Alfred Hitchcock's rear window [videorecording] / a Paramount release ; produced by Alfred Hitchcock ; screenplay by John Michael Hayes ; directed by Alfred Hitchcock.
James Stewart, Grace Kelly, Wendell Corey, Thelma Ritter, Raymond Burr. Originally produced as motion picture in 1954. Formatted to fit TV screen. Based on a short story "Rear window" by Cornell Woolrich. "Copyright 1954 by Patron, Inc." Special feature: Rear window ethics : remembering and restoring a Hitchcock classic.
Summary:
As a photographer with a broken leg, Stewart takes up the fine art of spying on his Greenwich Village neighbors during a summer heat wave. Things really begin to get hot when he suspects a salesman may have murdered his nagging wife and buried the body in a flower garden. He actively enlists the help of his girlfriend to investigate the highly suspicious chain of events. Events that ultimately lead to one of the most memorable and gripping endings in film history.
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