Your paranoia is true

Rating: Null/10 (3 November 2002)

Rear Window stars (Jeff) James Stewart as a wheelchair bound man due to a broken leg in a photography incident, but he will recover in a week. During this time all he can do and all he wants to do is look across his New York neighborhood into the windows of his neighbors. Every window has a different story to tell. One night after his girlfriend Lisa (Grace Kelly) leaves he hears a scream in the apartment directly across from his. Jeff becomes obssessed with the matter and investigates into it literally his entire day and night with the help of Lisa and Stella his nurse.
Rear Window is a rather faced paced movie, clocked at an hour an fifty minutes, the ride feels like the time flies by. Every moment is interesting because of how many sub-stories there are, and the directing by Hitchcock is great. The conclusion of the story is very suprising, no first time viewer could ever guess it. Rear Window is a must see and a fine piece of work by Hitchcock and Stewart.
AFI's 100 America's Greatest Movies, ranks number 42.
Academy Awards 1954 -
Best Cinematography (nomination) Best Director (nomination) Best Original Screenplay (nomination) Best Sound (nomination)