Jeff could see Mrs. Thorwald's wedding ring. Thorwald sees what she's doing, and looks up into Jeff's apartment, and right into the camera.
The really climatic part comes when Jeff answers his phone, thinking that the caller is Doyle. He blurts out a lot of information about Thorwald, but then stops suddenly. He realizes that the person on the other end hasn't said anything, and then the person hangs up. The look on Jeff's face says it all: he knows Thorwald is coming to kill him. And since he's in a wheelchair, and now the only one in the apartment, there's nothing that can be done. He can't even get up and lock the door.
"Rear Window" combines suspense with romance and comedy. It's truly one entertaining movie! Anyone who is a Hitchcock fan should see this movie. I gave "Rear Window" a 10 out of 10.