Film

Rear Window 1954

Directed by Alfred Hitchcock

  • Thriller, Mystery, Drama
  • 113 min
  • PG

It only takes one witness to spoil the perfect crime.

A wheelchair-bound photographer spies on his neighbors from his apartment window and becomes convinced one of them has committed murder.

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